I should clarify my answer. I hope for "Yes" but my expectation is "No". Nate has too long of a track record of being slow-go that I'm a skeptic through-and-through when it comes to his saying he wants to "push the pace". In Nate terms, "Wolf! Wolf!" turns out to be more like "Turtle! Turtle!". Gramps...
I must be like that Charlie Brown guy; I do think it is possible this year just because Brandon Roy is not on the team. He was a great player but his mind functioned a certain way and i don't think it included racing up the court. would still feel more comfortable if we had an assistant coach like Terry porter whose job was to show how to run effectively.
I've always been of the opinion that Nate will never coach a fast team. Guys get the hook too quickly when there are the turnovers that come with pushing the ball. But I gotta say, Felton may be the exception. "Look, Felton, we can't have those turnovers. Go take a seat and we'll go with...*glances at Armon Johnson*...uh, Felton pretty please just be more careful with the ball."
I think you must define "RUN".... to each person it may be something quite different. Let's just say when I'm running a marathon and see Nate within 2 mintues of my mile time, I'm knowing I haven't trained hard enough! That said perhaps we could use our amnesty on Nate and then the rebuild would be complete!
I'm not a fan of a "Run and Gun" team; but I definitely like a much faster pace. It would be nice to see us get our shots off before the clock shot reaches 5 seconds or less.
For me it's all about a faster pace. I absolutely don't want to be the Warriors and Knicks. I would like to be about the league average though, like our Blazer teams were with Porter, Drexler, etc.
Agreed, it's all about finding that right balance. And with the retiring of Roy, I think this is the year. We have two of the most agile big-men in the league with LMA and Oden (Beat Durant in cross-court sprints back in the day) . Throw in Crash, Batum, and Wes we should be all about the easy buckets in transition.
If this team under Nugget ran an effective identifiable offense I wouldn't care about pace either but DAMN what the hell are they running out there? High pick and roll with no picking and almost no rolling off the ball? Okay so Nugget can't coach offense, but he's supposed to be a defensive specialist right? How many teams had layup clinics on us last year? Nugget isn't as lost as Cheeks I'll admit, but that margin is slimming by the year!
