Iso Players: Does this system repel superstar development?

EffTheYou! This is dumb.

Squid was allowed to run free last year, relatively, and ended up with a .459 TS%, 30 points below Rafer Alston level. And this shows we should devote time making him a superstar.

And if this is not about Squid, tell me who else we could have made into a superstar if not for Adelman. Jermaine Taylor?

And look at how he ruined Clyde Drexler's career.

 

If Adelman stays after this season, I think we will get rid of Terrence.

Adelman's system is proven and takes precedence especially because the rest of our players fit so very well in it.

 

We have a bunch of guys that are playing very well right now. We are trying to make a push for the playoffs. Play t will consistent minutes now,.and kiss any chance for the playoffs goodbye. Team > any 1 player. ALWAYS.

 

Dwight Howard doesn't handle the ball 75% of the time.

Ray Allen played a lot like how Kevin Martin plays now. A lot of screens and some iso.

 

our offense is 3rd in ppg and 7th in efficiency. without a superstar.

we need help defensively.

 

he sucks not cuz hes an iso player. he sucks cus hes a sucks player who plays sucks basketball. he needs to stop sucks.

 

I will have to apologize in advance as I did not read the whole OP. The intelligence in it degenerated at such a velocity that I had to stop short of its entirety. So if I am missing something that has already been addressed I am sorry.

To reply to what I think you were getting at:

Problems with scoring is not the reason the team's record is what it is. We run a top 5 offense in the league. I don't know if it is motion or iso or triangle or rectangle. What ever it is we are running, it is working. Defense and rebounding is what keeps us from becoming a great team.

 

A not so cleverly disguised "Play TWill and Fire Adelman" thread.

 

I mostly agree with you.
1) We shouldn't give up on anyone after a handful of games.
2) In theory, to develop into a superstar you need a lot of touches.

However, my real problem is the idea that just because someone's a good athlete, he has the potential to be an awesome scorer. All that Williams has shown so far in this league is that he'll force the action any chance he gets, and his FG% and turnover rate bear it out. Basically, for me to overlook the fact that he's being a lazy ass just because he wants more minutes, he has to actually play well, and even in his best stretch last year he was putting up stats through volume, not through efficiency.

 

GREAT THREAD IM GLAD SOMEBODY BROUGHT THIS TOPIC UP

 

Ideally you want someone you can give the ball to when the offense doesn't create an easy/acceptable basket by the time there is about 12 seconds or less left on the clock. I think Adelman can live with an iso player in that situation, but only then. And a player like Williams simply isn't good enough to command the ball in that situation.

 

Oh you mean last year when he was a ROOKIE!

SMH

 

At the end of the day, Adelman's offense is built around exploiting defensive mistakes. When the defense tightens up and defensive mistakes are few, the "read and react" becomes "read and weep." Perenial bottom 5 in the clutch doesn't lie.

Whether T-Will can develop into a dominant iso player is beside the point; the point is even if we get Bron/Dwayne/Melo, Adelman can only shrug at Morey and say, "WTF am I gonna do with this guy? I've got no place for him in my system."

 

1. I want to know where you got this, since it would be kind of cool to check out these sort of stats

2. Is there any correlation between this and the year when Adelman had superstars? i.e. does it go up when he had Drexler/Porter, T-Mac, Webber, etc.? Or do all stars become impotent in the clutch when he takes the reigns?

 

You are on drugs, Bron/Dwade will rape the league under the motion offense. Bet you anything they would do anything right now to play under RA instead of Spoe who only knows screen the screener and the pick N roll.