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Originally Posted by dude1394
Come on, think about what you are saying. Do you really expect a 7 footer to take the ball at the 3point line and drive around a point guard?? It's ridiculous.
Nor COULD a 7footer on the wing dribble through a double team.
Nor SHOULD anyone take shots when they are being double-teamed, it's bad basketball.
So either dirk needs to be put into a position where he is singled up against a guy his size or he's placed closer to the basket so that he can just shoot over the guy. Teams used to try and play dirk straight up and then wait for him in the lane. Now they double him immediately and force the ball out of his hands. We don't have 3pt shooters on this team worth a damn but a bunch of folks who make their own shots.
So when dirk kicks it out (unless it's to jason) it becomes another pass around the horn or a bricked shot.
It seems to be a fundamentally flawed offense. Even if Dirk WERE Tim Duncan, Josh/Stack/Devin would be clanking three pointers instead of making them at the high clip that the spurs do.
We have not figured out how to:
- Get the ball to dirk with a single player for a shot, unless it's at the 3point line.
- Make the team pay for doubling him. (This seems to be the biggest problem).
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Remember how great Najera was at dive cutting to the rim? Or Josh during his rookie year? Marquis? if we don't have cutters, Dirk will never beat a double team the way the team should allow him to. Avery is just coaching bad offensive basketball right now. Dirk should be averaging a hefty number of assists the way he's being doubled this year. However, we have players who a) can't make a outside shot to save their lives (stack) or b) decide not to move and give him passing angles when Dirk has the ball
great teams. great players. They make opponents pay for double teaming--under Avery, Dirk just isn't that guy. Sure, the entire team should shoulder blame--but as the head coach and the superstar (leader), you guys must step up.