Carl Herrera summed it up pretty well. were gonna be a very creative halfcourt team. we'll see alot of even contribution from everyone. yao will be alot more creative without having to change he's game a great deal. the pace will not change a great deal if anything. but we will be a very entertaining halfcourt team.
Let's rewind a second and define for once what Les means by "a more uptempo offense." He's not saying we are going to become the Suns or Warriors...even TMAC is not suited for that. The OPERATIVE WORD is "MORE"...which is what Adelman's Sacramento team was like. Strike with the fastbreak if it's there, but ONLY if it's there...there will not be anyone other than TMAC pulling up for 3s or jacking up unneccessary jumpshots when we don't have numbers under the board. Yao will be used in the way Divac and Weber were, and he will likely get more touches than either of those two in this new offense. JVG understood that Yao's best contribution is the gross offensive mismatch he represents against every team, however, he never appreciated Yao's versatility (i.e., passing and decision making). If Yao doesn't have to constantly set picks and chase guards, imagine how much more energy he will have to facilitate and finish on offense. I always imagined that Yao's optimal stat line per game would read something like 25 pts, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 blocks. This is the Yao that I think will emerge under Adelman.
This is partially untrue Yao had most of his turnovers in the post. He is better suited for motion offense, which is not necessarily uptempo it is just ball an player movement a lot of Yao turnovers came from players including him not moving but that was how the offense was structured look for Yaos' assist to go up and turnover ratio to go down. The better question is will Hakeems tutoring be less useful because the offense in itself will make Yao a better player.
Thats correct. In addition, have you ever seen a five man fastbreak? you only need two or three quick players to run a fast break, a five man fast break is unheard of. Vlade Divac was not particularly fast but he fit in nicely with the kings offense before...
Yes, it is correct, Tony Parker runs the fastbreak just by himself. I thought Rofer should play like Parker rather than jumping lots of three, and missing lots of three.
