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Carril thinks the Lakers have pieces to run Princeton offense
Kurt Helin
Aug 31, 2012, 3:58 PM EDT
Pete Carril — the Hall of Fame coach who spent 29 years as the head man at Princeton — is the father of the Princeton offense. He cribbed parts of it from what the Celtics were doing in the 1960s (as Don Nelson did with small ball) but he was the guy that put it together and made it work. It has led to some beautiful basketball.
Not always, though. The offense has flamed out before, and if you need proof you can look at Eddie Jordan’s tenure in Washington. Jordan is a Carril disciple but he could not get the Wizards players to buy in.
Jordan will soon officially be a Lakers assistant. So will the Princeton offense work in Los Angeles, where the Lakers will run a hybrid version of it next season? Carril told Sam Amick of Sports Illustrated he thinks it should.
I imagine that if the [Lakers] guys want to do it, and [the coaches] can convince them that it’d better for them, I think they’ll do it. They have the right ingredients, all the passers. They have really good passers there. The only one I don’t really know much about as a passer is Howard. But [Pau] Gasol can pass and he can shoot, and of course Bryant and Nash can shoot, and whatever they call him now [Metta World Peace], I know he can pass. It all depends on Howard, and then what kind of bench they have…
Generally speaking, that offense doesn’t work when two things are prevalent. One is when they treat it like a robotic thing. And the other is when they don’t want to do it.
I love that he doesn’t know World Peace’s name. Despite working with Artest in Sacramento.
The Lakers will want to do it, Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol asked for it. After years in the triangle they like an offense where no plays are called and what cuts and passes you make depend on how the defense adjusts its coverage. They will not be robotic about it. Steve Nash will buy in. Dwight Howard will buy in. It may take a little while for the offense to really click (especially with Howard missing training camp due to his back), but the Lakers should make it work.
Like a lot of observers, Carril thinks this could be good for Kobe Bryant.
What I told Eddie is that it might work for this team for several reasons. One is that you’re going to get easy shots for Kobe Bryant. And over the last several years, I’ve seen where his shots have become harder and harder to get. He’s getting older and more tired, so I’d like to see whether they can get him some easy shots. He’s going to make them.
But you have to set picks to do that, whether you set a pick with Gasol or whoever it is, you’re going to get a free shot and they’re going to find out — the way I did — that the guy who sets the pick, after a while, is going to be more open than the guy that he set the pick for. They’ve got shooters, they’ve got passers, so they can run that. Whether they want to do it? I think Eddie can show them how to do it so it’s not robotic, and it could be effective.
I swear this guy was reading stuff from this thread
8 pts and 5 boards isnt bad at all for Barnes, hes a lil scrappy knucklehead so i hope they bring him back.
And the day they unveil a statue of Kobe ill try my damnest to get out there and see it, like freeze said a fadeaway statue would be too sick.
But i think a kobe statue of him showing his heart after he hit the game winner against phoenix would be crazy, all that emotion if captured would be epic.
Do you think shaq will get a statue ? Or it will go Kareem then Kobe?
8 pts and 5 boards isnt bad at all for Barnes, hes a lil scrappy knucklehead so i hope they bring him back.
And the day they unveil a statue of Kobe ill try my damnest to get out there and see it, like freeze said a fadeaway statue would be too sick.
But i think a kobe statue of him showing his heart after he hit the game winner against phoenix would be crazy, all that emotion if captured would be epic.
I think it will be this when he checked out of the game on his 81 point game:
8 pts and 5 boards isnt bad at all for Barnes, hes a lil scrappy knucklehead so i hope they bring him back.
And the day they unveil a statue of Kobe ill try my damnest to get out there and see it, like freeze said a fadeaway statue would be too sick.
But i think a kobe statue of him showing his heart after he hit the game winner against phoenix would be crazy, all that emotion if captured would be epic.
I think it will be this when he checked out of the game on his 81 point game:
I agree. When its all said and done, and they decide to give Kobe a statue. This will be the image that will be made into that statue.
If they were to use this moment for the statue, do you think they will keep the #8 on there? It seems to me that Kobe prefers #24. And It would just be wrong if they put a #24 on there. His best moments WERE in the #8 though
If they were to use this moment for the statue, do you think they will keep the #8 on there? It seems to me that Kobe prefers #24. And It would just be wrong if they put a #24 on there. His best moments WERE in the #8 though
I think they should leave the jersey on the statue as #8.
It's really debate able on when Kobe had his BEST moments in his career wearing 8 or 24.
#8 years & Frobe years was when he put up his best stats and got most of his individual accolades.And yes he won 3 rings but at the same time he was not the main leader on those championship teams where he shared the leadership duties with Shaq.
#24 years is where he proved he was the main leader and could lead teams to championships with him being the focal point of the offense and teams built around him.He also won his only league regular season MVP award and 2 NBA Finals and maybe a couple more Finals MVP awards, he also became the Lakers all time franchise leader in scoring.
That's the hard part with his GREAT Legacy when he leaves the game. When people sit down and discuss his career it's seriously like in 4 or 5 chapters and different era's of Laker teams with him on it.
I think Kobe in the end will choose #24 to hang in the rafters when he's done with the game.