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Message: [QUOTE="44cuse, post: 2442479, member: 693"] This is exactly the point: "Shooters assist assisters in getting the assists as much as passer assist the shooter in scoring points. Assists at best are a reflection of good passing - and good shooting." Anyone passing to Steph Curry is going to have more assists than someone passing to Lonzo Ball (PG to PG comparison there). IMO, we do more of this: "just lower our heads and drive from the three point line like a fullback trying to score in the red zone" than anything else and the extra pass or an entry pass (yes, you need someone capable of scoring in the post to be maximally effective) or a high/low entry or even a pass to the high ball screener slipping down...are all mostly absent in our offense. I have no idea if scorers grant more assists on lay-ups and dunks versus jump shots. I'll definitely take your word for it since I know you do your homework, but it'd be interesting to see just how much that is the case. Either way, it's a hard thing to tell as assists are also a function of tempo so you can't just look at team assists rankings. So I went back and looked at Assists per Possession to see what that looked like ranked nationally: 2010-2011: 14th 2011-2012: 18th 2012-2013: 75th 2013-2014: 119th 2014-2015: 29th 2015-2016: 103rd 2016-2017: 23rd 2017-2018: 230th Given that this year is the massive statistical outlier, I'm inclined to believe that JB is probably referring to our just not being a very good offensive team with poor shooters and an inability to employ better passes to get better looks. This is something that OttoInGrotto and I were referring to in another thread a couple of weeks back in that our offense suffers when structure and passing are necessary to facilitate the best shot. I'm sure I'll get skewered for this (maybe not by you), but offensive execution and the tactical art of offensive design has never really been one of JB's strengths. He has PLENTY of other strengths without question, but IMO HC offensive scheming is not one of them. I was thinking maybe you could ask him what he meant on your next call into the show. ;) 44cuse [/QUOTE]

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