Quote:
Originally Posted by malcolmk14
If the goal here is to win a championship, then the up-tempo run and gun game is not going to be effective. Sure, they might win 55 games, but they will have no chance in the playoffs against defensively dominant teams like Orlando, Boston, and Cleveland.
Case in point: the Phoenix Suns.
|
The way I look at it, the fact that the Raptors can't play up-tempo effectively is more a symptom of the greater problems with the team. Playing up-tempo forces the team to play at a faster, harder pace, forces them to be more creative, forces them to finish and creates situations where they can crash the offensive boards. A team like San Antonio isn't effectively simply because they play a tough, grind-it-out half-court game; they can also hang with the Phoenixes of the league when those teams force the up-tempo pace. Maybe they won't win a championship playing up-tempo, but they'll develop skills that they're sorely missing and that will help them win in any philosophy.