Byron Scott has post-up player
Byron Scott has post-up player
Byron Scott has post-up player
If Santa Claus (or Dan Gilbert?) is still looking for a few last-minute items, Cavaliers coach Byron Scott has a Wish List already made. And the beauty of the NBA is that Scott's list won't be null and void in a couple days; he has until the NBA trade deadline Feb. 24 to still get what he wants and a $14.5 million trade exception.
And what Scott would like most of all to help the 8-20 Cavaliers is a dominant, back-to-the-basket, post-up player, where to buy Cheap NBA Jerseys? maybe ujersy is a good choice.
So would about 28 other NBA teams, of course. But Scott says his Princeton offense would be even more effective if it had a post-up player who drew attention from the movement of guards who control the pace of the game.
He didn't have a dominant big guy in previous coaching stops in New Orleans or New Jersey, but Scott has been dreaming of the day when he might.
"I've watched teams that have post-up guys and I know what a post-up guy can do as far as this offense," he said. "When you get a good post-up guy, this offense runs even better. Then you have somebody who's a threat that's hard to double because of the movement and spacing."
Barring an opportunity to snag one of the few back-to-the-basket players in the league (Orlando's Dwight Howard probably isn't available), Scott wouldn't mind another dominant perimeter player, a la Chris Paul whom he had in New Orleans or Jason Kidd whom he had in New Jersey. Wish Lists are all about dreaming big, after all.
"Most teams in this league that have a lot of success have either a big-time post up player or a big-time player," Scott said. "Either one. Either a dynamic post-up player or a perimeter player who's pretty damn good. One of those two."
Waiting for shots to fall: If it seems like the Cavaliers' offense hasn't been working, it's not because Cleveland players haven't figured out Scott's Princeton offense, if you want to buy Atlanta Hawks #5 Jersey, go to ujersy.
After 28 games, Scott expects there to still be growing pains. But not to the extent that the Cavaliers have endured during their 10-game losing streak, when the Cavaliers shot better than 43 percent just once -- in a 117-97 loss to Philadelphia when they hit 50 percent of their attempts.
And not to the point where the Cavaliers are 29th of 30 NBA teams with a .424 field-goal percentage.
"We're getting great shots, we're just not knocking them down on a consistent basis," Scott said. "I think some of that is because some guys just aren't used to movements and setups to get those shots. It's 28 games into the season, I expected us to still struggle with it a little bit. We're doing a much better job getting shots, we're just not finishing off making shots."
And at center. . .: Entering the season, the Cavaliers had two centers -- Anderson Varejao and Ryan Hollins. Scott said he didn't anticipate playing J.J. Hickson and Antawn Jamison together. Changing the starting lineup and limiting his bench, however, has meant Hickson is receiving time at center instead of solely at power forward.
"If I want to stay at the rotation I have now, then I do feel more comfortable with him playing backup four and five," Scott said. "With the rotation being at eight, nine guys, I think it affords me the ability to play him at ...
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