Rockets lover Nick Wright agrees, Rockets don't have a plan B. How this is not a knock on MDA right now I don't know...it sure as hell will knock us out of a 1st or 2nd round series and total knock out for MDA who's out the door if he continues to just banks on us hitting threes. Or is it somehow fine and we'll just to have to bank on our defense carrying us?
Plan B is also Plan A and a half. Use Westbrook to go mayhem at the rim and kick out to the second squad. All hope goes with Westbrook until Harden and 3pt shooters can find himself/themselves.
Yep. Isn't that what many (most?) of us say on this board? I remember getting----well, not flayed, not scourged, but pimp-slapped, I guess---over criticizing D'Antoni recently. I tried to amend my tone but the truth remains: he might implement a new wrinkle here and there between games (and such change often arrives glacially), but in-game, it's pretty much the same. There are no re-writes on the fly. The script is great or bombs. I want him to succeed, of course. But "Keep Jacking Threes" gets old when those shots don't fall. And when Harden shows up slow and unmotivated, or whatever, so goes the team.
It's a little too hard to move away from Plan A within a game, though. For example, you go 2/22 in the first half or something. At halftime, you're probably thinking "oh, going ice cold won't last. I'm sure we'll get it right in the third." And then you do poorly in the third. So then do you change it up to anything other than shooting 3s, with 12 minutes left to go? When it's your biggest (and sometimes only) strength, it's hard to veer away from that, given that a basketball game is only 48 minutes long.
Nick Wright is late to the party. http://bbs.clutchfans.net/index.php...the-rockets-have-plan-a-plan-a-plan-a.303363/ http://bbs.clutchfans.net/index.php?threads/whats-the-game-plan-when-the-3s-arent-falling.303981/ Spam threes. Make or miss, just keep shooting. No adjustments. We don't adjust to them, they adjust to us. We're just gonna play our game. @kjayp
I blame the players not the coach. You shouldn’t need permission to play smart basketball. It’s just stupidity to miss shot after shot after shot and not attack the basket. Like after House missed that ridiculous step back three. What did he do after? He took it strong to the basket for a dunk. Why wait until you’re down 20-30 pts and have missed 100 threes before you try something else? Yes three is better than two but....a Win is better than a Loss
A coach can call a time-out and remind them, can practice on new plays and implement a few here and there to get those easy shots. If you haven't noticed, we are not a team with guys who can take guys off the dribble or move around a lot, whether that's by design or lack of talent I cannot say for some of them. So to just think players will automatically change the game is not feasible when you're so used to shooting threes at all costs, for most of them. Harden and Westbrook can mix it up, Westbrook you don't even have to tell, but Harden you definitely need to remind. A good coach will also try something if guys don't buy into it or still just jack up threes, pull guys or call another time-out until they get it. MDA seems to just sit there and let it happen.
Absolutely not true.. I’ve seen Rivers, House, Gordon, Mclemore, Green, Covington, even Tucker at times all take their man or beat their man off the dribble. You don’t get to the NBA being a one trick pony. The problem is...Rockets players are programmed to keep shooting no matter what which is just stupid. It’s almost like if you don’t shoot the three you’ll be traded or cut from the team. As player you should always play smart and the right way. You make that adjustment without permission because it’s winning that matters most. Not some gimmicky analytic BS system that has won you nothing thus far
Shieee...... Harden got all the Plan Bs at his house. He done bought them all. Also..... People want the anphony extended. lulz.
Dude, I may not be that sober, but this feels like a deja vu every morning after a loss since we are going small ball. We can only hope it's a wake up call for everybody on our side. We are talented, but we seem awfully prepared on many fronts when compared with other contenders.
Plan A is Westbrook and Harden playing like All-stars at the same time. That's the only way to win a championship. There is no plan B
Players at this level should make a read by themselfs. You see your man not interested in you and playing radar in the corner? do a ****ing backcut *******
There's a difference between at times and truly being able to beat guys off the dribble..come on now, Tucker is a stiff like Chuck Hayes was. McLemore is strictly a shooter - probably by design, Gordon cannot dribble that well but I'll give you him, Covington is very hesitant and actually not a good dribbler nor that quick to do it, House does it but not enough, Rivers surely can. That's exactly my point, they have been taught to just camp outside and shoot. I don't think they really practice sets that involve backdoor cuts, lots of body movement etc. So to say that now they should "just do it", is kind of silly. It's not about permission and yes it does seem like if they hesitate and don't the three there will be consequences. It's about habits and what you practice over and over again, it's like 2nd nature to them to just stand there and shoot. Even if they are horrible shots.
Most times the 3pt shots are wide open and so are lanes to the basket. You don’t need Kyrie Irving handles to get to the basket. When the defender is closing out, do Just a simple blow by move. When you’re wide open, just a hard dribble to the basket When a defender is in your face, then guys tend to struggle without the ball handling skills. For the most part the Rockets get wide open looks with wide open lanes.
