re: tOfficial Pels Coaching Search Thread (minor stein update re: Lee and Green)

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The new coach just needs to call Zion/BI P&R's and have everyone else sit at the 3 point line and wait for a kickout.

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That is one of the most perplexing issues I had last season….with Ingram saying he wasn’t happy about plays not being drawn up for himself and Zion, that makes it even more bizarre!

If Stan was the one who put “point Zion” into existence, then why would they not have tried to work PnR into the game with Ingram….it seems like a no brainer that should have been our bread and butter game plan.

On the other hand, I’m a little wary of how much truth there is to what Ingram is saying there. Mainly because I’m not certain Ingram’s BBIQ is too high. When he gets passed the ball at the top of the key, he tends to probe too much and goes into ISO mode instead of taking open shots.

I would expect the coaching staff to be intelligent enough to work on such plays with your two stars, so maybe it is an issue with Zion and Ingram along with poor coaching.

One problem I see, is that Ingram is most likely not a very good screener and doesn’t entirely make the right reads in those scenarios. He’s much better being the ball handler in PnR situations with a Big setting the screen, where he can drive to the rim or feed the rolling big to the basket. You saw this a lot when Zion was off the court and BI was running PnR with Adams or Billy H.