Okay I agree that the Thunder, Spurs, Clippers, and Heat have a better offense. I think the Lakers, Nuggets, Suns, and Jazz are much more of a toss-up.
lakers are better...arguably the best offensive frontcourt in the league, and a top 3 scorer in the league in kobe,they are a little barren, but i think they're top heavy enough to be a better offensive team
The suns still run a high tempo offense, and nash is still one of the best at facilitating an offense.....i'm taking the suns over the bulls
nuggets are definitely better than the bulls..they had like the 2nd best fg% in the league and actually had a better offensive rating(if we're going to include that stat here and there) than the bulls
the jazz is the only one i see as much of a toss up, i guess the bulls are better but it's seriously debatable
difference between the Jazz and Bulls last year is that the Jazz really didn't have a closer. Rose was at least capable of being a closer. Nash is a closer but I don't think he is better in that regard than Derrick Rose.
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nash is on the suns dood
Suns and Jazz aren't exactly high octane offenses in transition. The Jazz thrive in half-court sets. The Bulls are a good half-court offensive team as well which is a valuable thing to be able to go to when you are going against a lock-down defensive team.
where did i say all the offenses that were better than the bulls are high octane?
most of them are or are capable of it(except for the jazz)
the suns still play at a high tempo pace,gentry hasn't stopped that,their pace is still 8th in the league
forget that Rose missed half of the season yet the Bulls still came in 5th in offense. That says a lot.
they were 11th in offense with rose playing 81 games last year(i am well aware boozer missed twenty games..and noah missed some)
if we're talking about points per possession, i don't think it makes a difference
the stat is dubious because it is kind of an efficiency stat..
it's not as extreme as FG% individually,but in the case of the bulls, they are a well run offense, but they dont really have the ball handlers, or the shooters, or simply the guys up front to run a high tempo offense,
i think if they did, their efficiency would go down
the bulls played at a slow pace to help out the D, but really you couldn't expect the bulls team to overwhelm you scoring wise
the bulls were also 12th in FG%
a reason the bulls were 5th is because of the offensive rebounding....offensive rebounding is kind of an interesting stat
technically it's an offensive stat, but really it just gives the offense another chance in the possession after they messed up...although offensive rebounding often leads to clean up buckets...kind of a tough stat to decipher
but honestly, do you think the bulls were the 5th best offense overall with rose gone for half of the time?
