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Re: Around the NBA:2025-6
Posted: Wed May 06, 2026 9:01 am
by Q-is-here
The coaching thread on Finch got me thinking about an adjustment Mike Brown made halfway through the Atlanta series with the Knicks offense. He put KAT at the top of the floor as a primary facilitator, using his gravity to open up space for cutters. We know KAT likes to operate up there, but it's usually more as a driver or taking a quick 3 (although not often enough given his deft shooting touch). But he's dealing out 6, 7, 10 assists per night lately and they have carried this approach into the Sixers series as well.
What gives? Why wasn't he used this way before? It seems odd that a coach just now suddenly discovered they could use him this way. He's been in the league for 10 years and came in at a high skill level right away as we all know!
Re: Around the NBA:2025-6
Posted: Wed May 06, 2026 9:11 am
by FNG
Q-is-here wrote: ↑Wed May 06, 2026 9:01 am
The coaching thread on Finch got me thinking about an adjustment Mike Brown made halfway through the Atlanta series with the Knicks offense. He put KAT at the top of the floor as a primary facilitator, using his gravity to open up space for cutters. We know KAT likes to operate up there, but it's usually more as a driver or taking a quick 3 (although not often enough given his deft shooting touch). But he's dealing out 6, 7, 10 assists per night lately and they have carried this approach into the Sixers series as well.
What gives? Why wasn't he used this way before? It seems odd that a coach just now suddenly discovered they could use him this way. He's been in the league for 10 years and came in at a high skill level right away as we all know!
Great adjustment by Brown and KAT has been terrific! Bad topic for me though because it highlights one of my terrible takes. I ripped the Knicks for firing Thibs and replacing him with Brown...I said there was no way they would win as many games as last year or get to the eastern conference finals. Oops...
Re: Around the NBA:2025-6
Posted: Wed May 06, 2026 9:48 am
by Q-is-here
FNG wrote: ↑Wed May 06, 2026 9:11 am
Q-is-here wrote: ↑Wed May 06, 2026 9:01 am
The coaching thread on Finch got me thinking about an adjustment Mike Brown made halfway through the Atlanta series with the Knicks offense. He put KAT at the top of the floor as a primary facilitator, using his gravity to open up space for cutters. We know KAT likes to operate up there, but it's usually more as a driver or taking a quick 3 (although not often enough given his deft shooting touch). But he's dealing out 6, 7, 10 assists per night lately and they have carried this approach into the Sixers series as well.
What gives? Why wasn't he used this way before? It seems odd that a coach just now suddenly discovered they could use him this way. He's been in the league for 10 years and came in at a high skill level right away as we all know!
Great adjustment by Brown and KAT has been terrific! Bad topic for me though because it highlights one of my terrible takes. I ripped the Knicks for firing Thibs and replacing him with Brown...I said there was no way they would win as many games as last year or get to the eastern conference finals. Oops...
That does take us back to the Finch coaching thread. Sometimes firing a coach isn't about them deserving to be fired. Often it's just to get a fresh set of ideas injected into the team. I was worried that Finch was running out of ideas this past regular season. He's well on his way to vanquishing that notion so far in the playoffs.
Re: Around the NBA:2025-6
Posted: Sun May 10, 2026 2:27 pm
by kekgeek
Thunder do not move up in the draft. Pacers lose their pick (clippers get pick 5 for Zubac)
Jazz get #2, grizzlies #3.
Re: Around the NBA:2025-6
Posted: Sun May 10, 2026 4:49 pm
by Phenom
kekgeek wrote: ↑Sun May 10, 2026 2:27 pm
Thunder do not move up in the draft. Pacers lose their pick (clippers get pick 5 for Zubac)
Jazz get #2, grizzlies #3.
Good, the 2nd 3rd and 5th players in a loaded draft are headed west