This is who the team is. They shoot threes, because they've never (even when Tatum is healthy and at his peak) had that truly elite can't be stopped offensive player.
Again, they have ONE guy who can pressure the rim. ONE on the entire team when Tatum is out.
Agreed. This is what the roster is. This is how the team has been built. To play this strategy.
This is not Mazzula-ball. This is Stevens-ball.
It's both. It's definitely Mazzula ball. He has the power to call plays, to draw up ATO plays, and to coach them into a more aggressive offense that at least gets the ball towards the paint to get it to shift. You can post JB. You could post Vuc, and also Tatum when he's healthy. But he'd rather have subpar 3 point shooters take step back 3's, iso 3's, early shot clock 3's. It's Mazzula ball.
I agree it is both but I believe it is more Stevens than Mazzula.
It will be interesting to see Mazzula coach another team in NBA someday and see if he goes with as an extreme a strategy as he has done here in BOS.
If Mazzula does leave, I expect Stevens will replace him with another similarly minded coach who buys into the high volume 3 point shooting strategy.
It feels organizational more than coaching. It reminds me of Houston when Daryl Morey was there and he was constantly urging them to push the boundaries of how many 3 pointers they could take. Same thing with Stevens now in Boston.
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