What a load of baloney. L-Frank's offensive sets are disgustingly bad. Where is this reversion to the motion offense I see everyone talking about. This team plays with NO DISCIPLINE whatsoever offensively. Clearly without Carter, this team is shot. May the people who state the offense is better without Carter never make such ludicrous claims again.</p>
Re: Welcome to S2, phoenixmolochia89.</p> I agree, the offense was pathetic tonight, especially from the bench players.</p> For some reason, the idea of spreading the wealth around instead of having to have Vince score all the points for this team isn't working.</p> Maybe it's just because it's only their 2nd game without Vince. Maybe they're having trouble making the adjustments.</p>
Re: Obviously the team misses Vince, even as horribly as he was shooting until the last two games he played. But even with him this offense was just plain ugly most of the time.</p> There's no denying that there's more player and ball movement this year. A lot more, actually. But it's not productive, adventageous movement of the kind that gets a player with the ball in good position near the hoop. All this running around and passing around the permiter typically results in . . . a 20 footer from one of Richard, Boki, Antoine, or Kidd. Not a formula for success, especially since you're wasting so much energy on the offensive end for a shot that is practically identical to what you could get at any point in the clock with very little running around.</p> So far this offense is not producing anywhere near the quality of shots that simple pick and roll basketball with either VC or Marcus running the play with Mikki Moore or (later in the year) Josh Boone was producing last year with static, spot up shooters on the weak side. Even Krstic's best moments this young season have been off pick and pop plays with Vince.</p> I'm sure Frank is a bright guy and realizes that his team needs to score more in the paint. But somehow he hasn't figured out whay all these screens and the motion away from the ball is not resulting in back doors, alley oops, and mixed up switches on cross-lane screens that can result in easy scores inside. He needs to identify the reasons for these failures ASAP . . . or else go back to pick and roll basket ball when VC returns and start Sean so there's actually someone to roll.</p> </p>
Re: We're moving without reason, without purpose. They're just going through the motions. There is purpose in every movement and the team is not moving with purpose.....not all of them.</p>
Re: frank has horrible offensive sets which is the reason why carter sucks this year. either that or he just doesn't give a fuck.</p>
