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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 2095573, member: 40"]
The scheme is not better or worse than what it used to be, it's just more perimeter oriented now.  The players' capabilities are what is different.

Back in the first golden era, we used to have stronger PG play, better rebounding [which enabled us to get out in transition].  We had much better inside scoring, multiple ball handlers playing in the lineup at the same time who could attack and create off the dribble, etc.  That enabled us to improvise when things broke down and we got late in the shot clock and needed to make something happen.

Who are the ball handlers now?  We only have two player who can do anything effectively off of the bounce [Battle and Gillon]--that's it.  We're a stationary jump shooting team, guys like White / Lydon are stand still jumpshooters, and even Thompson [who CAN score inside] isn't strong enough to be a consistent post up guy -- he gets most of his points on face up drives and knocking down mid-range shots.

When you are a jump shooting team, you look terrific when shots are falling, not so much when they aren't.  It isn't that the system is flawed.  Teams with more offensive balance can fall back on other things when one part of their offense isn't effective any given game.  Imbalanced teams that rely primarily on one thing don't have that luxury.
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