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<blockquote data-quote="lv20gt" data-source="post: 406049" data-attributes="member: 2299"><p>I'm going to try and explain why I think Moses had to take the 3 pointers that he did, or at the very least be willing to take some 3s. </p><p></p><p>Early in the year we tried doing what we did last year with Ben at the high post and running cutters to the lane. That didn't really work because everyone was playing off the 4 spot causing the defense to collapse. Numerous people pointed that out and it was why we made the change to go to AD inside. We did that for a while and as long as we had Jose I still think it was the best option we had. Ben's game suffered, although how much was due to injury we probably will never fully know, but it gave us an actual threat at the 4 spot. However, when Jose got hurt we didn't have a PG. Alston has no PG skills, Okogie doesn't really have the mentality to handle the point, and tad is just too unreliable. Our best PG was Lammers and we went back to running the offense through him. However we saw early in the year that AD being in and not being near the bucket gives us nothing and makes it hard to do what we were trying to because his guy wouldn't respect him at all. So when we decided to go back to running things through Ben, I think the staff made the conscious decision to use Wright instead of AD because he was more likely to be able to provide the spacing we needed. However that was entirely dependent on him being willing to take those shots. If Moses just refused to take those shots like you suggest, then why would he play over AD? </p><p></p><p>Yes, a player has to know what he can and can't do. However that's not the only thing. A player has to understand what the team needs him to do. If the team needed someone at the 4 who could bring his guy out of the paint to open things up, then refusing to take those shots even when open goes directly against what the team needs. It's why I was so critical of Alston because when Jose and Haywood went out Alston didn't change his game at all. He didn't try to be more aggressive, handle the ball more, look for his shot more, or look to make plays for others more. No, he likely didn't have the skill to do what he needed him to do, but how is refusing to even try better?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lv20gt, post: 406049, member: 2299"] I'm going to try and explain why I think Moses had to take the 3 pointers that he did, or at the very least be willing to take some 3s. Early in the year we tried doing what we did last year with Ben at the high post and running cutters to the lane. That didn't really work because everyone was playing off the 4 spot causing the defense to collapse. Numerous people pointed that out and it was why we made the change to go to AD inside. We did that for a while and as long as we had Jose I still think it was the best option we had. Ben's game suffered, although how much was due to injury we probably will never fully know, but it gave us an actual threat at the 4 spot. However, when Jose got hurt we didn't have a PG. Alston has no PG skills, Okogie doesn't really have the mentality to handle the point, and tad is just too unreliable. Our best PG was Lammers and we went back to running the offense through him. However we saw early in the year that AD being in and not being near the bucket gives us nothing and makes it hard to do what we were trying to because his guy wouldn't respect him at all. So when we decided to go back to running things through Ben, I think the staff made the conscious decision to use Wright instead of AD because he was more likely to be able to provide the spacing we needed. However that was entirely dependent on him being willing to take those shots. If Moses just refused to take those shots like you suggest, then why would he play over AD? Yes, a player has to know what he can and can't do. However that's not the only thing. A player has to understand what the team needs him to do. If the team needed someone at the 4 who could bring his guy out of the paint to open things up, then refusing to take those shots even when open goes directly against what the team needs. It's why I was so critical of Alston because when Jose and Haywood went out Alston didn't change his game at all. He didn't try to be more aggressive, handle the ball more, look for his shot more, or look to make plays for others more. No, he likely didn't have the skill to do what he needed him to do, but how is refusing to even try better? [/QUOTE]
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