But so far they're working hard on the Jonny Flynn turnover machine experiment. From 82 games, I notice pretty obvious differences between Flynn/Jefferson lineups (the vast majority) and Sessions/Jefferson lineups. Flynn-Brewer-Gomes-Jefferson-Pecherov has played 80 minutes and is 1-6. Points per possession are 1.07 for and 1.12 against. Sessions-Brewer-Gomes-Jefferson-Pecherov has played 13 minutes and is 2-2. Points per possession are 1.26 for and 0.99 against. You get a similar result if you compare Flynn-Ellington-Brewer-Gomes-Jefferson to Sessions-Ellington-Brewer-Gomes-Jefferson. I'll admit it reinforces my pre-existing notion that Flynn is not very good, and the usual caveats about the season being young and Flynn being a rookie apply. but that's really not the point here. The real question here is about maximizing the output of Al Jefferson, who's clearly the team's best talent. And as a pretty traditional inside player, it seems pretty clear to me he needs a PG capable of getting him the ball more than anything else. If I were gonna go out on a limb, I'd say Sessions is doing a better job of that right now. Also, he's a capable shooter who can space the floor for Al. Flynn, on the other hand... I've never understood why folks thought he'd be a good fit.
I have been saying the same thing since the beginning of the year. It's clear that Sessions is the much better distributor to play with that lineup at this point, but they want to play their youngsters to develop them faster. To tell the truth, this team wouldn't compete either way if you ask me, and could use a high lottery pick & developing their players rather than a mid-late lotto pick while taking Flynn along slowly. Sessions is obviously the much better player, and his rebounding is a huge factor that people over look also. Razor Ramon is by far one of the best rebounding guards around.
I think Sessions should probably be getting more burn, but since they used a high draft pick on Flynn, I think they feel like they have to. And Mike, I personally don't think Ramon is a very good shooter at all. That's always been one of the qualms against him is his inability to shoot the rock. Flynn is actually a talented player. He's got a solid shot and he's a tremendous athlete. He just needs to learn how to hold on to the ball.
Moo... you're totally right, I don't see Sessions as very capable of spreading the floor after looking at the numbers again. I must have been seeing things. I do see him getting Jefferson the ball though. Flynn's talented, but he looks to me like he's not too concerned about getting the ball to Jefferson. Maybe it's coaching, but when I see that team, they seems to be attacking from the perimeter a lot instead of feeding the ball to their best player.
The more you look at their situation, you Sessions doesn't really fit into the Triangle offense bc he can't shoot. This was the only real reason I could find as to why he hadn't been given increased minutes. Flynn's ability to shoot somewhat better has given him the edge over Sessions at this point despite high turnovers and lack of involvement of Al Jeff.
