Really, that's going to be a very good play when yao is confortable shooting it and brooks learns how to hide behind and shoot. I know yao can hit that shot, but for him its a confidence thing. If he gets it and just shoots without hesitation, he'll make them. If he stalls and think about it, he'll probably miss. Brooks will learn when to attack, stop and pop, penetrate and kick back or just find other players when teams collapse. Its all just a maturation thing.
Technically, those were pick and pops/screen and fades that Yao and AB did in those 2 plays that Yao found Scola for the layups. Yao is not agile enough to roll to the basket after the pick.
This one shouldn't be a shocker....this is what worked with Yao and Tracy (when tracy was still good). Yao showed he can't handle the ball well in the post, he's real good catching and shooting it. The low post stuff is too predictable, and with this team, they need some creativity, so the team should look for other ways to get Yao the ball. The high pick and roll with Yao and AB/Lowery showed today that it's something that causes as many problems for the defense as it does when the spurs/jazz run it against the rockets.
Thats true but bringing Yao out to the high post was the key. After spending all game trying to get him the ball and having the offense stall for most of the second half bringing him outside unjammed the offense at a critical time. Adelman was asked in the postgame how many times he's used that, he told the reporter twice (in this game). I think we'll see more of this when Yao see's fronts and doubles from good defensive teams they'll see in the playoffs. Yao has to practice that shot because he'll have to make it at a high rate for this to be effective.
im concerned about yao's moving picks. They dont call it that much, but if they call it in one time in a game, the refs will be looking for it throughout the game.
I'm not sure if you're saying this because of today, but he hit a nice jumpshot late in the game from there, then he tried it again soon after and although he missed, shot was close, he looked comfortable. I really like that he can hit shots from anywhere. He hits 3, layups, floating bankers from all kinds of angles, and he hits jumpers from literally anwyhere on the court. As long as they space guys as well as they did today, he should get good looks.
I just feel like the play spreads out our players really well especially if their moving towards the basket.
His moving picks are no more or less a violation than most other big men. With the exception of big moments in the middle of the 4th quarter of play-off games they only call the blatant ones. In fact, the moving pick is one of the refs ways of controlling a game one way or another. Things getting out of hand?? Just look a bit harder for a moving pick.
