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What more was mchale supposed to do with the make up of that team?
A lot of guys are screaming for creativity from these coaches when that's not what it takes when you have top tier players. The Brad Stevens' of the world have to be creative. Maybe I'm missing something but what do the Warriors do offensively that's so transcendent or is it the parts that make the system so effective
The Warriors can run offensive sets when needed, even though a lot of their offense is generated off the break and teams hedging off of Curry so hard that it constantly breaks down the opposing defense. When it all comes down to it, the Warriors can move the ball extremely well and generate an offense without having to play street ball similar to the Spurs.
I don't get that vibe from teams like the Rockets and Thunder. Those two teams strictly try to run it down the opposing teams throat, isolating their best players more than 50% of the time and jacking up shots early. I've watched a few more OKC games than HOU games, but when I'm watching OKC that's exactly what I see. Fortunately, for these squads, these star players are so talented that it still can help them win enough games. But, that doesn't seem to be the case so far in the season.
when the warriors run those PnRs and curry does get hedged, he makes the first pass, and there's little no hesitation from there on. all 5 know where the ball is being moved. rockets run pick and roll, harden gets hedged, makes the pass, and no one knows what to do. there's no set plan. it's just hope for a defensive breakdown.
disagree in part.
the pairing of lawson and harden isn't working. clearly. but mchale has a ton of flaws. offensively, they run floppy with the GOAL of getting harden an isolation on the wing. the guy setting the screen slowly fades off and doesn't even make himself an option. these are coaching things.
first few games of the season, Marcus Thornton doesn't play at all. Terrence Jones gets hurt, Thornton is starting all of a sudden. rockets are 4-0 with thornton starting and playing small, jones gets healthy and automatically inserted back in the starting lineup.
Beating miami by 20 at half without dwight. playing clint capela and having him at least slow down whiteside, second half capela doesn't play and we lose by 20. mchale is a player development guy, not a head coach.
Have watched the Rockets a lot this season and I will concede, the handling of Marcus Thorton has been bad. That Miami game where Capela didn't play the 2nd half was a bad decision. Mind bottling even. Don't understand why He even took Thorton out of the starting lineup in the first place.
But what I would argue is that the P&R and Stand around offense, or the fact that the ball really just stops whenever Harden catches it (whether it be a 2/4 or 2/5 P&R, or Floppy) is more of a product of Harden, not McHale. The point i'm getting at is that there isn't a coach in the league who's going to change this. It's who Harden was at ASU, it's who he is in the league. If he's making shots, Rockets win and they look good. He isn't, they aren't, and McHale gets Canned. Is what it is.
At least this is how I see it You watch them more than me and in a bit more detailed so you probably have a better handle on what's going on.
like i said, the PnR isn't the problem. it maximizes harden. it's the lack of knowing what to do after. the rockets rely on getting an open 3 out of PnR, and if they don't, they reset and run PnR again and hope for the same. there's little to no hockey assists. they make it tough on themselves.