pinkizdead
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Everyone says that he's a system player, but it might be he's a skiles player. Skiles helped the bulls play beyond their abilities. Maybe that's the problem with deng.
i see 3 apparent stances on the issue
VDN's offense sucks. However one could argue that Deng needs a system offense, and the current system is ill suited for him. I think we can all agree with that, but the problem becomes how can we fix it?
Deng sucks. you could argue deng sucks. one possible argument for this is that few teams if any would take on his contract. he lost a step, he was playing beyond his abilities in the years previous to now, and he simply cant get back into that groove.
Rose is a rookie. he cant find the appropriate spots where deng can score easily. Derrick is just a rookie
Although i think there is an element of truth in all of those statements. Unlike gordon, deng has trouble creating for himself. he takes terrible contested shots. He's built of glass, so he might not be able to practice as much as everyone else.
Shooting the 3 has never been Luol's strong point. VDN has asked him to do that rather consistently, and yet he hasnt been able to produce. something has to change. Without gordon and salmons on the wings, Deng is starting to look like pargo.
how do we fix it? the only solution i have is
start hinrich and salmons and move deng to the 4? he's still built on glass, but he miht be a better fit for the offense as a 4.
our depth will be pretty deep at 4 and 5 at the point. With tyrus, taj, miller, and noah. We'd have lots of back up guard minutes. we might look into signing another guard.
i see 3 apparent stances on the issue
VDN's offense sucks. However one could argue that Deng needs a system offense, and the current system is ill suited for him. I think we can all agree with that, but the problem becomes how can we fix it?
Deng sucks. you could argue deng sucks. one possible argument for this is that few teams if any would take on his contract. he lost a step, he was playing beyond his abilities in the years previous to now, and he simply cant get back into that groove.
Rose is a rookie. he cant find the appropriate spots where deng can score easily. Derrick is just a rookie
Although i think there is an element of truth in all of those statements. Unlike gordon, deng has trouble creating for himself. he takes terrible contested shots. He's built of glass, so he might not be able to practice as much as everyone else.
Shooting the 3 has never been Luol's strong point. VDN has asked him to do that rather consistently, and yet he hasnt been able to produce. something has to change. Without gordon and salmons on the wings, Deng is starting to look like pargo.
how do we fix it? the only solution i have is
start hinrich and salmons and move deng to the 4? he's still built on glass, but he miht be a better fit for the offense as a 4.
our depth will be pretty deep at 4 and 5 at the point. With tyrus, taj, miller, and noah. We'd have lots of back up guard minutes. we might look into signing another guard.
But I do agree that such an offense would help Deng a lot since his strength is cutting to the basket and doing other off the ball stuff. Clearly in the offense we have now he is at a disadvantage because quite frankly, I don't think he could score on me one on one (though this is an exaggeration because he is more than a foot taller than I am, but that's besides the point) and that is a big part of what Vinny calls an offense.
