Huh? You totally missed my point. I was saying Frye wouldn't get those looks here because we have no one who consistently demands double teams. How do you expect him to get his 3 pt freebies then? When Yao and Tmac do come back, we have no need for him-Scola and Landry are much, much better players, and while he might strictly be a better shooter than Andersen, he's also softer and he lacks Andersen's passing finesse and intangibles. Solid pickup though, if we aren't stocked with Scola, Landry and Hayes I'd give him a look for 2 mill. But then again, if we didn't have those guys we probably would have drafted Blair so w/e...
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Correction, Nelson’s Warriors run and gun system. They played at an extremely fast Pace of 99.2 and 98.8 in 07 and 08 (pace as in, possessions per 48 minutes). It was much faster than the Warriors team before Nelson and the Clippers team last year, which is all that matters when comparing the differences in his stats. Yes. Nelson’s Mavericks offense was nowhere near as fast as his Warriors offense and not as fast as Dantoni's Suns teams. Remember, the Mavs ran a lot of their offense through their big man. Here's the pace of those Nash teams I listed earlier. 2002-02 pace 92.5 (mavs) 2003-04 pace 93.2 (mavs) 2004-05 pace 95.9 (suns) 2005-06 pace 95.8 (suns) For a frame of reference, the Milwaukee bucks and Utah Jazz had a pace of 92.6 and 93.1 respectively last year. The Rockets had a pace of 90.4. So yes, Nash went from a fast offense to an extremely fast one. Now that you mention it, it’s reasonable to think he would have been less productive than his mavericks years in a slow offense like ours. This isn’t a high scoring/good offense issue. The stat inflation comes from the speed of the offense which creates an unusual rate of fast break/early offense uncontested shots. Who said a fast offense made crap look good? Baron Davis and Steve Nash were already very good players. Duhon was a serviceable backup. I was just pointing out instances where players have seen significant jumps in production (that can not be rationally described without referring to the style of offense) due to a switch to a faster paced team. And, I was just focusing on PG’s, there are others (Stephen Jackson, Shawn Marion, etc.). Shooting percentages do not change per minute. He shot the ball better because there is ridiculous spacing on these types of teams. I never said Nash’s teammates made him look better and definitely never questioned his playmaking ability. I purposefully included Nelson in this discussion. It is about the speed of the offense and how much the court is spread, the coach isn't really that relevant. Gentry hasn’t done much different from Dantoni and the offense is just as fast. When Terry Porter tried to run a half court offense with more commitment to defense Nash and others balked and his production dipped. The video Worzel posted is a perfect example of my point (I doubt it was intended for that purpose). In the video, Nash is essentially wide open off of a PnR. Why in the world would anyone leave a 2 time MVP wide open so often? 1) The Clippers' defense is scrambling because the Suns race down the court (often neglecting defensive responsibilities) for easy offense. 2) The floor is spread. Everyone on the court has range out to 20ft and most can shoot the 3. 3) Nash is a great playmaker and the defense must respect that. The end result is the best player on the court getting easy 1on1 opportunities and open jumpers. In an average slow offense, the defense is more likely to be set and the 4 (Frye in this case) wouldn't be floating out to the 3 point line, he'd be much closer to the rim. In this case, the PF's man would roll over to defend the Center (Amare) and the defensive center would slide up to disrupt Nash giving the defensive PG enough time to get back from being picked off and the defense can reset. Of course the defense doesn't stop the PnR all the time but the Suns' offensive scheme creates an open jumpshot on every play. The same thing happens when the Knicks play they just don't have the shooters nor the playmaker to convert it at a high enough rate.
