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Originally Posted by BigDog63
Is it? Isn't what he said...true? Not that Luka wasn't trying to do that...but history pretty much clearly demonstrates that even someone as talented as Luka can't win on his own. That wasn't finger pointing...it was coaching. What's more, I think Luka would agree. He can't win it by himself.
Now, the other side of that is...those he passes to have to hit their shots. in a nutshell, in the games we won, they did, and in the games we lost, they didn't.
KP, assuming he is still here, needs to get more involved. That seems to be a joint responsibility. Some on Luka, some on KP, and some (maybe most?) on RC. I find the strategy they used with him questionable...were things really that different than when these two teams played last year, and KP was a major factor? Aside from that, when he's on the perimeter, it seems he seldom receives the ball, even though he is probably our best 3 point shooter. Why was that? Aside from that, KP needs to move more without the ball, and make himself more available. I did see that happening more in game 7, but not enough.
It could be that Luka wasn't passing to him because that was seldom where the double teams were coming from. So, someone else was usually more open. BUT KP could just shoot over whoever was guarding him, as he did several times.
I'm assuming there aren't going to be huge changes in the roster for next year. However, even if there is, I'm not sure that changes this: RC needs to figure out how to make all this work, and get the players to buy into it, and execute it. If he can't, then maybe that's the roster change that is needed.
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Iniitally, I was torn because on one had you look up at the box score and you see 10+ assists from Luka and its like...alright what else do you want?
BUt at the same time, when you dominate the ball ALL GAME and you play the whole game for the most part.....its not difficult to get to 10 assists.
I don't blame Luka for this I blame Carlisle. This offense is just not sustainable . Luka is gassed by the time the 4th quarter comes around.
By no means am I blaming Luka but this offense does need to regulate more to guys like Hardaway and KP.....I think Brunson should also get more playing time with him running the offense.