You are stating the obvious. The triangle only works if you have players that can execute. Phil Jackson's system is only as good as the players that run it for him. So with your logic, can the Lakers win without Kobe?
you had 3+ seasons to see what tobe in the triple post does. what happened?
you had 90 games to see what pau gasol in the triple post does. what happened?
you advocate looking at the facts. you might want to try it some time.
According to you, a chucker in the triple post offense is a liability.
a chucker in any offense is frequently a liability. in the triple post, which requires patience and discipline, the negatives a chucker brings are even more glaring. if you are familiar with the triple post (which i doubt, because 99% of BGOL has no clue about it), watch how the fakers run it and observe how the transition D is left out of position after tobe's poor shot selection.
Could it be that the west isn't as tough as it once was? Pau is soft & Kobe is a chucker.
you're clearly unfamiliar with my past posts. i've been the sole voice on BGOL outing the weakness of the WORSTern conference. LONG before road rage. pau gasol is soft and tobe is a chucker. we agree. but the triple post O masks a lot of poor habits.
Phil Jackson does stupid shit as well. He will leave Bynum on the bench for long periods of time to allow the other team back into the game & his rotations are all fucked up.
i must've missed my own post in which i stated that coach jackson is perfect. i don't recall writing that because i never have.
but he's the best coach in the modern era. 9 championships in 11 seasons says a lot.
maybe you are confused because you equate "best" with "perfect". those words are not synonymous.
on a side note, some of what the public perceives as "mistakes" are actually examples of one of coach jackson's strengths. coach jackson uses regular season games as proving grounds where players are tested to problem solve in real-time game situations: the lineup experiments, the no calling time outs, etc.
jackson is a good coach but at the end of the day, its the player that has to go out there and perform. It sure wasnt phil playing pippens defense and scoring in all of those championships. It wasnt phil who had to execute the plays down the stretch. Yea he drew em up but its the players who have to execute period.
what i've been trying to say is that the winning COMBINATION was michael jordan and coach jackson. the winning COMBINATION was shaquille o'neal and coach jackson.
what did "jordan and pippen" do together with a lesser coach? right. scottie pippen is NOT the variable that brought success to the chicago bulls. coach jackson was.
what did "shaq and tobe" do together with a lesser coach? right. tobe is NOT the variable that brought success to the los angeles fakers. coach jackson was.
now i hear the herd of sheep donning their capes and running to the rescue, claiming i'm discounting scottie pippen. before they open their pie holes and expel something stupid, let me say this: scottie pippen was a good player, and made valueable contributions to the success of the bulls. that said, we all remember 1994-95 and part of 1995-96.
The triangle doesnt make the player. The players make the triangle offense work.
sadly, you are mistaken.
how did michael jordan do under coach loughery? coach albeck? how far did michael jordan go under jackass coach collins?
the triple post offense harnesses and focuses the skills of talented POST players. it reigns them in and makes them better by providing opportunities that otherwise aren't available.
are you telling me Odom & Gasol are the only reason they are winning these games?
absolutely not. i subscribe to the TEAM concept. it appears that you do not. tobe can be a positive contributor to TEAM success when he limits and rations his horrendous play. all of the fakers losses this season bear his signature. i'll let you figure it out since you extoll the virtues of examining FACT.
Please. You just made his point about disrupting the offense.
thank you. but he's not trying to hear me though. it's like attempting to communicate with a brick wall. of course you were there 4+ years ago when i explained that shit while it was happening, so you remember.
