that we seemed to start quite a few of our sets with pick-and-curl action on the wing. If the fast-break wasn’t there, both Hinrich and Rose pulled back and directed a picking action that was trying to get someone free either for a cut to the basket or (more usually) the ball in the elbow area. This person was Deng or Salmons on the times I remember most clearly. The set didn’t seem to have complicated next steps (or they were so complicated that I didn’t realize what else was happening) — sometimes a reset to the point, sometimes a pick-and-roll on the wing.

Last year the offense was more Isolation meaning one on one with little movement besides Luol cutting or curling off a screen for a mid range shot or an attempted layup, then there was the give the ball to BG to shoot , or there was Kirk’s pick and roll play, and lastly the the D. Rose penetration play where he simply attacks the rim. That, and the Brad Miller pass to whoever is open pass from the top of the key. Now you see off the ball picks a little more, you see better ball movement due to the fact BG isn’t shooting off the first pass and Deng doesn’t have the nergy to shoot every time. So more ball movement, less one on one is the main difference.