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[QUOTE="Knicks411, post: 5441226, member: 767"]
Yeah that is basically what I mean.  Roughly halfway into the season most teams started guarding Kat with a wing and sticking their center on Hart.  Hart will take some threes (4.3 per 100 possessions, he made 33%, kinda meh) but based on how he was being treated by the defense he had the opportunity to take way more.

Deuce is the guy on the team most willing to shoot; he took 9.7 per 100 (10.1 last year) and made 37%.  I think the offense would clearly be more dynamic with Deuce in for Hart (and based on what happened on the court, it was).  The offense really struggled when the center could just ignore Hart

Kat's 3 point attempt rate also went down, in large because he was guarded by wings who are more comfortable on the perimeter.

I agree they are in a tough spot, the Kat/Brunson pairing may just be too weak defensively to win a title.  But I think they need to do more to maximize the offensive ability of the group.  They were 2 games from the finals (lets not talk about what probably would've happened in the finals) despite devoting thousands of possessions to a lineup that wasnt very good! (thats my positive spin)
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