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"He has no problem with guys that he trusts that can run the team," Kidd said of Carlisle. "He said he will call plays at some point, but first will look to get easy baskets. He wants to have a sense of ‘just playing.' Being structured, but playing, because when you get to the Finals, it's not so much about the plays, but being able to play. I'm excited to play for Rick."
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If you remember, we DID that. They played the motion offense, everyone talked about how they didn't really have any set plays the first week or two of the season. Remember?
And it didn't work, so they started to install a different offense that involved more set plays. Kidd still had control in that it was generally up to him when to push it and when to set it up in the half court (key difference from Avery), but Carlisle was calling a lot of the set plays, which is the norm in the NBA.
Give control of the offense to your point guard is NOT the same thing as turning over 100% of the play calling to him. That is something that is not done on any other team in the league.