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When will mu have to start taking responsibility for dc's poor defensive coaching schemes?
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mcHAPPY wrote: View PostPlay with this chart.
http://bkref.com/tiny/E2p5T
I'm not sure what you can realistically expect out of a still improving 22 year old C.
However your complaints reflect 3 years of belly aching about lack of overall minutes and crunch time/4th quarter minutes.
JVs biggest issues right now are:
1) his composure
2) his finishing with authority (I.e dunking whenever possible)
3) his coach
1. Defense: He can't defend screen and roll. At all. He is one of the worst players in the NBA at defending spot-ups and is bottom half defending rolls to the bucket.
2. Impact: He is the only regular Raptor who has a negative net rating. And the worst on/off split on the team. Both ORTG and DRTG plummet when he is on the floor. Every single player (other than JJ) has a worst TS% with JV on the floor. He is in all of their worst linueps.
He's an efficient scorer inside, rebounds well enough and adequately protects the rim. Scheme might help some of his defensive issues and his lane clogging wouldn't matter so much if the Raps perimeter people would start making shots again.
And, again, minutes =/= development. None of his issues are a result of lack of "crunch time minutes" or playing time generally. They are a result of significant holes in his defensive game (the offense is fine at this point) starting with his speed and agility.
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slaw wrote: View PostI wouldn't include any of those items as being issues. JV's biggest issues right now are:
1. Defense: He can't defend screen and roll. At all. He is one of the worst players in the NBA at defending spot-ups and is bottom half defending rolls to the bucket.
2. Impact: He is the only regular Raptor who has a negative net rating. And the worst on/off split on the team. Both ORTG and DRTG plummet when he is on the floor. Every single player (other than JJ) has a worst TS% with JV on the floor. He is in all of their worst linueps.
He's an efficient scorer inside, rebounds well enough and adequately protects the rim. Scheme might help some of his defensive issues and his lane clogging wouldn't matter so much if the Raps perimeter people would start making shots again.
And, again, minutes =/= development. None of his issues are a result of lack of "crunch time minutes" or playing time generally. They are a result of significant holes in his defensive game (the offense is fine at this point) starting with his speed and agility.
Bold two + three: So he's an efficient player, who has decent defense, doesn't turn the ball over much, rebounds well but isn't useful on the team? If you can find a way to explain to me how he how he isn't helping the team win without including Casey or his schemes I will be impressed. I mean if you asked Lou to play a 30 min game where he got few touches, few shots and a ton of defensive responsibility I don't think he would have a good rating either. I mean the defense requires JV to rush corner 3s on a regular basis... Why not ask the guards to start guarding opposing bigs on a regular basis?
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slaw wrote: View PostI wouldn't include any of those items as being issues. JV's biggest issues right now are:
1. Defense: He can't defend screen and roll. At all. He is one of the worst players in the NBA at defending spot-ups and is bottom half defending rolls to the bucket.
2. Impact: He is the only regular Raptor who has a negative net rating. And the worst on/off split on the team. Both ORTG and DRTG plummet when he is on the floor. Every single player (other than JJ) has a worst TS% with JV on the floor. He is in all of their worst linueps.
He's an efficient scorer inside, rebounds well enough and adequately protects the rim. Scheme might help some of his defensive issues and his lane clogging wouldn't matter so much if the Raps perimeter people would start making shots again.
And, again, minutes =/= development. None of his issues are a result of lack of "crunch time minutes" or playing time generally. They are a result of significant holes in his defensive game (the offense is fine at this point) starting with his speed and agility.
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slaw wrote: View PostI wouldn't include any of those items as being issues. JV's biggest issues right now are:
1. Defense: He can't defend screen and roll. At all. He is one of the worst players in the NBA at defending spot-ups and is bottom half defending rolls to the bucket.
2. Impact: He is the only regular Raptor who has a negative net rating. And the worst on/off split on the team. Both ORTG and DRTG plummet when he is on the floor. Every single player (other than JJ) has a worst TS% with JV on the floor. He is in all of their worst linueps.
He's an efficient scorer inside, rebounds well enough and adequately protects the rim. Scheme might help some of his defensive issues and his lane clogging wouldn't matter so much if the Raps perimeter people would start making shots again.
And, again, minutes =/= development. None of his issues are a result of lack of "crunch time minutes" or playing time generally. They are a result of significant holes in his defensive game (the offense is fine at this point) starting with his speed and agility.
http://www.raptorsrepublic.com/2015/...efensive-woes/
The Raptors don’t have the pieces to play so aggressively, at least, not without making concessions.
It starts with Jonas Valanciunas, who is too slow to show and recover to Casey’s liking. His troubles are further complicated by his poor decision making, which always seems a step behind as if the game were too fast for him. It’s no surprise why the Raptors’ defense is significantly better with him off the floor, or why Valanciunas routinely benched (he plays the least clutch minutes out of any starter). When the Raptors’ defense notches into top speed, Valanciunas’ limitations leaves him in the dust.
But the Raptors don’t have a true center to play in place of Valanciunas. Chuck Hayes, bless his soul, is way too short and he’s slow. Greg Stiemsma is a foul machine and Bebe Noguiera playing basketball is akin to Bambi learning to walk.
That necessitates a small frontline like Hansbrough and Patterson (which has been effective in certain spots), or relying heavily on Amir Johnson’s creaky ankles. All three can rotate and execute Casey’s gameplan, but there’s a price to be paid in terms of rim protection and rebounding. None of the three rank as particularly strong shot blockers or rebounders, which, incidentally, happen to be two of Valanciunas’s strengths.
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One of the things about this whole debate that I find interesting is the fact that people are willing to dig for anything they can use to blame Valanciunas, a 22 year old developing center, instead of a guy who has had one good year as a defensive (assistant) coach when he had the top defensive player in the NBA, who was ALSO a center (Tyson Chandler). To me, Casey's defensive scheme is STILL built around Chandler, and that's a huge problem because there is nobody else out there like him (Maybe Gobert later on).
You want to see a good defensive coach? Look at what Thibs has been able to do defensively in his career with injuries and with much less athletic players than the Raptors have.
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Superjudge wrote: View Postheh.
go player for player with both rosters.
be honest, and then tell me, is Toronto better than Chicago in terms of athletics and BBAL IQ.
It's also telling that a team starting one of the worst defenders in the league (Boozer) was good defensively.
Basketball IQ, i'll give you, although coaching gets tied up in that sometimes (makes guys look good, or bad...)Last edited by KHD; Tue Mar 24, 2015, 02:11 PM.
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KHD wrote: View PostBasketball IQ, i'll give you, although coaching gets tied up in that sometimes (makes guys look good, or bad...)
To me, this is the big gamble in Uriji's team-building here, and it puts a lot of pressure on Casey to teach, and to implement a system that plays more towards players utilizing physical attributes than smarts. And so far, that's something that Casey seems to have been unable to do, instead implementing a system that seems to exacerbate poor decision-making. I think Casey ideally wants a team of smart, crafty veterans who pick up systems quickly, and Ujiri wants a team of young, long athletic specimens. This will probably come to a head this offseason. I think Ujiri understands that Casey and the current direction of the personnel on the team are incompatible.Last edited by octothorp; Tue Mar 24, 2015, 03:03 PM.
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Bandit wrote: View PostBold one : Finishing with authority is a massive issue, gargantuan gaping hole in his game.
Bold two + three: So he's an efficient player, who has decent defense, doesn't turn the ball over much, rebounds well but isn't useful on the team? If you can find a way to explain to me how he how he isn't helping the team win without including Casey or his schemes I will be impressed. I mean if you asked Lou to play a 30 min game where he got few touches, few shots and a ton of defensive responsibility I don't think he would have a good rating either. I mean the defense requires JV to rush corner 3s on a regular basis... Why not ask the guards to start guarding opposing bigs on a regular basis?
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Perhaps only Tyson Chandler in his prime could do all of that and Rudy Gobert a few years from now. That would seem like pretty significant system flaw, IMO.
Or Amir...... See, theoretically, some combination of Amir/JJ/PPat/Ross should be able to cover for JV's lack of footspeed but Ross wet the bed this year and Amir isn't the same Amir.
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slaw wrote: View PostWhere did I say he wasn't a useful player? I'm merely pointing out the fact that the defense and offense are worse when he's on the court. It is what it is. I'm not characterizing his play at all.
I made the comparison that if you took away what Lou is good at and asked him to do what he was not so good at then he too would have a low impact. The same goes for every player.
I believe that JV makes the best out of what he can, that is to say that I believe his impact is as good as it can be in this current system. That in no way is an issue of his game that he can work on.
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