Maybe it's because the Monty Haters have very little faith in the out of bounds plays this team runs, but I think the primary complaint about Monty and timeouts is not doing a good job of stopping momentum when the other team starts making a run.

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Battier would prefer to “take it in, rush it up and get it to your best attacker going to the hoop,” he says. "I'm surprised at how many times coaches call a timeout to draw up an ISO. It's like, ‘Really? You took a timeout to draw up an ISO?’ That's my pet peeve as a player watching the game."

Yeah, it seems like the primary reason to call the time out is to switch personnel and advance the ball. Especially later in the season you should have some go to plays and players if you're not a revolving door lineup like the oft injured Pelicans.

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Posted by corndeaux

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Posted on 3/14/14 at 9:33 am to TigerinATL

I wasnt trying to make it a Monty thing. I think he generally does a nice job on ATOs, assuming they get the ball in.

This goes back to the chaos theory from a panel.at SLOAN.

He does tend to wait too long for TOs to stop runs, but that isn't a big pet peeve for me.

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Yeah, it seems like the primary reason to call the time out is to switch personnel and advance the ball.

Certainly time and situation matter. 2 seconds, down by 3 you want shooters and an ATO. But 8 seconds, 2 pt or less margin? Maybe the return diminshes if you call a TO just to run high pnr?

This post was edited on 3/14/14 at 9:39 am

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