Podcasts, Records and Rotations


12-8-13_pp_ppodcast.mp3 |
As I hope I made clear in my piece on Aldridge within the context of the Blazers's offense, the fact that Aldridge has to be guarded closely at the elbow opens up a lot of opportunities for the other Blazers to get to the rim and/or get high value corner 3 point shots. We didn't get into this that much, but by comparison Dwight Howard planting himself on the block - a spot he is not particular efficient from, largely due to an absurdly high turnover rate (almost a quarter of possessions ending with him in the post are turnovers) - impedes the rest of the Rockets in terms of getting those same shots, and it's a testament to the abilities of Harden, Parsons and to a degree Lin and Casspi that the Rockets are still able to limit their midrange shots in order to shoot 3s and get to the rim. I do think they would be even better in scoring at the rim if Dwight could create slightly more space, however.