The bright spot of this is that the coaches realize they need to utilize their two ball dominant guards better. Rather than creating an offense that has one deferring to the other they should be creating one that helps them play off each other.
I always thought that this was the answer.... But I thought to myself that the answer can't be that simple.
lol coaching? lol coaching creating an offense? In case you haven't noticed our coaching cant create crap. McHale admitted he doesnt really run an offense and just improvises. You heard it from Lin again when he said "we didnt run any sets. I just went out there any played" Playing Street Ball is >>>>>> McHale coaching ball We have the worst coach in the league.. SIGH..
The onus is on the coaching staff to figure out how to utilize both Harden and Lin's talents. If they can't figure it out, I'm sure Les will find someone else to do the job.
Seriously. Everybody has been saying this from the beginning. Mike Dantoni did the same thing last year. Situated Lin on the left wing to go to his right & Melo on the right wing. So many people have been saying that Lin is the better playmaker & Harden has the skills to play off the ball more than Lin does. Harden's assist to turnover ratio is highlighting that he is playmaking beyond his ability right now. Last night really just highlighted a systemic issue with this team. Houston likes to have PG bring it up and swing it to Harden to start a pick and roll. Lin was in the Harden role last night. They need to have better balance which is what a lot of people have been saying for a while now. LOL!!!
This. I really don't get why this isn't happening, unless it is coaching. Harden does not have to dominate the ball to be successful. It would most likely help him, and our team, if he didn't.
Again another anti Rocket coaching staff post without a shred of any evidence. I can give you a fact or to. Probably many more than one. But try these two on for size: At a recent NBA stat geeks conference in front of all the Heavy weight statisticians a paper was presented (and later posted into a science journal) that bad coaching led to a loss in just 5% of the games. ~4 games per year. And I believe that you are confusing bad coaching with inexperienced players. Teams under 25 years of age tend to perform poorly. I did not run the numbers but it seemed to me they equate to a .300 winning percentage.
Harden and Lin did great the first two games of the season. Then the coaching staff installed an "offense".
The fact that 5% is the average among all such cases does not mean that each case exhibits the average, wouldn't you agree? In the case of the Rox, the average point differential is less than a point: -0.9 Does the study that you cite distinguish the impact of coaching on teams that have low point differentials? I would think that coaching has more of an impact on wins/losses when the point differential is lower.
Just look back at the Pistons game. Lin was doing the playmaking about 50% of the time while Harden was looking for his shot 50% of the time. That's the way it should be. Don't know why it they deviated from it.
