That Whole East Coast / West Coast thing
I'm amazed that the two teams most known for running the "Princeton" motion offense (or variations on it, anyway) in the NBA over the last few years, the Sacramento Kings and our own New Jersey Nets, have fallen into stagnation.
The Kings are off to a 3 - 5 start - the Nets, 4 - 4, and neither has the offensive look of a world beater.
From what I gather, new personnel has something to do with that, but as I read Kelly Dwyer in SI tonight, something seems to be "off" with the Kings, from Mike Bibby on down (of course, he also rubs it in and says that Shareef Abdur-Rahim has been playing well).
The Nets are having personnel issues as well, are they not? Both teams might be better prepared for a half-court set, but neither seems to be able to run and score at will.
The NBA has caught up to them, no doubt. And only the higher-octane Suns offense lead by Steve Nash seems to have been able to overcome the defenses holding the motion offense at bay.
Maybe. Or maybe not. Maybe it's just a lousy collection of supporting players in each case.
Ah, the vagarities of the NBA.
Want to bet that both teams are markedly better come February?
The Kings are off to a 3 - 5 start - the Nets, 4 - 4, and neither has the offensive look of a world beater.
From what I gather, new personnel has something to do with that, but as I read Kelly Dwyer in SI tonight, something seems to be "off" with the Kings, from Mike Bibby on down (of course, he also rubs it in and says that Shareef Abdur-Rahim has been playing well).
The Nets are having personnel issues as well, are they not? Both teams might be better prepared for a half-court set, but neither seems to be able to run and score at will.
The NBA has caught up to them, no doubt. And only the higher-octane Suns offense lead by Steve Nash seems to have been able to overcome the defenses holding the motion offense at bay.
Maybe. Or maybe not. Maybe it's just a lousy collection of supporting players in each case.
Ah, the vagarities of the NBA.
Want to bet that both teams are markedly better come February?
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