Half-Court Offense

[ShastaKingsFan]

My impression from watching a zillion NBA games over many years is that it takes less brains to coach defense than offense. Defense requires a coach that motivates effort on the defensive end. Offense requires more imagination and intelligence of how to attack with existing personnel. From the beginning I saw Christie as more of the defensive motivator type coach, not the high IQ offensive coach.

Which is basically the 3rd or 4th man on the bench and likely all he would have had a chance to interview for anywhere else

 

[SacTownKid]

I don't know that there's that much difference between Jayson Tatum and Abdur-Rahim though. If you take Abdur-Rahim out of the late 90s/early 2000s NBA and put him into today's game he probably is going to be putting up an equivalent 26-30 ppg instead of 18-22 ppg.

Yeah okay maybe Tatum has a deeper bag of tricks than a guy like Keegan but I still feel like "style of play" is over blown by pretty much everybody. It impacts highlight reels but nobody wins games on style points. "Yes but Tatum can iso and create in the half court from the perimeter" -- so the argument goes. Well, Keegan does that too, he just does it from a triple threat position rather than squaring up the defender and trying to start his dribble drive with a crossover. Are Kyrie Irving's 27 points and 6 assists worth more somehow than Jalen Brunson's 27 points and 6 assists because he generates more oohs and aahs per minute played? I don't think so.

Yeah, Reef certainly would make a jump today. Tatum is a legit PG on the ball in terms of his pick and roll ability. Reef and Keegan iso'd up top is typically score first, score second, score last. Whatever passing those two create is fairly simplistic without dominating the ball much. There is ball handling there, but they are totally different levels. Tatum plays far closer to a Kobe/Jordan type. A true guard. Reef and Keegan are bigger and use their body's to create space and opportunity. Obviously Reef had a much more developed post game and had like a million different moves on the ball. Keegan is a better shooter.