pokercuse08
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The offense runs better when it doesn't run through Judah, but given our lack of depth and his talent level, we have no chance making him come off the bench. So, change it up.
1 - Copeland
2 - Starling
3 - Mintz
4 - Bell
5 - Brown
First, the ball will move more. Second, we're going to get a better matchup one way or another. Either they put their best defensive guard on Mintz, and he's off the ball a lot and a weaker defender is guarding Q as he runs pick and rolls with Brown, or they put their best defensive guard on Copeland and Mintz should have a favorable matchup.
The general concept on offense would be to run pick and rolls with Q and Maliq, and Maliq makes a quick decision to either take it to the bucket or swing it out to Bell. If neither option is there, he can swing it out to Starling to reset, maybe try again, maybe run a pick and pop screen for Bell. If they get down to ~10 on the shot clock and nothing is working, get it to Mintz and let him do what he does.
If Mintz is drawing a great mismatch, you can just feed him until the opponent adjusts.
Then let Taylor, Hima, and Cuffe come in at once like a line change for 2-3 minutes. Leave Mintz on the floor and let him run the offense through himself and let Taylor and Hima crash the glass. Since nobody else is useful for much, maybe run some double screens for Mintz off Taylor and Hima, and they roll off the screen but just to crash the glass. Cuffe's role is to go rescue Mintz if he gets trapped. Whoever else is out there can almost get a breather on the floor on offense.
Cuffe and Hima should be coached to play very aggressive defense if the opponent isn't in the bonus, so that 2-3 minutes of game time take more real time.
This also may encourage Mintz to play a little more team-friendly ball when he's running point, if he prefers point to playing off the ball. Red can't bench him to send that message, but he can certainly move him off the ball. I think this gives us the best chance to win AND the best chance to improve Mintz's style of play.
1 - Copeland
2 - Starling
3 - Mintz
4 - Bell
5 - Brown
First, the ball will move more. Second, we're going to get a better matchup one way or another. Either they put their best defensive guard on Mintz, and he's off the ball a lot and a weaker defender is guarding Q as he runs pick and rolls with Brown, or they put their best defensive guard on Copeland and Mintz should have a favorable matchup.
The general concept on offense would be to run pick and rolls with Q and Maliq, and Maliq makes a quick decision to either take it to the bucket or swing it out to Bell. If neither option is there, he can swing it out to Starling to reset, maybe try again, maybe run a pick and pop screen for Bell. If they get down to ~10 on the shot clock and nothing is working, get it to Mintz and let him do what he does.
If Mintz is drawing a great mismatch, you can just feed him until the opponent adjusts.
Then let Taylor, Hima, and Cuffe come in at once like a line change for 2-3 minutes. Leave Mintz on the floor and let him run the offense through himself and let Taylor and Hima crash the glass. Since nobody else is useful for much, maybe run some double screens for Mintz off Taylor and Hima, and they roll off the screen but just to crash the glass. Cuffe's role is to go rescue Mintz if he gets trapped. Whoever else is out there can almost get a breather on the floor on offense.
Cuffe and Hima should be coached to play very aggressive defense if the opponent isn't in the bonus, so that 2-3 minutes of game time take more real time.
This also may encourage Mintz to play a little more team-friendly ball when he's running point, if he prefers point to playing off the ball. Red can't bench him to send that message, but he can certainly move him off the ball. I think this gives us the best chance to win AND the best chance to improve Mintz's style of play.
