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His shooting percentages at the rim and from midrange really aren't down that much from last season. He shot 55% at the rim last season, is shooting 53% this season. He shot 44% from midrange last season, and is shooting 41% this season. His shot distribution really hasn't changed that much either. +2% at the rim, -3% midrange, -1% three. He's still shooting 41% from three in the PnR, so what's the problem?
You say it's not Mike Brown, and I completely disagree. That offense has zero creativity and zero movement, and that ultimately falls on the coach. Everything is stand around and watch, no spacing. Kyrie has the ball? Watch. Waiters has the ball? Watch. Jack has the ball? Watch. They aren't running a damn thing, they aren't running any offense to get into their isos, PnRs, etc. You can't just go right into it, you have to have some ball movement to get the defense off balance, THEN go into it. The Cavs aren't even attempting that, and again, that's ultimately on the coaches shoulders. Last season, the Cavs movement was a whole lot better. Instead of just having your big set a screen, they would run players off screens, they would screen the screener, they would run handoffs, they would set up the PnR in a ton of different ways.
When Brown was in Cleveland the first time around, the offense was nothing more than iso LeBron, or set a high screen for LeBron, and let him go. And that worked to a degree. But the problem is, Kyrie isn't LeBron.
You say it's not Mike Brown, and I completely disagree. That offense has zero creativity and zero movement, and that ultimately falls on the coach. Everything is stand around and watch, no spacing. Kyrie has the ball? Watch. Waiters has the ball? Watch. Jack has the ball? Watch. They aren't running a damn thing, they aren't running any offense to get into their isos, PnRs, etc. You can't just go right into it, you have to have some ball movement to get the defense off balance, THEN go into it. The Cavs aren't even attempting that, and again, that's ultimately on the coaches shoulders. Last season, the Cavs movement was a whole lot better. Instead of just having your big set a screen, they would run players off screens, they would screen the screener, they would run handoffs, they would set up the PnR in a ton of different ways.
When Brown was in Cleveland the first time around, the offense was nothing more than iso LeBron, or set a high screen for LeBron, and let him go. And that worked to a degree. But the problem is, Kyrie isn't LeBron.
