daddyfatsax wrote:The Daddy has to break it down for you all...
I think it's COACHING.
The Celtics can play at a high level. I doubt they get blown out again, maybe I'm wrong. However, as I stress here in this corporate world, the difference between good and great is in the details.
Teams are a reflection of their coaches and their best players. Correct me if I'm wrong but this team leans towards \"KG\" quicker than it leans toward \"The Truth\" or anybody else. If that is the case, Doc needs to be confident and convincing toward the team of this. Pierce needs to relish as KG's Manu/Parker and realize that \"The Ticket\" is his ticket to a title. I am not being overly biased toward KG, but in a half court set, The following almost ALWAYS happens:
1) The opposite post defender devotes much of his attention to KG, allowing Perk, Powe, etc. to position themselves for either a rebound or a pass.
2) One or two of the wing defenders are going to get lost trying to see \"man and ball.\"
SO. Since KG is a 50% GF shooter, half his shots are going in. The ones that aren't are very reboundable (not a word) shots for the wing who has the \"sleeper\" on him and for the post man. Simple. If the double comes, KG has this nifty strength called passing.
Now, this will NOT work working the ball through Pierce. He can't see the double teams as well and doesn't pass as well. Also, since no coach will demand KG stays low, we know he'll be on the elbow waiting to shoot so you lose your 7 ft rebounder, instead Rondo is in there... Also, in these playoffs, the Cavs haven't doubled Pierce much as they've held him in check alright.
Now...all that is simple. Just do it Glen Rivers. Rondo is NOT an allstar, please limit his creativity. Let me continue to be himself, but he is NOT to take defenders 1 on 3 anymore, agreed? thanks. Also, Ray loves to spot up on the break, Pierce loves to barrel down the lane, and Rondo loves to zoom down the court....(Pssst, Glen - that means stop walking the ball up the court everytime). Lastly, If anyone was paying any attention, it was clear that KG, Pierce, Sam, and Posey to a lesser extent were DEAD tired in the fourth and were about as useful as bubblegum on the bottom of my shoe....They played so hard defensively, they had nothing left. The answer, run The Daddy's offense so that they get a boost from adrenaline and have a cushion.
THE END...
Pt. 2 to come.
Beautiful Daddy, beautiful. I already gave my howl away to StopNPop for his words on OJ in the NBA forum, or you be gettin big ups from me. The lack of touches KG got and the overall lack of offensive flow by the C's in the 2nd half were inexcusable. It's not that difficult of a game. Does Doc even try to make adjustments or strategically coach at ALL?
That was such an ugly 2nd half on both sides of the offensive court, and although some of it should be attributed to good half-court defense by both teams, some of it also absolutely has to be stemmed to horrific offense and a large part of that was 2 coaching hacks failing to adjust or innovate or use their brains on the fly. That was a longass sentence, but I hope you get the point.
Give me part 2 Daddy, the world needs to hear it before game 5 tomorrow...
