NikeHawk21
Well-Known Member
This is true, but you need great guard play to play this style effectively, mobile bigs, and shooters to space the floor.
Instead, we had Wagner, Cook, and Kreiner in at the same time with Wagner playing the 3. Expect to see more of this with Garza next year.
Position-less basketball is effective with Draymond Green playing the 5 (a natural 3 or 4) with a bunch of shooters. It's not going to be effective with a natural 4 or 5 playing the 3 with two other bigs on the floor with no spacing.
Again wrong. I think the point is you don't need great guard play in this style. The point of this system is to exploit the mismatches where they present themselves. I.e if a big lumbering big man tries to check Cook, you let him dribble up the floor and attack. Or if a smaller guard tries to defend Williams we post him up.
Look I'm not saying that this is the best strategy. But I am saying that is the strategy that Fran decided to use when he recruited these players. And that is also not to say that had he landed a Charlie Moore, he wouldn't have changed his strategy. I think one of Fran's strengths is his ability to adapt to our roster (unlike our FB coach).
Also, pretty funny that you bring up Wagner and Kreiner, who are reserves. Look at our starting 5, all 6'5-6'9, all can dribble, shoot, and pass (to a certain extent).
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