Looks like a bunch of nothing happening on offense, no advantages created from any sort of DHO’s or pick n rolls. What is the coaching staff telling this team to even do on offense? Scottie getting the switch with blake griffin guarding him and still not attacking him at all doesn’t help either
CazOnReddit
Remember when Nick Nurse innovated our offense from a formerly iso-centric offense and Casey got COTY for it?
I miss that Nick Nurse.
Menessy27
The one thing that’s obvious watching this team is the actions aren’t smooth at all
Other teams flow from one move to another (ie handoffs, off ball screens etc) easily and the raptors run them so slowly that they never really create space or advantages
Like just look at how slow everything happens in this clip. Achiuwa slowly walks to screen for Scottie, Scottie takes too long to throw the post pass, Achiuwa lazily strolls into the handoff, then lofts a slow pass to Barton to stop him from turning the corner with speed. There isn’t a single thing happening here that isn’t incredibly easy to defend
SpeakerHistorical865
What is Precious doing that entire play. Either roll to the rim or spot up. what the hell are all these post ups with no plan
vaalbarag
I think where this possession falls apart is Barnes picking up his dribble in the high post. And high-post is my favorite place for Barnes to operate, but this gives him nothing. He should either be getting into the post before receiving a pass, or keeping his dribble until an advantage is created. The moment he picks up his dribble, he loses any chance at an advantage. If he gets into Griffin more and takes the dribble into the lane (which he’s absolutely capable of doing), then he probably stops Williams from hedging onto Boucher, while also giving lots of room for Barton to swing back around to the strong side.
I’ll even prefer iso ball in which he team’s actually hunting mismatches prior to iso-ing (which the starters do reasonably well) over this.
MumbisChungo
People keep saying this is a talent issue, but our ball movement is bad for a highschool team, nevermind the NBA.
Raptors887
I think its best for everyone if Nurse leaves tbh.
h3yn0w75
I guess everyone will shit on Nurse here but this is also highlighting the glaring bench issues this team has. Especially at guard.
SaysWowLots
This is like watching a soccer game on that one episode of the Simpson’s
Drew_You_To_91
You could pull footage from about 80% of our offensive possessions for this post.
jc1890
LOL. That’s a coaching thing.
Scase15
24 seconds of standing around watching.
ArchMurdoch
Letting the defense get set is a key part of our offense
Karl_with_a_C
This is our bench* offense. Yes. It’s awful when Fred isn’t out there. Especially when Fred *and* Pascal are both on the bench. Scottie as the primary ball handler has not worked well this year.
Then-Signature2528
No rim pressure lol. Celtics aren’t even guarding those passes because they want the Raptors to shoot 😂
Exotic_Salad_8089
Elite.
lituranga
What happened to our offense from past yrs seriously. Is this really because of the players or did we stop coming up with new plays or what is going on??
boenwip
God this is the exact play I was scratching my head on yesterday. Why did Precious switch off only to come back to Griffin and settle for a jump shot
turtle33_
Holy shit it’s gameplay from my YMCA!
TurtleSquad23
This team is like an orchestra of good players but the conductor is three kids in an adult suit…Like that Boban commercial.
QueasyDrummer00
Scottie used to make such great passes last year and now he’s picking up his dribble beyond the 3 point line for no reason? Whoever’s coaching the offense is a brain dead moron. Add some movement for gods sake!
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Link to tweet: https://twitter.com/william_lou/status/1644035429824360451?s=20
Looks like a bunch of nothing happening on offense, no advantages created from any sort of DHO’s or pick n rolls. What is the coaching staff telling this team to even do on offense? Scottie getting the switch with blake griffin guarding him and still not attacking him at all doesn’t help either
Remember when Nick Nurse innovated our offense from a formerly iso-centric offense and Casey got COTY for it?
I miss that Nick Nurse.
The one thing that’s obvious watching this team is the actions aren’t smooth at all
Other teams flow from one move to another (ie handoffs, off ball screens etc) easily and the raptors run them so slowly that they never really create space or advantages
Like just look at how slow everything happens in this clip. Achiuwa slowly walks to screen for Scottie, Scottie takes too long to throw the post pass, Achiuwa lazily strolls into the handoff, then lofts a slow pass to Barton to stop him from turning the corner with speed. There isn’t a single thing happening here that isn’t incredibly easy to defend
What is Precious doing that entire play. Either roll to the rim or spot up. what the hell are all these post ups with no plan
I think where this possession falls apart is Barnes picking up his dribble in the high post. And high-post is my favorite place for Barnes to operate, but this gives him nothing. He should either be getting into the post before receiving a pass, or keeping his dribble until an advantage is created. The moment he picks up his dribble, he loses any chance at an advantage. If he gets into Griffin more and takes the dribble into the lane (which he’s absolutely capable of doing), then he probably stops Williams from hedging onto Boucher, while also giving lots of room for Barton to swing back around to the strong side.
I’ll even prefer iso ball in which he team’s actually hunting mismatches prior to iso-ing (which the starters do reasonably well) over this.
People keep saying this is a talent issue, but our ball movement is bad for a highschool team, nevermind the NBA.
I think its best for everyone if Nurse leaves tbh.
I guess everyone will shit on Nurse here but this is also highlighting the glaring bench issues this team has. Especially at guard.
This is like watching a soccer game on that one episode of the Simpson’s
You could pull footage from about 80% of our offensive possessions for this post.
LOL. That’s a coaching thing.
24 seconds of standing around watching.
Letting the defense get set is a key part of our offense
This is our bench* offense. Yes.
It’s awful when Fred isn’t out there. Especially when Fred *and* Pascal are both on the bench. Scottie as the primary ball handler has not worked well this year.
No rim pressure lol. Celtics aren’t even guarding those passes because they want the Raptors to shoot 😂
Elite.
What happened to our offense from past yrs seriously. Is this really because of the players or did we stop coming up with new plays or what is going on??
God this is the exact play I was scratching my head on yesterday. Why did Precious switch off only to come back to Griffin and settle for a jump shot
Holy shit it’s gameplay from my YMCA!
This team is like an orchestra of good players but the conductor is three kids in an adult suit…Like that Boban commercial.
Scottie used to make such great passes last year and now he’s picking up his dribble beyond the 3 point line for no reason? Whoever’s coaching the offense is a brain dead moron. Add some movement for gods sake!