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@Chris Parker, really happy to have you here answering questions for us. RCF used to have some awesome chat sessions with beat writers, but they've either moved onto to browner pastures or their sources have all but dried up. You're a nice change of pace from the drivel to which we've been accustomed.

I owe you a beer should I ever be out in Cleveland.
 
Yeah would it be creepy to want to organize a night out for Chris Parker? Especially if the Cavs were to somehow win it all. Pick some bar in Cleveland have a bunch of RCF people meet and chat with Parker, buying him and whoever he comes with drinks and food. That seems creepy and pathetic? Ok my bad.
 
Hydroponic3385 said:
Yeah would it be creepy to want to organize a night out for Chris Parker? Especially if the Cavs were to somehow win it all. Pick some bar in Cleveland have a bunch of RCF people meet and chat with Parker, buying him and whoever he comes with drinks and food. That seems creepy and pathetic? Ok my bad.
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To be fair, I also owe half of this forum, Scott Raab, and a few other people on twitter beers should I ever see them in Cleveland.
 
^I wasn't poking fun at your post, if that's what you thought. I'm in full support of this idea. Chris Parker has been the man. I just know my post sounds kinda creepy :chuckle:
 
Total non-Cavs local music question, if you happen to have answers Chris (or anyone): Spring Fling III at Agora 5/15- how do I find out the band order? I'm not down with concert etiquette on this sort of thing- call venue closer to event? Just email/tweet the band? I'm primarily going for meWithoutyou but doors open at 4... No point in going then if they don't go on until 9-10.

Oh and uh go Cavs?
 
I've made it a life's mission to never attend a group RCF event.

Not because I think it'd be creepy, but because I'm better than you.
 
I'm only running part of the quote in today's column, but here's the full quote w/r/t iso, despite success, needing to be tempered lest it lead to offensive stagnation

"A lot of times when you get into that kind of situation via an action. If you know Synergy they will qualify something as an ISO purely from the fact a player might hold the ball for a certain period of time and then make his move or go from a certain spot on the floor. But a lot of times that comes from actions to get them in that situation because those are the things that perhaps that player does the best. We do take advantage of it because we have great one-on-one talent and we use it to our advantage. But I don’t think we lack in ball movement or assists or creativity for the team. I think we’re doing pretty well in that area too."

We felt he might be squirming out of the question, so we asked more directly. “So are the two things unrelated, or just unrelated as far as to how your team plays,” we asksed.

“Oh, they’re related, they’re related,” Blatt confessed, then pleaded to PR Chief Tad Carper. “There he goes making me think hard before a game.”
 
Chris Parker said:
I'm only running part of the quote in today's column, but here's the full quote w/r/t iso, despite success, needing to be tempered lest it lead to offensive stagnation

"A lot of times when you get into that kind of situation via an action. If you know Synergy they will qualify something as an ISO purely from the fact a player might hold the ball for a certain period of time and then make his move or go from a certain spot on the floor. But a lot of times that comes from actions to get them in that situation because those are the things that perhaps that player does the best. We do take advantage of it because we have great one-on-one talent and we use it to our advantage. But I don’t think we lack in ball movement or assists or creativity for the team. I think we’re doing pretty well in that area too."

We felt he might be squirming out of the question, so we asked more directly. “So are the two things unrelated, or just unrelated as far as to how your team plays,” we asksed.

“Oh, they’re related, they’re related,” Blatt confessed, then pleaded to PR Chief Tad Carper. “There he goes making me think hard before a game.”
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Nice. Kind of what I was saying over in the Blatt thread. ISO's aren't inherently bad. They are usually a result of player/ball movement and do represent a designed play.

Putting players into ideal ISO situations is an aspect of smart, efficient offense.
 
Yeah Iso is only bad if the match-up/situation is bad. I am all for causing switches or generally getting LeBron or Kyrie in situations where they can Iso. they're among the best in the league at doing it. What I would like to see, however, is the same thing with K-Love in the post. We're diverse enough on offense that we should be able to cause some sort of havoc to get Kevin a favorable match-up in the post, to let him work his magic.
 
Damien O'Connel said:
Nice. Kind of what I was saying over in the Blatt thread. ISO's aren't inherently bad. They are usually a result of player/ball movement and do represent a designed play.

Putting players into ideal ISO situations is an aspect of smart, efficient offense.
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I agree. I think the term 'ISO' is too synonymous with a player dribbling the air out of the ball before taking a tough shot. When Kyrie, LeBron, etc. catch the ball 18 feet out in triple threat position, that's ideal for me.
 
Chris,

What happened to all the Princeton type action we saw except when James was in during the preseason and we were blowing teams out?
 
@Chris Parker- I enjoyed your article and there is some really good critical analysis in there to think about.

Personally, I'm not that alarmed yet. Game 2 was a combination of a few things - Stevens outchoached Blatt in this game (as opposed to game 1, where in my opinion Blatt pulled all the right strings). The defensive scheme was really good against us.. and also, we were ice cold from outside (particularly JR Smith).. it created a situation where our two best players had to take over, or we lose that game. I don't believe it's enough evidence yet to be a trend, but it will be interesting to see how they adjust tonight.
 
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