Re: The interesting Wolves dilemma
Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2021 8:25 pm
AbeVigodaLive wrote:D'Natagal wrote:I question the coaching a little at this point. It looks like Finch and the staff worked on defense 90% of the pre-season and left the "offense" alone figuring that the players were talented enough to just play 2 man PNR and go from there. That worked for a while as the team really did have the stats to show they could play D. The offense has been gradually expanding, but how many times will the point guard, whoever it might be, dribble the ball up to the half court stripe and be frantically waving and pointing for player(s) to get in the right spot, then spend 10 more seconds waiting for things to start moving. There is no natural flow and the players do not have the BB IQ to just run the offense from where they are. Needing to start from a spot on the floor is very middle school level IQ.
Gotta say... let's assume that's true...
I'm 100% ok with it. This defense has been so bad defensively for so long. And, as Camden has pointed out previously... the Wolves are getting good looks. They're just not making any shots. Last night, Jim Peterson said the Wolves have exactly two players shooting above the league average on three pointers.
- Starting center.
- Backup center.
Only the Wolves.
I would challenge the idea that the Wolves are getting good looks...because I think opposing teams are allowing the non-shooters to get those open looks, which are not really good looks. Letting Okogie shoot 3's, anywhere on the court is a good shot for the defense to give up. The entire team needs an offense that can get layups and dunks!