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Message: [QUOTE="DogMania, post: 5182724, member: 21"] In refence to Hurley’s comments about teams restricting movement, I understand and have observed teams bumping, grinding and clutching our players off the ball, but there are many times it seems players are slow in setting screens, moving too slowly to or unsure of where they're supposed to be in the motion offense, not delivering the ball quickly enough to the right open teammate or turning the corner splitting the gaps driving it into the paint, to create the high percentage scoring opportunities the offense is designed to do. The motion offense just doesn't look like it did last year. Granted that team had incredibly talented and experienced players, but this year's team should be good enough to execute it better. Now there are times they do execute beautifully, but just not consistent enough, especially when they have to reach further into the bench. Don't get me wrong, I'm hopeful they'll get better. I do wonder if they could use an alternative offense at times so that teams don't get used to defending their movement. Also might help to add some wrinkles to their defense as well as occasional hard trapping or just something different than their doing all the time. Again just a change to catch teams off guard for a possession or two. [/QUOTE]