I have a serious question which some may find dumb since I will be the first to admit I'm nowhere near a "brilliant" basketball mind...
Why do we need, or even want, guys "who can create their own shots"? We don't have a Kobe or Carmelo on the team but we do have a lot of guys who are really solid. Shouldn't we be running team offense - pick and rolls, screens, back screens, dribble penetrate and kick out, etc etc? I get that Boat and Hamilton are very talented and are likely the ones we want taking shots, but why not create an opening for them instead of expecting them to do it one on one?
Your best offense is predicated on personnel. You want to break down the defense one way or the other. If you have a dominant post player who draws double teams, that's one easy way. If you have a great point guard who can beat his man one on one and draw help and make the right reads, that's another way. If you spread the floor with shooters and utilize dribble penetration, floor spacing and ball reversal, that's another way. Or constant motion offense where nobody's ever standing still, where you move the ball until you catch the defense failing to react to a cut or screen, that's another way.
For the latter, the best way for it to work is to have multiple triple threat type guys on the floor - guys who can shoot, drive or pass. If you don't, then all the motion is wasted effort, since the defense can adjust accordingly (i.e. "I don't care if Samuel is rotating up to the top of the key, since he can't shoot, so I'll play off him and clog the middle" - or "Facey is setting Hamilton a screen 18 feet from the basket, but Facey isn't a threat as a shooter or passer out there, so we'll just make sure we hedge with Facey's man to cover Hamilton and then recover later"). The Princeton offense usually requires a shooting/passing big out of the high post, for example. Forces the opposing big to come out and defend and keeps the lane open for back cuts, and then the guards receiving the ball on the cut can make the next read (open lay-up, kick out to shooter, etc.). The back cuts also only work if you are worried about chasing your man out to the three-point line as well.
Good motion also requires good screens. At the half against Texas, when people were complaining about lots of different things, my biggest complaint was that our screens were terrible. In the first half, we weren't even making contact with the defender, so anybody who was moving off the ball just had his man trailing the whole way and never got open.
Ultimately, you need guys who can create their own shots or make plays. Sometimes the defense "wins" a possession, covers everything, and forces you to do something late in the shot clock.
