[外電] Who's Holding Who Back? (If Anyone) (part1)

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Who's Holding Who Back? (If Anyone)
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The never-ending drama swirling around the Sixers perimeter players is
bubbling to the surface, yet again. If you've been following the comment
thread at all today, you realize Doug Collins recent comments about Andre
Iguodala have drawn a reaction, let's dive in a little bit after the jump and
hopefully open the conversation up.

Instead of getting into what I think the Sixers should do on the perimeter,
let's just take a look at the five players involved, completely agnostic of
the Sixers as a team, and the team's needs:


Andre Iguodala - Versatile wing player. Can score efficiently, probably not
capable of scoring efficiently with a high usage rate. Excellent distributor,
takes care of the ball. Elite defender. Proved he was capable of playing
almost entirely off the ball for Team USA. He's probably at his best when
he's spending some time initiating offense in the half-court, and pushing the
ball off turnovers and rebounds. Elite finisher.

Jrue Holiday - Developing floor general. Very good vision, capable of running
an offense and finding open men for easy looks. Strong driver, developing
mid-range game. Average three-point shooter (better on catch-and-shoot from
distance, I believe). Not a good enough shooter to legitimately stretch the
floor as a shooting guard. Excellent rebounder. Defensive potential is there,
and production is sometimes as well, but consistency is a problem, really on
both ends of the floor. His vision can be a great asset, and a hindrance. He
sees things a lot of people don't on the floor, but the judgment isn't
completely there. He'll force a pass for a home run that doesn't have a high
likelihood of actually getting there. Sometimes, he doesn't take who he's
passing the ball to into account. We also still see turnovers on lazy passes
on the perimeter, though not nearly as many as last season. Definitive size
advantage at the point, not so much at the two.

Evan Turner - Good size, good handle, excellent rebounder. Developing
mid-range shot. Athleticism hurts him on his drives, he has to rely on
excellent body control to be able to finish on the inside, that's not enough
against the better shot blockers in the league. He seems very good at using
his dribble not only to get his shot off, but to set up teammates for easy
looks, and he's made great strides in cutting down turnovers as a rookie,
which isn't something that usually happens. Very good defense, and just like
Iguodala, adept at grabbing a defensive board (or loose ball on the defensive
end) and pushing with his dribble, getting the team out on the break, where
he's been making great decisions as of late.

Lou Williams - Gunner whose efficiency is propped up by an impressive FT
rate. Relies on quickness to score on isolation moves, seems to prefer to
play in isolation and dribble the shot clock down without involving
teammates. Not a very good passer. Not very good at using his dribble and
quickness advantage to set up teammates. Very poor at utilizing screens (he
usually dribbles away from them, instead of setting his man up to get caught
on the screen and turn the corner). I do believe Lou is very good at playing
off the ball. He might be the second-best catch-and-shoot player on the team,
and he's good at finding open spots on the floor to get his shot off.
Defensively, he's under-sized and unmotivated, most of the time. When he's on
the floor, the entire defensive unit has to focus on compensating for his
poor ball pressure skills.

Jodie Meeks - The best pure shooter of the group, though he's extremely
streaky. If he's on, he gets the shot up and in very quickly, he can run off
screens to get space for himself. He's horrible off the dribble, though. He
must lead the league in out-of-control drives to the hoop (only because
Nocioni doesn't get enough minutes anymore), and he might be the worst
finisher at the rim I've ever seen. A truly one-dimensional player, who's one
strength happens to be the team's glaring need. Gives effort on the defensive
end, but isn't going to shut anyone down any time soon. He's typically the
first guy opponents attempt to attack on the defensive end.


So that's the personnel, as I see it. Three guys who make plays for others
pretty consistently. One guy who makes plays for himself, at the exclusion of
others, and one guy who can't make plays for himself or others, but does a
good job of converting on plays that are made for him, when he's hot.

The question is, how do you use this group of players to form a cohesive
rotation and get efficient play from the group as a whole, on both ends of
the floor. Figure three of these guys are on the floor pretty much at all
times, at the one, two and three. What does each grouping give you,
specifically?

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