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Kelly Iko

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
902 total appearances

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The Athletic NBA Daily
Pacers Embarrass Knicks + Rockets Offensive Struggles

Buyout also.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Pacers Embarrass Knicks + Rockets Offensive Struggles

Yeah.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Pacers Embarrass Knicks + Rockets Offensive Struggles

So I actually talked to Kevin about this a couple of days ago, but if you go back and look at Kevin's history, the last couple of years, he's always been a proficient pick and roll player.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Pacers Embarrass Knicks + Rockets Offensive Struggles

And I talked to him about putting the ball more in his hands and allowing him to be in an initiative.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Pacers Embarrass Knicks + Rockets Offensive Struggles

He talked about how everyone understands why he's on this team to make shots, but sometimes he,

The Athletic NBA Daily
Pacers Embarrass Knicks + Rockets Offensive Struggles

as opposed to being a play finisher, you can be a play initiator.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Pacers Embarrass Knicks + Rockets Offensive Struggles

Put him in the ball, let him run pick and roll with Alperin, let him run maybe inverted pick and roll with a smaller guard.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Pacers Embarrass Knicks + Rockets Offensive Struggles

They've done that with Reid.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Pacers Embarrass Knicks + Rockets Offensive Struggles

So they're bottom 10 in terms of pick and roll frequency, which is...

The Athletic NBA Daily
Pacers Embarrass Knicks + Rockets Offensive Struggles

You know, in terms of high-octane, you know, up-to-modern offenses, which is one of the Rockets' calling, the things against them that's been over the last couple of years is that they've had an outdated offense, right?

The Athletic NBA Daily
Pacers Embarrass Knicks + Rockets Offensive Struggles

If you want to speed things up, get them a little bit more modern, you need a high picker row.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Pacers Embarrass Knicks + Rockets Offensive Struggles

And put the ball in Kevin's hands.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Pacers Embarrass Knicks + Rockets Offensive Struggles

I think what would happen is that this is a Rockets team that's in the 25th in time to shot.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Pacers Embarrass Knicks + Rockets Offensive Struggles

They take a lot of time off the shot clock.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Pacers Embarrass Knicks + Rockets Offensive Struggles

They're very patient with it.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Pacers Embarrass Knicks + Rockets Offensive Struggles

But if you put the ball in his hands, maybe you can speed things up.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Pacers Embarrass Knicks + Rockets Offensive Struggles

Maybe you can get Reed or Dorian or Jabari more looks early to open things up.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Pacers Embarrass Knicks + Rockets Offensive Struggles

And then you can go to your two-man game with Alperin and have that high-low balance.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Pacers Embarrass Knicks + Rockets Offensive Struggles

So I think...

The Athletic NBA Daily
Pacers Embarrass Knicks + Rockets Offensive Struggles

If you want to pivot and you want to find another branch of your identity, I think it's a smart idea to lean on one of the greatest scorers of all time and say, hey, let's put the ball in your hands and allow you to create and see what happens after that.