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[QUOTE="FrancoPizza, post: 1675252, member: 5195"]
Scoop, Triche, Waiters, MCW, Flynn, etc... they all had a strong handle and were good-to-great finishers.   Those kinds of players are comfortable with chaos... and even thrive in it.   The biggest key to a fast break (assuming the outlet is established) is that the guard does not hesitate to advance once he gets the ball.   Even when G attempts to go, he tends to wait for traffic to clear out before pushing it.

And honestly, even if Cooney was an elite shooter, the percentages still favor a high percentage layup if you can take it to the rack and/or draw a foul.   A fast break doesn't necessarily have to lead to an easy basket for it to be worthwhile. At the very least pushing it towards the paint and then pulling out if it's not there at least puts pressure on the defense to rotate back.  If we ever re-establish our fast-break abilities that can make the opponent think twice about sending everyone to offensive rebound... which would make our rebounding out of the zone a little easier.
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