So tired of Joe's hotdoging bs!

[TheNorthCydeRises]

Doug Collins? ( talking like d*ck Vitale ) Are you serious?

As for your assessment about dumping the ball down in the post, what you say is true . . ONLY . . if the guy who we dump it down to, is scoring on his man. If he's not scoring in the low post, then there's no need for a double team. Smoove and Horford almost never see a double team. This gives them the green light to take their man one on one.

According to 82games.com . .

JOSH SMITH sees 62% of his shots being assisted. He scores more points within the first 10 seconds of the shot clock elasping ( 6.6 pts ), than at any other time in the possession. He also sees less of his shots being assisted during this time, than at any other time in the possession ( 55% ). This is because he starts his own fast break off of defensive rebounds, he'll occasionally get a steal and take it all the way, or he'll receive an outlet pass in which he dribbles down for the dunk. During "crunch time" ( shots taken with 8 or less seconds on the clock ), Smoove shoots 38%.

In other words, Josh Smith is an "early offense" type player, not a halfcourt type player.

AL HORFORD sees 64% of his shots being assisted. Even though we run a lot more ISO plays for Al, he's even more dependent on someone feeding him a good pass, for him to make shots ( whether those shots be going to the basket, or the midrange jumper that he likes ). During "crunch time", Al shoots 50%, justifying him being more of a halfcourt player. But even during that time, 62% of his shots come via assists.

Just for comparison sake, JJ and Crawford shoot 49% during "crunch time" in a possession. Jamal sees 44% of those crunch time shots coming via assists, while JJ only sees 28% of his shots being assisted during that time. That's why they're our ISO guys. They can create their own shot during this time, plus shoot a decent percentage during this time as well.

But back to Spot's original point. Neither Smoove or Al are a potent enough of a threat down low to command double teams. So both are reliant on other people getting them the ball, to get them good looks in the half court offense. When they both had it going in the first half, both were looking for each other, getting easy shots.

Having said that, should our main 3 guards have taken 18 shots in the quarter, when none of them really had it going? Probably not. That will probably be corrected in the Bobcats game, if Smoove and Al have it going again.

[spotatl]

Bibby is a poor creator at this point in his career. Teague is not at all ready to run an NBA offense. That leaves Joe and Crawford which is exactly what Woodson is doing. If you want to talk about how Joe and Crawford need to look to distribute after the double comes instead of trying to score through the double team then I'll be right there with you. But I think it would be a terrible choice to try and force Horford and Smith to carry more of the load on offense. I want them to get the ball after the defense is already unsettled.

Edited January 19, 2010 by spotatl