I don't think there's anybody for McHale to hold accountable except himself. He controls whether D-Mo and Josh head behind the arc when they're not in the thick of things. A low percentage three point shooter should not be behind the arc regardless of how the play is proceeding. We don't have any stretch fours. Get D-Mo and Smith closer to the basket, so they can help Dwight try to secure the offensive rebound amongst the three or four opponents always vying for it and hammering the crap out him in the process. Let Terry, Beverly, and Brewer (since he's hot) shoot threes. If we'd ever play Canaan, he'd probably be the biggest long range weapon we have. Don't let Ariza shoot threes until he's got his stroke back. We take more threes than anybody, and we make more threes than anybody in absolute numbers, but our team percentage is only about 1 in 3 makes or something like that. Get that team 3PT% up in the 40s, and use the rest of the possessions to attack the rim, post up with DMo, PnR with Dwight, drive with James, etc. I don't know if Morey's analyses takes this into account but it sure does seem like a missed three bounces way the hell back from the basket and leads to a higher percentage of fast break points for the other team. The best way to hold people accountable would be to assign specific roles to players and then demand they perform those roles as well as possible. Without that definition, though, they really can't be faulted for missing a basket when they get a wide open look from a position they shouldn't be shooting from in the first place.
Thank you. Bulls are a great defensive team and we put up points against them while not getting any foul calls.
Absolutley. When your up 7pts in the 4th quarter, slowing the game down on offense would help. Running up & down the court jacking up 3's will not work long term. You guys won't learn that unil we get knocked out the 1st round again smh
We just changed the personnel, but it's still the same lousy game plan. Isos, one-on-one The defenses tighten in the endgame. When will we learn to think strategically in the endgame?
Yep. The thing is every one of our wins & loses in close games depend on whether Harden hits or not. That is NOT a good thing. I'd like to see plays ran for some of our other players like JT, Bev or maybe Brewer. With teams focusing on Harden there will always be ways to get guys good looks down the stretch (backdoor plays, off the ball screens etc) . But I guess that would require an actual play to be ran, never mind
The Rockets as a team has a shoot until you get hot mentality. I say that works in about 1 out of every 3 games played. With that odds that won't be good enough to make it out of the first round in the playoffs. Hmm, that sounds about right.
Just my opinion but does anyone else think the personnel on our team could run the triangle offense pretty well? I know we won't run it under McHale this season or ever, it's just a thought. Anyone with better knowledge on the triangle offense care to shed some thought on it?
The bulls average 103 ppg. If we held them at their average, we don't need to score anymore. On our latest losses.... Wizard avg - 99.8 ppg and they scored 104 Spurs avg - 102.2 ppg and they scored 110 Pelicans avg - 101.4 and they scored 111 With exception to the pelicans, if we held those teams to their average, we win those games.
In addition, we average 101 ppg. Again, with the exception to the Pelicans game, we scored more than our average. We scored more than we normally do yet we did not defend as well as we should. Is it still offense?
Numbers don't say ****, if you watch games, you know us winning relies 90% on Harden carrying us, for the rest hit a lot of threes and maybe some FTs.
The key word is versatility. We have none. If we're not hitting our 3's, or getting to the FT line, we lose terribly. There is no in between. If it's not addressed (and it probably won't be) we will lose again in the 1st round. I'd like us to run some set plays that'll get Dwight more alley's and Terry more 3's. Watching Harden dribble is 95% of our offense
Slumping may be one reason. But some of those players are lack of discipline. Don't shoot bad shots and they will be much better. Ariza's drives to the paint, Smith's long 2s or 3s, Bev's dribbling, everybody's contested threes, to name a few.
I get your point but statistics are absolutely important. You can watch a game and get a feel with the eyeball test but it's not always statistically accurate. Many times I'll check out the metrics after a game and notice things I missed while watching live. If you're emotionally invested in a game it can get even more skewed.
Check out the Cavaliers game, while defensively we are not great, offensively we are just playing stupid!
Never! I don't care who agrees or disagrees, anybody who watches games knows it's a huge problem. ISO Harden, Ariza's 3p%, Josh Smith shooting many threes, us as a team going nuts from three, it's all due to the lack of accountability and freedom on offense to do whatever the **** you want.
You're completely right and many of us agree with you. We'll see what people say after playoffs. Probably blame Harden and Howard.
