Taking chances that's what. And he cannot be afraid to innovate
Mike D'Antoni is a good example. Although it may have
been a move he made by default. But putting Amare at
center and Marion at PF was brilliant. His whole small
lineup concept was a great move. Now he's done it again, putting
Boris Diaw at center. Definitely not a traditional man there
Was watching the Knicks last night and they were playing
their usual listless game. Mike Breen said Larry was "looking
for a spark" (which he has been doing since he got here)
and in the third quarter he finally found it. What he did was
play all three guards, Marbury, Crawford and Nate Robinson
together....took the ball OUT of Marbury's hands and put
Crawford at the SF spot....worked to perfection. Everyone
understood their roles, Nate ran the show and they ran
SET PLAYS for Crawford, Frye and Marbury (3rd option)....
A. Davis and Channing Frye cleaned up after any mistakes.
Point is, that Brown made an adjustment....putting Crawford
at SF was BRILLIANT, gave him the matchup advantage and
put the Bulls back on their heels......But it wouldn't have happened
on 95% of teams, they would have just selected one man as
the starter and the other as the backup and BOTH would have
been unhappy
I am thinking the same thing may very happen in LA pretty soon
Phil will abandon Odom as the "Point forward" and go the exact
opposite route.....Odom at the 4, Kobe at SF with Smush and one
other (a true guard) in the backcourt....it needs to be done even
more for the Lakers, since they running that dang triangle. You
need real bball minds to understand it
Mike D'Antoni is a good example. Although it may have
been a move he made by default. But putting Amare at
center and Marion at PF was brilliant. His whole small
lineup concept was a great move. Now he's done it again, putting
Boris Diaw at center. Definitely not a traditional man there
Was watching the Knicks last night and they were playing
their usual listless game. Mike Breen said Larry was "looking
for a spark" (which he has been doing since he got here)
and in the third quarter he finally found it. What he did was
play all three guards, Marbury, Crawford and Nate Robinson
together....took the ball OUT of Marbury's hands and put
Crawford at the SF spot....worked to perfection. Everyone
understood their roles, Nate ran the show and they ran
SET PLAYS for Crawford, Frye and Marbury (3rd option)....
A. Davis and Channing Frye cleaned up after any mistakes.
Point is, that Brown made an adjustment....putting Crawford
at SF was BRILLIANT, gave him the matchup advantage and
put the Bulls back on their heels......But it wouldn't have happened
on 95% of teams, they would have just selected one man as
the starter and the other as the backup and BOTH would have
been unhappy
I am thinking the same thing may very happen in LA pretty soon
Phil will abandon Odom as the "Point forward" and go the exact
opposite route.....Odom at the 4, Kobe at SF with Smush and one
other (a true guard) in the backcourt....it needs to be done even
more for the Lakers, since they running that dang triangle. You
need real bball minds to understand it