You live by the three you die by the three. There are going to be a ton of blowouts this year because the C's drain 20+ threes in a game. But there will be games like tonight where it doesn't matter how open those shots are and they just won't go down.
This is called a failure by the coaching staff for implementing a philosophy that is that volatile.
It's still early in the season, so hopefully they'll adjust, but as it looks right now it seems Brad and the coaching staff are content with us playing this type of ball with us just chucking up three after three, regardless of the results leading to games like this, which is inexcusable for a team with championship aspirations.
All five starters have shown to be very good(+38%) from three in their career. Analytics show guys who can shoot that good are better off shooting those wide open threes than forcing other shots. It's the new NBA. Golden State and Houston have thrived with similar systems. When everyone gets used to their roles and feel confident and comfortable in their roles, those threes are gonna drop and this team will take off.
Have patience. It not about how you play in October and November. It's how you play in April, May and June that counts.
While Houston is a decent comp, it's not fair at all to compare to GS, who legitimately has the greatest shooter of all-time in Steph and likely a top-5 shooter in Thompson, let alone Durant who is probably a top-5 scorer of all-time and elite three point shooter himself. It's easier to implement this type of philosophy and live with the results with a historically great shooting team. While we're no slouch, it's not a fair comparison at all.
Also, both of those teams have no qualms getting to the basket when they're not hitting either, and all have guys that attack the rim with regularity in Harden, Paul, Curry, Durant, etc. For whatever reason, our guys have just stopped attacking the basket, even though we have plenty of guys in Kyrie, Brown, Tatum, and Hayward, let alone Rozier, Morris, etc., who should easily be getting there.
I understand that hitting shots come and go, and I realize that we're still early in a season that required many role adjustments and players coming back from injury. However, it's still inexcusable that we have literally no other recourse than jack up threes at this point. With our talent, we should have more of a system in place for when we simply can't hit the broad side of a barn, and that's on the coaching staff that we seemingly lack that type of backup plan.
We've unequivocally been awfully coached thus far, and that goes beyond just Brad and into the rest of the staff for not being prepared for this contingency.
Topic: Jazz (7-8) at Celtics (9-6) Game#16 11/17/18 (Read 30302 times)