Can somebody familiar with David Blatt's offense...

[lilteapot]

describe to me the type of offense he coaches?

[KingPush]

very nice offinse

[chips93]

i dont watch any euroleague, but he runs some variation of the princeton

as far as i know, he is seen as quite versatile though, he will run what suits the roster best

[navy]

He doesnt even know what he is running....

[JohnFreeman]

LeBron will be taking over

[DukeDelonte13]

He doesnt even know what he is running....

this is somewhat true. Nothing is really finalized, training camp hasn't started and he's the type of coach the fits an offense around players.

[jzek]

Think Sacramento Kings in the early 00s.

[navy]

Honestly, it takes years to develop a real offensive system.

Expect Lebron and Kyrie iso the first year.

[DukeDelonte13]

Honestly, it takes years to develop a real offensive system.

Expect Lebron and Kyrie iso the first year.

and Dion too

Habits are hard to break. Kyrie, Lebron, and Dion's best tool sets are their isolations.

I don't know now, but at least when Lebron was on the cavs Lebron Iso's were the most effective play in the NBA.


I hope the loss to the spurs inspires the cavs and lebron to buy in and start sharing the ball more. Compare the amount of ISO's miami had in that series versus San Antonio. Spurs rarely took difficult shots.

[GimmeThat]

well, he doesn't have a guy who he can design a play for at the center position while holding onto the ball and creating a play.


I don't know how many years he's been following the NBA
and how familiar he is with the current NBA players

but I feel confident he'll pick it up in a few years.


a peremiter oriented one? and not the Spurs/system people may be hoping and expecting when they still had Zeller?

[navy]

and Dion too

Habits are hard to break. Kyrie, Lebron, and Dion's best tool sets are their isolations.

I don't know now, but at least when Lebron was on the cavs Lebron Iso's were the most effective play in the NBA.


I hope the loss to the spurs inspires the cavs and lebron to buy in and start sharing the ball more. Compare the amount of ISO's miami had in that series versus San Antonio. Spurs rarely took difficult shots.

Dion remains to be seen for me. Not like the Cavs had real structure. Kyrie is definitely an iso scorer so far. Lebron looks to create or score if no help comes.

Your not going to get to the Spurs level for years if ever unless you start purposely inserting great passers in there and lots of offensive sets. These things take time and planning. It isnt necessary with this cast though. The Spurs were one of the most efficient offense in the nba because everyone knew exactly how they could score and how they couldnt. The Heat were right up there with them (think they had a higher fg% even) because they understood the same thing.


It is very likely the Cavs try sharing the ball and getting the young guys involved and everyone will be calling for Lebron's head for not taking over.

[MMKM]

If u are really interested in Blatts plays, you can look up Lason Perkins Euro offensive sets, and Lason Perkins secrets of international basketball. Some of Blatts stuff is in his collection ;)

[deja vu]

Inb4 Euroleague (the ****** poster) calls him overrated and the worst Euroleague winning coach in history.