Well, playing small ball when you have personnels for big lineup won't get you rebounds.
Seriously. I posted the following in the 'Horford and KO - heating up' thread, but it seems appropriate here:
And so ... in the Knicks game, Stevens promptly plays Olynyk just 12 minutes, and notably, no time overlapping with Horford.
In a game where we could have used some size for rebounding, KO played only 12 minutes (barely enough time to get warmed up) and Amir for just 18.
Amir actually played very well in this game, scoring 10 and grabbing 7 rebounds in that short time. That's a 20/14 per 36 pace. And then he got essentially no run at all after midway through the third. Just one minute in the 4th, as NYK pulled away.
I'm more than a little puzzled as to what Brad's strategy here was.
I mean, come on, Brad. You are the one who keeps putting the three-guard lineups out there WHEN THEY ARE MEASURABLY HORRIBLE!
Sorry for shouting.
The three-guard lineups, with all three of Avery, Isaiah and Marcus (at the 3) on the floor, have a DefRtg of 115.2. That's 5 points worse than the C's overall. And it's got just a 110.7 offensive rating.
The two-guard combo of Isaiah & Avery (with neither Marcus nor Terry) on the floor immediately improves to 111.7 on defense and an offensive rating of 116.6.
That's a net swing of +9.4 points per 100 possessions!!!
The two guard combo of Isaiah and Marcus (with neither Avery nor Terry) on the floor doesn't do as well defensively, with DRtg of 116.6, but it at last more than makes up for it offensively with a 121.8 ORtg. Again, that's a +9.7 net improvement over the 3-guard sample!!
Brad: Stop it. Please. You are killing me. NO MORE 3-GUARD!!!!