Sengun is Rick Adelman’s dream big man. That’s who he is. A big who has unbelievable potential to facilitate the offense from the corner and top of the key. When Morey was trying to build the best contender for Adelman, who was he most determined to go get as a big man?? If Silas can coach half as good as a top tier coach, I think we have a player that’ll be the real engine behind one of the better offenses in the league for a generation if Jabari, Jalen, and co. play up to their potential. Will he ever be the best player on the court with these guys? No. But he could very well be the most important. One things for sure though, if Silas can’t coach the Princeton offense at some point, they need to make a change to someone who can coach the corner offense. You have too many players who would dominate in that system.
You may be right; the other piece that doesn't fit is KPJ. While he is an above-average catch-and-shoot option, KPJ's game isn't suited for the backdoor cuts and movement off the ball. He looks so uncomfortable in a structured offense.
Hard disagree. KPJ looked solid, especially in the second half. 6 assists to two turnovers, solid D, second highest +/- next to Green, etc.
Agreed on most points. I don't know if Silas is the right guy. Even if they keep him as HC, they can hire an assistant who is a Princeton specialist. Sengun did well but not great last night compared to a few other guys. He had several signature low post scoring moves early on. But I'm a bit disappointed that what Silas said in an interview didn't materialized. He said that they wanted to get Sengun the ball while he's moving in PnR. But he almost never received the ball when he rolled after a pick. I only remember he got the ball while rolling once and it resulted in a score. They need to do a lot of drills on that play.
No matter whether KPJ has some good games, I still think we should have Sengun as our primary playmaker eventually, with TyTy bringing the ball up most of the time.
Thats pretty much what happened last night. Scooter ends up with a "passive" 6 assists without forcing and thriving off the gravity from the post that Alpy provides even in a 'hockey' assist result. Sengun just needs to watch his turnovers. Was real happy that he wasnt a foul machine last night.
Sengun got two passes in PnR if I remember correctly. It's also much easier to throw over the top to a big then to slip a pass to a big. Our guards aren't good enough passers to consistently feed Sengun through traffic because he can't really catch lobs.
Yeah, our young guards can do alley oop lobs but not very good at intricate slip passes. Maybe the spacing wasn't right too. They need to practice that a lot more. BTW, somebody needs to cut when Sengun gets the ball at the high post. There were many times he looked around and couldn't find anybody to pass. They didn't seem to know where to do.
Sengun got 3 passes out of pnr last night, two from Green and one from Kpj. All three turned into made baskets, one up and under and 1, and two layups. While 3 isn’t a lot, and I hope to see much more of it, compared to last year it actually seems to be a big improvement and a bright spot last game. Last year they would go whole games without getting him a single pass out of pnr and it was very frustrating.
The last one was the one I remembered and probably the most obvious one. The first one was more like a normal pass to the FT line and then he worked his way to the basket.
PnR looked great with lots of different participants. Silas is definitely going to deploy a lot of PnR without Wood. Sengun also had several back picks that were fantastic. Nice to have a bevy of big man that can play PnR. I would like to see our defensive rebounding and quick outlet passes improve. I’m pretty sure it’s part of the plan.
Rick's dream big already existed in the NBA for a while, his name is Jokic. Sengun can be a really good player in his own right, but that will primarily depend on his ability to extend his range. Otherwise he will end up incredibly limited.
First one was off of a Sengun pick but he popped out a bit. The key is the guard’s willingness to get the ball back to him after setting the screen, whether it is a pick or a pop, which I didn’t see much of last year.
I think KPJ will still be valuable for us. I agree that our offense should primarily be "triangle"/princeton offense through sengun. But when the set plays break down, we'll need someone like KPJ that can break down his defender 1 on 1 and get buckets.
