Anyone else feel like Baze being out is like addition by subtraction at this point?

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29 minutes ago, Diesel said:

No.. It's both.   I agree that Horford was a passer in the offense... but don't miss that Teague would do a lot of distributing and running plays instead of forcing an iso game.   Right now.. the impatience of Youth wants to run Iso ball everytime he sees an opening (like he did as a BU) and instead of us having those short periods of time where we iso'd up, we're doing that for most of the game.   You changed Schröder's job but you didn't tell him how to change how he plays. 

 

Would you rather see Baze's hopeless drives and bricked threes since he can't cut and get the ball near the basket as easily anymore? His cutting without the ball game is gone in the starting lineup because even if he does it, he doesn't get the ball as often because of Horford not being here and because the paint is more clogged. He cuts without the ball with the big having the ball...and rarely gets the pass so it's like "why f***ing bother anymore" after a few tries.

Even if Baze was taking **in rhythm Js**, here's what he averaged in the last half of last season as a 3 point shooter...

30.4%

Teague being here absolutely would not save Baze. It absolutely would not save Kyle. They played off of the bigs, not the point guards.

The only thing that would save both is more play with Muscala (who while he's not that talented is a willing passer and gives them SOME of what Horford does). We see it with Kyle. It's not the point guard that is hurting him, it's Howard. He rarely gets the in rhythm jumpers anymore.

Edited December 13, 2016 by Lurker

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[Thomas]

59 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

Oh well, it was fun while it lasted. Surely minutes will be limited if any at all.

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[AHF]

Baze getting some pub.  On the list for most regression after a contract year.  Notably this phenomenon  is named (at least by the author) after former Hawk Marvin Williams.

https://theringer.com/the-post-contract-year-regression-all-stars-ffb984e82368#.91jtswibv

 

Kent Bazemore, Atlanta Hawks

Contract Year: 55 percent true shooting, 13.4 PER (both career highs)

Contract: Four years, $70 million

Marvin Williams Year: 44.8 percent true shooting (career low), 10 PER

Baze is still providing the defense that helped him net his contract. In the pre-television-deal years, $70 million for a guy like Baze would have seemed like evidence of heavy drug use by a team’s executive corps. But he’s a plus athlete with the length and size to be a defensive difference-maker and boasts a respectable 3-point shot. This season, he’s had the second-largest drop-off in effective field goal percentage — behind Marvin Williams — of players in their Marvin Williams Year.