Dwight inside out or Harden n Lin dribble penetration

Option 1, dribble penetration and free throw.
Option 2, inside game and free throw.

I'm guessing free throws will be the playbook.

 

Asik can pass actually. He might not have Pau-like passing ability, but he's not bad at all.

Chuck Hayes wasn't able to shoot the ball either, but made himself very affective as the big coming out to the high post with the Rockets.

I do think Asik is going to need to work on SOMETHING to make the offense come out and guard him somewhat.... just not sure what that is right now.... He probably will need to work on an 18 footer.

 

I think that's the big danger chasing Howard. He thinks he should be a first option, offensively. But, he isn't an uber-talented offensive player. I do think we should run some low-post game through him, but ultimately Harden is our best offensive weapon and it'd be foolish to make him a second option to feed the post. Howard would do himself and his teams a world of good if he would embrace a Mutumbo-type identity -- defensive stalwart who will score enough to keep opposing defenses honest.

 

Cause Tim Duncan was NEVER a bad free throw shooter.

Point is you have to have balance, not team runs just one style without trying to throw in P&R, ISO, low block post ups, and high/low screens.

This thread is pointless cause we're really just going to run the offense that best fits our players. Last I heard we weren't being coached by Mike D'Antoni.

 

The issue was mixing a high pick and roll game with a post game, Duncan's ability to play power forward from 18 feet doesn't have anything to do with it, and the character assassination was just well yeah, irrelevant crap.

Van Gundy used to post Dwight up by using his athleticism to gain position first from the high pick and roll and switch it into a post-up, so really your claim you can't blend the offense holds no water.

It also should be obvious that Morey never says players are expendable until they're gone, but the thoughts of Asik + Dwight is just ridiculous.

 

With them on the court together.... which is something I think is overblown.

The Rockets are going to say right now that they can "envision" the two of them playing together, but anyone who knows basketball knows thats easier "envisioned" than actually put into practice.

There are reasons for the Houston front office saying this right now, and alot of them have more to do with Asik than the pursuit of Howard.

If Morey comes out and says "We would move Asik to the bench" what kind of message does that send Asik when they DONT make the signing? That he's expendible?... That they dont value him that much?

The whole "We can Envision" Dwight and Asik frontcourt pairing is pure PR right now. Of course they might "TRY" to make it work with some experimentation in training camp, but lets be honest... Most likely Asik comes off the bench, and ultimately gets traded in due time.

 

yea i read somewhere Dwight doesn't like the pick and roll a lot so if it comes down to that then we gonna have another upset Dwight on out hands

 

D'Antoni's style is unique in that he doesn't like post ups AT ALL.

Asik and Dwight are only going to play 6min together at the start of each half unless its against a team like Memphis.

It a bit disingenuous to say Dwight has no post up game. The reel of his post up points would be extremely long and he does command a double team. What do you think he was doing in Orlando?

His points for the last six seasons are:

20.7
20.6
18.3
22.9
20.6
17.1 (last season with an injured back)

If McHale and the Dream worked with him to develop his post game, he could easily average 24pts. That's near league leading offensive production.

Most championship teams have won by dominating the paint (there are exceptions, teams with extraordinarily good shooters). This is a general rule. The more we control the paint by scoring inside on offense and defending on defense, the better chances of success. Having great shooters just enhances that chance for success, but controlling the paint is crucial.

If we can fast break to capitalise on our defense as well as execute half court high PnRs and Post ups, we would be a pretty scary team as we wouldn't be one dimensional but rather multidimensional.

 

Read into what you will - old Morey interviews

(Low post option, something you have to add?) I'd like to have it. I don't deal with have to haves. Basketball is too complex to deal with have to haves. I don't think that's a have to have. There been teams in the past who have won at a high level without a low post option. ... In an ideal world, you have a low post option and you generally in today's NBA, you want it at the five, frankly. Omer is improving as a low post option. I don't see him as ever being a strong one, maybe as a guy off the bench could be a low post option. If you have a low post option at the four, especially if we got Jeremy and James as two attack guards, your spacing gets hard with a 4 and a 5 on the block. http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?p=7519994#post7519994

(McHale, if you guys were to acquire a big man, would McHale want to change the offense to a half court offense or do you want to keep the uptempo style and will your offseason moves move toward keeping up with that uptempo style?) We're trying...you always want to mold your offense and defense to your personnel. If we got a dominant low post presence, we would change things up to try and implement that. http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?p=7717148#post7717148

 

Our offense is free flowing, if a big feels he has a mismatch he can post up. We saw Greg Smith do it. We saw DMo sprint down court and pin his man for some easy, at-rim post up opportunities. Even Asik was given a chance for some misadventures posting up.

Sometimes the bigger mismatch will come out of attacking a poor post defender with Dwight and sometimes the bigger mismatch will come out of Harden/Lin & Howard PNR's.

 

Well, Dwight certainly looked and said he was much better (his injured back) by the end of the season. He actually recovered but said he was way out of shape for most of the season. He has a whole off-season to work on his conditioning and you know how Dwight likes to work out. Should be in beast condition by the time the season starts.

He's 27 now and will be 28 next year. Still young enough to learn, especially when he's focussed and has McHale and the Dream with him everyday. In fact, Houston should hire Dream as Howard's personal trainer, kinda like a big brother to get his head and skills right.

 

Alex Kennedy from Hoopsworld.com on the favorites for Dwight Howard enjoy !

http://www.sportstalkflorida.com/are-the-rockets-the-favorites-for-dwight-howard/

 

Rockets will certainly run Horns. It should free up open threes, p & r, miss matches. I think Mchale will continue to run a free flowing, read and react offense, but Horns will be implemented into the offense more often then it has

 

Isn't that what Kobe called Dwight to tell him to do? Na, he won't be happy unless he's scoring 20 per game.

IMO PnR and posting can definitely co-exist. All it takes is a coach or PG calling plays and that's it. I'm sure Lin is mentally capable of doing that if given the responsibility. Besides Duncan, that has worked for many teams, such as Karl Malone. He likes PnR AND posting up, not bad at either one. KG prefers the pick and pop but it's not that different, he posts up also. The coach has to be capable to institute that of course. We'll see.