Telling Anderson he can only shoot 3's really devalues his skill set.

YES. At this point it is common ****ing sense

 

i think everybody on this team got the memo that if you are going to take an open shot, take a 3, look at Zhou Chee, most of the time he just stands on the 3 point line..... whenever you push something to extreme, it is going to back fire on you, we need some more variety, right now, the game is becoming so predictable, if we hit our 3s we win, if not we lose......

 

I bet Dan Tony is going to start letting Anderson shoot more midrange shots

 

Where are all the posts ballyhooing 3s, 3s and only 3s - and calling everyone else stupid for not seeing that 3s are the only way to be successful? lol

 

He played well last night but it was a road game. If he can do well with more varied shot selection at home, maybe we'll have something...

 

Screw that. I want him taking 10 3's a game. That step back jumper is a joke. It's good for showing off to your friends, but not in a competitive NBA game. Takes him half the shot clock to shoot it even. Jesus.

 

He's got mediocre efficiency on those post ups though and can't pass out of them. He's more efficient in his current role than he ever was in New Orleans. When he expands his role on offense his TS% drops to the low 50s. I know it's nice to see him doing something besides camp out at the three point line, but he just doesn't do it well enough to warrant making it a go to option.

We praise Clint for playing within his role and excelling at it instead being like Dwight and worrying about the number of his shots. I'll give Anderson credit for being a good teammate and knowing his limits. When CP3 gets back Anderson's role will be that much easier.

 

hmmm. The year prior to him joining the rockets, the most efficient step back king was James Harden converting around 50% of his attempts. Guess who came in second?

 

Spot on! If more offensive plays are made for Anderson for such inside shots, he will eventually demand double team and spread the floor even further for Ariza, Gordon, Harden n Paul.

 

We don't even let Harden take many of those. What's Ryan's TS% since then? What's more important, number of points or efficiency? Because we were killing it in both last year.

 

our whole team's skills are devalued since they're not allowed to shoot mid range shots. nene, harden, eg, paul, ryan are all good-great mid range shooters. morey and mda dont care though.

then the classic line from the morey extremists "so u want us to change our whole game plan and stop shooting a lot of threes?"

no i dont. i just want there to be some flexibility for the mid range game, esp when they cant get any threes or layups which isnt rare. guys like ariza who hhas to be out there for the whole game basically would benefit from shooting closer shots.

 

I think that the Rockets organization agrees with you. He's been getting more shot lately and quite a few plays run for him early in the game. I think they try to release defensive pressure early and when he's hitting, he really changes what the other team has to do to stop us. Good thread.

 

I thought you didn't pay attention to stats and that you just watched games and then shared your invalid opinions? What's changed?

 

Two conflicting threads about Ryan Anderson in the GARM is disrupting Space-Time.

 

Excellent.

 

Our first play is to try and get a layup or 3 pointer. Harden and or anybody who does post ups usually do that when the first 2 plays fails.

Since our offensive set is designed to place certain players on certain positions, that step back jumper would be very difficult to run if you have 2 shooters in the corner and at top where the defender is closer to double team. If you notice, the only time that we run a play for somebody to do this one on one, they clear out one side so it would be lot difficult to double team.

Having to do post ups as a first or second is against our team philosophy - 7 second shot clock. We were 2nd best offensive team last year and at we are at our most efficient when we shoot with a lot of time left. How does post up fit in this game plan? Our problem last year was defense and to criticize how our offense is ran is somewhat head scratching.

You mentioned: " I know it's nice to see him doing something besides camp out at the three point line, but he just doesn't do it well enough to warrant making it a go to option." My response to your claim refutes the idea that he does not have go to moves and inefficient.

 

During Melo-drama, part 46, I looked up his stats at MSG and he's basically a beast there, unlike the Toyota Center.

The Knicks would be a playoff team (in the East) with him instead of Kanter, but maybe that's why they don't want him as well as his conteract?

 

Our offense stopped working after game 1 against the Spurs. The system got figured out. So if we want to keep the same system, you have to add complexities to it. That's what this thread is about, adding potency from different points of the floor using Ryan Anderson.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present our mental midget:



Look at him shrink in the moment!

 

I agree with this. I be mad at Anderson but it is true isolating him to just shoot threes is making him worse. He's better than that.