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Originally Posted by Tince
It wouldn't be successful to run, just for the sake of running.
It's true that you can get easy baskets by running, but running is likely to increase the other teams easy baskets as well. When there is a miss or a turnover on a fastbreak, the other team usually turns it into two points of their own.
In general, it's also a bad idea to force the tempo against teams that are more talented. The quicker the game it becomes more likely the better team will win. In Portland's case, we're rarely the better team, so I'm not sure it's always in our best interest.
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Agreed and, just to play MM's advocate for a moment, what this team lacks in talent it can, at least potentially, make up for in depth. That is, most starting units are going to be filled with players who'll be better than whatever starting five this team rolls out, night in and night out. However, the second units are likely to be at least somewhat closer in overall talent, particularly the bigs. That suggests to me that one useful tactic might be to try to exhaust both starting units as quickly as possible, forcing the other team to chase guys like Jack, Roy/Dixon, and Miles all over the court. Then we hope that a second unit led by guys like Webster, Pryzbilla/Magloire, LaFrentz, and Dickau can gain some ground.
I am really getting sick of the potential word
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