And here is another entry into the TeamSPACE concept from a week ago, this one focusing on the Southwest division.

They break down all 5 teams most used lineups (the Mavs are absurd). I'll just show the Pelicans and the write up.

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Rounding out the division, the chart for the Pelicans is an interesting mix of things that don’t seem to work well together. It begins with likely too much area covered by Jason Smith and Al-Farouq Aminu, and not enough from the Anthony Davis/Eric Gordon/Jrue Holiday trio. There are promising trends here. Though. Davis is obviously most effective in the hoop, and has some tiny Hunting Grounds developing along the baseline, foul line extended, and top of the key. Gordon consistently dominates both 3pt wings. Holiday displays the potential of a balanced attack, with strong activity in the paint and some activity near the foul line/elbow. However, his midrange game is crowded by Smith (and vice versa), and only has one distinctly unique Hunting Ground from deep to his name. In a strictly shot selection/Hunting Ground perspective, this lineup resembles a less disciplined Spurs group.

A few tweaks could go a long way for the Pelicans offense, including:

Keep Aminu (or rather, his replacement) in the the corners and out of the elbow

More Brow shots on the block and near the foul line

Share the elbows between Smith and Holiday; likely giving Holiday more room on the right side (the chart’s left side)

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Wonder what the Holiday, Gordon, Evans, Anderson, Davis hunting ground looks like.

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Posted by TigerinATL

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Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:24 am to corndeaux

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Wonder what the Holiday, Gordon, Evans, Anderson, Davis hunting ground looks like.

Anderson and Gordon overlap a lot on the 3 pointers since they both shoot most of their 3s from the wing. But that's ok since there are 2 wings. I would imagine if you have a 3 guard lineup with Tyreke running the offense you'd put Ryno in the corner. Not as good as on the wings, but he'll still be respectable and that leaves Gordon and Holiday in position to reset the offense if needed.

Salmons should fit nicely into that corner 3 space previously occupied by Aminu. His fit seems to be really good and I think people are going to be surprised that Salmons isn't terrible.

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