if your 7 footer is out by the 3 point line waiting for a kick out from D-Rose on a drive, that likely means the other team has one of their tallest players outside the paint as well. Freeing up the paint for D-Rose to do his thing--or kick it out to a Frye/Korver for a 3. Noah, Deng, Rose all did most of their offensive work in and around the paint. Frye would've been another guy with Korver, back then, to spread the floor, give D-Rose some space to work.
Instead of getting Frye for $5 mil + a another decent mid-level type player, they signed Boozer for $15 mil a season. Carlos Boozer--another guy who plays within 12 feet of the basket.
newper wrote:
I get it, but I don't get it why you want your very tall guys hanging out on the perimiter on offense. All things considered, I'd think I 'd prefer a traditional rebounding blocking guy instead of a guy running out to set a pick and then staying out to pop a 3. Seems a little like using a monkey wrench to hammer a nail -- sure you can do it, but why would you want to? The answer to that question I suppose is that the league has become so offensive focused and such a perimiter game that you don't need a big guy in the lane on D anymore because nobody is down there trying to bank in a 6 footer. It is just such a different game. I sound like one of those old guys that wants to run the pro set while everyone else is running spread.
