According this article, the Cavs was a top defensive team.This year, things are different.
Cleveland has moved up to fourth in the league in offensive efficiency. Personnel, obviously, is a huge reason. In addition they has added basically two shooters Also, their presence also allows Delonte West to move to an off-guard role.
"The early offense changed up a little bit," Smith said. "As far as our main sets, everything is pretty much the same. But they switched up the early offense to get more movement, and not allow everybody to stand around and let the defense set in on our early offense."
Coach Brown has also made it harder for opposing defenses. "Offensively, I've grown and learned, and we have as a team," Brown said. "When we flow into an offense it's different now than it was last year. There's just more movement … better spacing, more ball reversals, so we're a little harder to guard and it fits our personnel a little better."
"We don't have too much time in practice; you just have to take it up on your own to learn the sets and learn the system," he said. "But this is something I'm familiar with and something I'm comfortable doing."
At the defensive end, is an area where Cleveland has improved.
"We don't rely on steals; we don't rely on shot-blocking," Brown said. "We rely on positioning, and five guys guarding the ball. So really you can have any five guys as long as they're willing to commit to it."
"One thing we both try to do is both shrink the floor and make the paint crowded. We try not to give up paint points. We don't want to give up uncontested 3s; we try to make guys shoot contested pull-up jump shots or contested 3-point shots."
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Cleveland has moved up to fourth in the league in offensive efficiency. Personnel, obviously, is a huge reason. In addition they has added basically two shooters Also, their presence also allows Delonte West to move to an off-guard role.
"The early offense changed up a little bit," Smith said. "As far as our main sets, everything is pretty much the same. But they switched up the early offense to get more movement, and not allow everybody to stand around and let the defense set in on our early offense."
Coach Brown has also made it harder for opposing defenses. "Offensively, I've grown and learned, and we have as a team," Brown said. "When we flow into an offense it's different now than it was last year. There's just more movement … better spacing, more ball reversals, so we're a little harder to guard and it fits our personnel a little better."
"We don't have too much time in practice; you just have to take it up on your own to learn the sets and learn the system," he said. "But this is something I'm familiar with and something I'm comfortable doing."
At the defensive end, is an area where Cleveland has improved.
"We don't rely on steals; we don't rely on
shot-blocking," Brown said. "We rely on positioning, and five guys guarding the ball. So really you can have any five guys as long as they're willing to commit to it.""One thing we both try to do is both shrink the floor and make the paint crowded. We try not to give up paint points. We don't want to give up uncontested 3s; we try to make guys shoot contested pull-up jump shots or contested 3-point shots."
Original Story:
http://proskills.blogspot.com/2009/03...
