It hurts me to say it, but I'm starting to get to the point where I think some of the blame is on Brad. It's not totally his fault, because he has an exceptionally hard roster to manage, but... Kyrie Irving is easily one of the most dynamic and efficient scorers in the league and yet there are 16 players in this league who take more shots per game. Tatum is clearly our 2nd best option - another guy who can create his shot at will... and yet there are 43 players in this league that take more shots than him.
While this "share the wealth" and "get everyone involved" stuff is great when you're a plucky team of non-stars, it's clear that we should be leaning on our top guys. Problem is, doing that would freeze out some quality players who need touches to stay engaged.
Really tough situation.
Agree completely. Elite teams have defined offensive roles - we don't really
The other problem is that feeding Kyrie/Tatum would result in Brown becoming disengaged - and subsequently hurt his trade value. Also, I'm a big advocate for getting Gordon Hayward more touches so that he can get in a rhythm and get back to his prior form, but I don't know how you do that while freezing him out of the offense.
It's a really rough situation where Brad has to manage multiple contradictory goals.
My guess is that come playoff time we should be getting Kyrie/Tatum/Hayward 18-20 shots per game like the Warriors do with Steph/Durant/Klay ... and then everyone else just needs to fall in line and get them the ball.
I've been saying for ages that our offence should try and emulate the Warriors, in terms of sharing the ball. When you do a comparison of FGA between the two teams it's ridiculous. The Warriors have their big 3 all between 18-20, with Cousins at around 11. The next highest is Draymond with
6.4. We have 5 guys in double digit FGA per game, and 8 guys overall taking more shots than Draymond.
The way the Warriors can concentrate their offence, and make it come from their legitimate offensive talents is something we should emulate. Smart, Rozier and Mook should not take the amount of shots they do. Hayward and Tatum, and even Kyrie need more. Really frustrating coaching