is there any doubt ming must be the offensive focus?

btw: final stats on Mobley's preseason. He shot 48%. It was 52.7% before the last game, and the one excuse no one mentioned is it is tiring running down AI all night, and making him run all night.

Most of his shots are coming in the flow. If he shot 48% playing ISO, I think more people would have noticed. I'm pleased. I want his repeated iso's as yesterday as anyone, but the boy is as poised to feast off of new offenses as anyone. He looks to be trying to change, and the system supports it, especially if Francis will change.

 

I meant if we change him to being an off guard or a secondary role in the offense, officially, he most likely would become very difficult to handle, attitude wise.


I also believe that our best interest is served being proficient at running both offenses. In addition I believe Ming has the skills to be highly productive even if he is not the primary focus. This guy can average 10 pts just on jump shots from any offense and FT's. For the next ten games he should just be trying to fit in and thereafter be "a" primary option. "A" because we have four other better than average options that we have invested alot in. Those are KT, Wink, Mobes and EG, not to mention Rice and MoT.

The last couple of game was a distraction and should not be viewed as an indication of things to come. The distraction came from both Ming coming in and the rash of recent injuries. I have faith that this team is going to score alot and is not facing a crisis on the offensive side of the ball.

 

Mobley will break his old habits if Francis breaks his. Francis is the leader. Mobley is the sidekick who will respond to the leader.

Also, I don't agree with people who say that Ming needs to "learn" the NBA games first before he can be the focal point of the offense. He is a natural basketball player. The only facet of the game not natural to him is rebounding. He doesn't need any adjustment to take high percentage shots. He doesn't need any adjustment to see the open teammate and pass the ball to him. It's the other players that need adjustment to look out for a nifty pass from Ming.

 

I didn't go through all the responses in this thread but I do agree with verse. Ming represents a huge matchup problem for every team we play. If we can find a way to get him easy baskets he'll be unstoppable. With some dribble penetration by the guards, he'll get tons of points. Not to mention offensive rebounds.

Defenses will forget guys like Taylor, Griffin, Rice, and Nachbar. Passing is SO F-in important to this team. We could blow out our opponents when our passing game is clicking. There's no reason why this team shouldn't be in the top-5 in scoring. Turnovers is another story though...

 

Interestingly from everything you read and see, Ming doesn't appear to have a problem being a passing centre, teams are going to double him early to try and break the rookie, what a great way to increase successful passes to his team-mates and it also mean he doesn't have to turn and bang and try and score as much.

There have been several quotes in the media by some players (think Mobes was one) about his ability to find players during ther scrimmages at training (think Mobes said somthing about finding him in the weakside corner).

Think HeyP made a great point earlier about Steve mixing about Ming and Cato and the chance of getting the ball back from them, with Ming it isn't just he will get the ball back, he will help you score if you get in the right place Steve.

Great thread boys... way to keep it alive and congrats for not getting shot down for mentioning some Steve faults.

Smeg