a) that's always been overrated. I think in the apst you've already shown you undertstand the details, but while they share principles, the triangle is a post offense literally setting up triangles with one post player and two guys out top at angles from him (multiple triangles actually) while the Princeton is an inverted offense designed to clear the paint for cutters and whatnot (actually their is one position for the center, where Vlade used to set up on the left block, which is in the post, but the bulk of the time the big is handling the ball at the elbow, or for a pure softie like Brad, top of the key. They both emphasize movement and reads more than set isos and whatnot, but the skillsets required are different. The Princeton was designed to make the most of the soft, white, unathletic, preppy nerds who play center for the Tigers, and the soft, white, unathletic, preppy nerds who play guard and small forward for the Tigers and could never in a million years create a shot on their own against a qualified NCAA opponent. And unfortunately the skillsets that make it hum are skillsets that you are going to find overwhelmingly in soft unathletic players who have had to get by with their minds in lieu of talent and ahtleticism. Unfortunately what that means is that the majority of guys who can play the system well and willingly and not have it hold them back, cannot create their own shot, struggle in the post, on the boards, to move or intimidate defensively, and in general to do the things championship teams do in the NBA. We were immensely lucky to stumble across Webb, who was able to play in both worlds and gave us an aura of interior respectability. Doug as well. The system can make the other limited players look better than they are, but even at its most talented it came up just short. And with anything less than near unique talents (how many Webb's have their been in NBA history? Half a dozen?), smart defensive teams in a long playoff series can break down the offense on tape and expose the limitations of the players depending on it. Hence the annual playoff disappearances of Peja, Brad and of late, Mike.
b) if you can come up wiht Michael, Scottie, Shaq or Kobe, we can talk. Of course then the offense may not matter.
We could be the retro offense.
