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Run A Play ?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Rocket River, Dec 28, 2019.

  1. Rocket River

    Rocket River Member

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    Besides Russ or Harden
    Which Rocket would you run a play for?
    Where would the play have them shooting from?

    Any particular type of play?

    Rocket River
     
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  2. macan

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    EG pick and pop 3 pointers
     
  3. Blurr#7

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    It ain’t even that complicated, hit a open shot for gods sake.
     
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  4. Rocket River

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    Nope. . . . I been told we need to run more plays

    I am of the mind that it may not matter if they cannot hit an open shot
    but everyone is calling for more plays
    Run more plays. . . I'm wondering what plays? For who?

    Rocket River
     
  5. Blurr#7

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    I see what you did there. Props....
     
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    dont expect vet min players to succeed in any plays
     
  7. DeBeards

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    GG would luv to pull da trigger. while he played fr suns, he was quite trigger happy:D
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    Too complicated for MDA
     
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    Russ drives to to the hoop towards multiple defenders (possibly during a partial fast break, but not necessarily). He slings the balls back to a trailing James instead of sideways to our inconsistent shooters. James immediately slings the ball back to a now-wide-open open Russ who's slipped to the other side of the basket for an easy layup or dunk. No one was expecting back and forth passes, only James and Russ are involved (a plus), it utilizes the natural position of the players (Russ leading, James trailing), and Harden can make the pass. It shocks the defense who expect Harden to ISO instead of going with an immediate pass. Borrowing baseball terminology, I'll call it "the rundown" or "the pick off."

    Warning: I'm just a layman, not a play-creating basketball coach, so that should only give you slightly more confidence in me than MDA.
     
  10. Invisible Fan

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    Tilman: Hey Mike, ever run a play?
    MDA: Hey ferntits, ever heard of pay for play?
    ...
    Tilman: Damn, Harden is killing it this year!
    MDA: Yep.
     
  11. Roomba

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    A Yao Ming post-up would be efficient. Our guards need to throw better entry passes though..
     
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  12. Jontro

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    harden pick and roll all day with capellla with shooters on the corners ready to pull the trigger should capellla get trapped
     
  13. BaselineFade

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    Warning: Slight rant.


    MDA tailors his offense's to the talent that he has. His "plays" or lack there of with Houston has resulted in maximum efficiency regardless of how it may look. This is an MDA led team. We have James Harden and Morey. All 3 are innovators and have been successful by going against the norms.

    Remember MDA's history and fans may figure out the methods behind his madness. Fans who think that this man doesn't know any "plays" or any other type of offense is laughable. His "small ball" damn near knocked off the Warriors. He knows what he is doing.

    Pay attention to Harden's quote in this 2018 article.

    https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sp...-of-Mike-D-Antoni-s-offense-with-12831715.php

    Firing this man is foolish if we want to keep Harden happy. Fans are choosing to ignore this obvious fact. MDA is Harden's guy I don't care how anyone tries to spin it. WE RISK LOSING HARDEN BY FIRING MDA. Is it worth it?

    This article below just gives an overview an a little more insight into MDA's history and answers a lot questions about why he seems so stubborn with his offense.

    https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-dantoni-offense-shaped-nba-2017-11

    MDA, Morey and Harden have aligned to form this unorthodox trinity that is producing the record levels of offense that we have enjoyed(or not) during the past few years. It's not out of stupidity. It is by design. Running traditional "plays" with the talent on our roster and taking the ball out Harden's hands will lead to less efficiency and Harden knows it.

    MDA already knows that with our role players their is no better offense than having them spot up for open 3's. That's it. Those are the most efficient shots for those players. I don't have tell Rocket fans the value in wide open 3's for any average to above average shooter. If they are not falling you have to live with it, because of the current roster. If running more traditional plays would help increase our role players efficiency he would run them.

    Many of our role players would not even be in the NBA this year if it were not for MDA's lack of "plays". GG, BMac, and House in particular. PJ would be diminished as well at this stage if his career. He has them playing meaningful minutes for contender that has championship aspirations. Think about that.

    The record levels of offense and efficiency this team has enjoyed in recent years can be attributed to Morey, MDA and Harden. Once that chain is broken it gone for good.

    Give Harden and MDA time to figure out the best way to attack the double teams instead of panicking. We could be one piece away and everyone is losing their damn minds.
     
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    The one piece needed is a young Akeem the Dream.
     
  15. Stephen_A

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    That’s what’s confusing. When they play a box and 1 or zone trapping James the Rox have 4 on 3. Why not have a man in the middle and only one shooter at the corner 3 and the other two near the paint in the short corner. If Westbrook or house/rivers dribble Drives they have a big and another guy down low and a guy beyond the arc. This provides opportunities for the easy dump offs to short corner when they collapse on Russ or dribble drive guy. Not that complicated. Not sure why the roc opt for the 3 every time. It simply doesn’t work.
     
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    how about MDA run a timeout to get those cold dead shooters off the floor??????
     
  17. HR Dept

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    Free 3pt shots for any all players who love to work off ball and haul ass behind flares, pin downs, and double screens.

    “Fist Quick 5” for any 2k20 players out there.
     
  18. BaselineFade

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    That wouldn't leave a lot of space. Short corner shots are not as efficient as open 3's. If Capela is near the paint and PJ is in the corner, you think House or Rivers or EG or B Mac in the short corner is a better shot than an open 3? These dudes are not short corner or mid range shooters and they don't finish well enough at the rim against traffic. Our points per possession would start to decline.

    I know it's ugly but that 3 that we opt for is the best shot for those players. As crazy as it seems.
     
  19. BaselineFade

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    Wouldn't these free 3 point shots that they are working harder to get, be the same free ones that they are getting currently? If the goal is to get wide open 3's don't we already have that covered lol? So you guys just want House, BMac ECT to work harder for them?

    Who knows, maybe they would shoot with more consistency after hauling ass behind flares, pin downs and double screens. I guess we will see when the new guy comes in and "fixes" the offense.
     
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    He watches Plays.
     

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