Foster aint blind blind. He knows he can mute Silver's earpiece when Brodie's running around with his nuts clamped.
Funny thing people used this thread to bash Westbrook, when the quote is to me very telling of our offense and thus of our coaches. Watch these Nuggets for one quarter and you see more screens, passes, proper dribble hands offs, cuts and actual sets being run more than a whole game of the Rockets.
Interesting take considering the exact same offense worked with precision and efficiency when Harden was on the floor with Westbrook off.
Depends on your definition of something working. I don't think an offense where 90% of the time everyone stands still is an efficient offense.
90% of the time standing still??? Hilarious exaggerations aside, IIRC they outclassed the Lakers by 20+ at one point in the second half when Westbrook was off the floor. Seems pretty significant in a game with an 8 point margin of victory.
Setting one screen or several screens by one guy for the other to get open who then either passes for the 3, takes the 3 or goes to the basket and then passes off for the 3 is not what I call moving offense. The ball sticks, bodies stay outside and rarely are screens set for a guy to get open for 3. If these plays were mixed with more movement off the ball to get a lay-up, the ball in the lane to make a play off of or just passing around the perimeter until it finds the open man then you'd have a point. Our efficiency relies on threes made and players to take it upon themselves to move off the ball, cut and get an easier shot. We've had 2 solid games where we finally let go of just shooting threes and moved the ball and got some good baskets off of cuts. Game 1 of this series and Game 5 I believe of last series. That's not by design it seems as it's very inconsistent and we just get by with Harden, Westbrook and some role players hitting their threes or attacking the basket. Luckily the latter is something we do more as well. Westbrook cannot do much with the ball when he gets into the lane since the Lakers have big guys at the rim and wings who can stay home on our shooters. We simply need plays when Russ initiates or guys who just read what Westbrook is doing and react off of it.
It is more coaching Westbrook should have been yanked. It's not X's and O's It's management. Rocket River.
The Lakers adjusted by aggressively playing the passing lanes and staying home on the shooters rather than helping out. Russ probably wasn't prepared for that adjustment and, to make matters worse, he's starting to fall in love with this 3 point shot again in the playoffs. If his injury is completely healed he should know that he needs to attack the basket and generate points that way--either by making layups, shooting FTs, or both.
He's just firing back at the people trying to ask the same question about his lack of production. I'd be pissed TBH. Took an L and have to deal w/ these writers. Hope to see the real RW tonight.
Part of the reason why sometimes this teams can go on offensive slumps even when they are doubling Harden is the fact that everyone stays still which means as soon as Harden passes off to the guy who is being doubled off of, it's easy for the defense to recover from the double team. Hence why I get frustrated when Harden holds on to the ball at the top of the three point line waiting to get doubled instead of just attacking the rim first. Attacking the rim generates more looks and defenses being discombobulated than the Harden double.
Run at the 3-2 zone Russ ... FULL SPEED! Break through the first line and just look to put them in foul trouble. Dont jack up 3's. Stop posting up and doing that weird bank shot. Attack the rim. relentless. break their zone by force.
I’m sure others have said this, running around isn’t good enough. No rhyme no reason. I need Russ to mix in some screens on the perimeter defenders of the zone.....some disturbance near the rim. Hate to ask Westbrook (Guard) to play the role of a big like Steven Adams, Zaza, Bogut, JaVale MeGee; but Westbrook can get under the arms and into the ribs of some defenders. If Stockton could do it, so can WB. Sneak some backdoor cuts out of it.
That's fair but that doesn't mean Harden calls the shots around here. Tilman has made it painfully obvious that he's the final decision on all decisions related to the Rockets. Just look back on some of his greatest hits lol. Harden wanted to add Westbrook to the team without moving Paul. Tilman shut that down.
