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Exactly. Larry Brown calls it "playing the right way".
For an athletic wing like Ross who can shoot it, that should mean a healthy dose of using screens and making hard cuts to create space and get the defence moving. But Ross is being trained to become a 1-on-1 dribble-drive specialist, when he clearly lacks the handle and aggression to be that type of player. Or, he's just being used as a 4th option, end-of-clock, dump off 3-pt specialist. There's a difference between productive minutes, empty minutes or even destructive minutes.
For JV, he needs to learn how to pass out of the post and re-set and develop chemistry with the other players. Instead we're seeing 1-on-1 post clear outs, with opposing guards swiping at the ball. Often the ball is fed in the high post, too far from the hoop, or at an awkward angle.
Watch a guy like Steven Adams, with far less experience, hit the cutter for an easy layup. This guy was completely raw in college. Problem is: Raps rarely even use cutters, and aren't very good at feeding the post. Both of those things are system issues and not in JV's control to develop.
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For an athletic wing like Ross who can shoot it, that should mean a healthy dose of using screens and making hard cuts to create space and get the defence moving. But Ross is being trained to become a 1-on-1 dribble-drive specialist, when he clearly lacks the handle and aggression to be that type of player. Or, he's just being used as a 4th option, end-of-clock, dump off 3-pt specialist. There's a difference between productive minutes, empty minutes or even destructive minutes.
For JV, he needs to learn how to pass out of the post and re-set and develop chemistry with the other players. Instead we're seeing 1-on-1 post clear outs, with opposing guards swiping at the ball. Often the ball is fed in the high post, too far from the hoop, or at an awkward angle.
Watch a guy like Steven Adams, with far less experience, hit the cutter for an easy layup. This guy was completely raw in college. Problem is: Raps rarely even use cutters, and aren't very good at feeding the post. Both of those things are system issues and not in JV's control to develop.
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For JV, I think they just want to refine his low post skills. I'm pretty sure nobody is saying JV, once you get the ball please don't pass it out of the post. He's got to get comfortable in the post before he starts to expand to other skills like passing it out to open shooters, but again I'm sure nobody is saying not to. He's a slow learner thus far and I think not passing has more to do with him than coaching. More importantly JV puts up great numbers and I think any bad habits he already has are being curbed by playing time. I don't think there is any bad habits that I've seen him pick up due to the way he is being developed.
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