And a few games ago he was completely frozen out of the offence by the coaching staff, he was setting picks and standing in the corner for the entire game. My point was that Stevens deserves little to no credit for Brown's development as he has never given Brown "the reps and opportunity" to develop until Brown made it clear to him that he was more than ready for game time. Brown being able to make lemonade out of lemons doesn't mean that his coach helped him with that, if anything he was the one who put Brown in such a poor situation to begin with.
I'm actually kind of with you on that, but I watched that game too. I would like them to force-feed Brown a bit more, but Brown wasn't doing much to be aggressive that game either. It felt like he was coasting (it felt like the entire team was coasting) after Thanksgiving. His defense that game wasn't great either, and we could have used high level defense against Brooklyn when they were scoring all over us.
The coaching staff could do more to get Brown engaged in the game, but Brown needs to be aggressive in the roles he can control--defense and offensive rebounds. I thought he also passed up some open threes that game. He was trying a bit too hard to let the game come to him.
It's difficult to be 100% engaged when you have legends like Carsen Edwards, Semi Ojeleye and Robert Williams getting to handle the ball while you're standing in the corner, especially when you're a young forward eager to prove that you're worth your new big extension. I think the coaching staff needs to take responsibility in feeding Jaylen the necessary touches to get him going in his development, especially when a main ballhandler in Hayward is out.
I'd like to see the same thing, but I like the pace of his development and his usage for the most part. He's putting up the easiest 20 points a game in the NBA right now.
Ojeleye doesn't get to handle the ball unless he tries to go one-on-one (which he does too much). Williams only handles the ball in dhos, which is part of the offense--he'd be doing that with Brown too. Edwards largely plays off-ball in the same position as Brown, even though Edwards gets up a lot of shots in that role (too many probably, but I want him to find his rhythm).
It seems like you a building straw men and then tearing them down.
I actually would like to see the coaching staff force-feed Brown more, but you don't have to put all the blame on Stevens, malign the coaching staff, or build straw men about how our back-up center shouldn't be doing dhos in order to make that point.
I wasn't building straw men at all. That game had those players handling the ball while Jaylen was standing in the corner in some possessions. Edwards was coming off screens to get the ball in plays that were designated for him, Timelord was getting the ball in the high post to facilitate (not even necessarily DHOs, he was there as a passing hub) and Ojeleye (as you said) was isolating with the ball in his hands - while Brown was being utilised as a floor spacer and screen setter. That's on the coaching staff, Brown's not going to steal the ball from his teammates because you want him to be more aggressive. This really isn't building straw men, this has actually happened for a full game in the Celtic offence where Brown was playing an off-ball role even when the players handling the ball were arguably worse than him.
I'm not putting all the blame on Stevens and the coaching staff (if at all), I'm just giving credit to Brown for making the most out of a situation that's not all that ideal for him, as well as saying that the coaching staff was not mainly responsible for his improvement.
I saw the same thing in that game Somebody. See, here is the thing: the last two years under Stevens he has run this three man weave at the top of the key with two decoys in the corner sitting there waiting for the kickout off a drive or the swing of the ball around the court after a drive or long rebound. In those years he had Brown and Tatum as those corner guys a whole lot. Even Hayward last year was that corner guy.
Now when the players doing the weave and/or PnR are Kyrie, Horford, Smart, Morris, Baynes, okay, use the kids in the corner. But both Tatum and Brown have grown and Kyrie, Horford, Baynes, Morris and Rozier are gone. So stop using Brown in the corner. In that Brooklyn game Stevens definitely had people like both Williams', Edwards, Semi, Kanter playing in the 3 man game while Brown sat in the corner. Brown's touches and time of possession were down 30% from his average and down over 40% from previous games where he shined. Brown is probably one of the most consistent and efficient scorers on the team this year but Brad was setting up offense for much lesser players.
Brown can't, as Somebody said, go steal the ball from his team mates or go rogue and not play within the offensive system. It's up to Stevens to put Brown in the best position to succeed and in that game, Stevens didn't.
I don't to think it a coincidence that Stevens went away from Brown standing in the corner as much the last two games. And the man has shined.
Funny enough in the post game last night Stevens mentioned that players complain when they have to be in those corner positions but when the offense is run right those positions are very important. Here's the thing, if you are using Wanamaker, Edwards and one of the Williams' in the three man play up top while Tatum and Brown sit in the corner, you offense probably isn't going to run right. Stick Edwards in the corner and have Brown or Tatum up top. Then maybe the offense will run right.
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