magic
Well-Known Member
Obviously one of the main goals of this year is to strike a balance between developing our players and winning games. A trend that I’ve noticed in the last few games is that Hayward has been playing a lot of point forward, as early as the third quarter. I don’t mind this happening in crunch time and possibly the beginning of the fourth quarter, but I really don’t like it when we use this strategy as early as the third quarter.
An argument can be made that Hayward is the only one that can score (as the announcers say), but I would prefer that we struggle and learn how to play within the system rather than relying on Hayward. I feel like this really hampers Dante’s development, as his role essentially becomes to stand in the corner and wait for the ball. But I also feel like this is bad for the other players as they simply become dependent on Hayward.
I would prefer that we continue to run our offense as normal, even if that means we end up sucking badly. Because let’s face it, as amazing as Hayward has been playing, he still wasn’t able to carry us to victory over the lowly, half-injured Pacers. So instead of having somewhat competitive losses by allowing Hayward do everything as early as the 3rd quarter, I say we just straight up learn the hard way, let Exum learn how to be a point guard, have everyone else learn how to execute in these situations without relying solely on Hayward, and so be it if we have “noncompetitive” losses. Either path is giving us a loss. But I feel it will be better for us in the long term to develop our other players and I’m confident that these guys would eventually get it before the end of the season.
Not even Kobe Bryant can do it by himself, as witnessed by the Laker's first vicory. Hell, not even Lebron can do it by himself, so I feel this should be our strategy going forward.
An argument can be made that Hayward is the only one that can score (as the announcers say), but I would prefer that we struggle and learn how to play within the system rather than relying on Hayward. I feel like this really hampers Dante’s development, as his role essentially becomes to stand in the corner and wait for the ball. But I also feel like this is bad for the other players as they simply become dependent on Hayward.
I would prefer that we continue to run our offense as normal, even if that means we end up sucking badly. Because let’s face it, as amazing as Hayward has been playing, he still wasn’t able to carry us to victory over the lowly, half-injured Pacers. So instead of having somewhat competitive losses by allowing Hayward do everything as early as the 3rd quarter, I say we just straight up learn the hard way, let Exum learn how to be a point guard, have everyone else learn how to execute in these situations without relying solely on Hayward, and so be it if we have “noncompetitive” losses. Either path is giving us a loss. But I feel it will be better for us in the long term to develop our other players and I’m confident that these guys would eventually get it before the end of the season.
Not even Kobe Bryant can do it by himself, as witnessed by the Laker's first vicory. Hell, not even Lebron can do it by himself, so I feel this should be our strategy going forward.
