As soon as we drafted Derrick this was the type of play I envisioned us running about 8-10 times a game. Unfortunately, our coach doesn’t really do anything (no defensive philosophy other than “switch on screens!” and no plays for the offense).

To your point 72-10, I think Tyrus has the IQ to handle this (his role in the play is pretty simple — the decision-making is on Rose’s shoulders), he would just need to practice it. There’s no reason why they shouldn’t be running this play 25-30 times everyday in practice.

Of course, who knows what our team does in practice?

With a team this long and athletic how can you not run that play for Tyrus or Joakim? Practically made Ty Chandler an all star in N.O.

set a John Stockton elbow pick from the high block on an opposing big, like when Johnny Dimes and The Mailman were running the pick and roll and losing to yours truly…

It’s not exactly the easiest thing to do, hopefully this is something he works with a lot with Joakim and Tyrus, heck even Deng can sky for lobs.

Anybody else think it’s interesting that this stuff was designed for youth and high school coaches yet it still might be over Vinny’s head? Maybe we can get the girl he has doing the drills to help Deng with his ball handling too lol.

Makes good sense. If we run this and it works wouldn’t Noah’s man drop off Noah and double team TT? That leaves Noah wide open for a 10-12 foot shot which is a problem.

pick and roll set since mid season last year, sadly Vinny never drew one up for them. He actually was more comfortable doing it with Noah and it made no sense to me. Tyrus has better hands, he’s quicker, he has a better passing touch, and he is a better scorer. This play would work as Tyrus is quicker than most power forwards and the athleticism of Rose and Tyrus would give defenders fits. I agree wholeheartedly with this one, and good job with the post.

 If D. Rose and Tyrus Thomas run a pick and roll consistantly these guys will have success with it, and I’ll even add Tyrus might be close to averaging 20 a game. Tyrus has nice touch around the basket especially when he’s in the flow of the offense. If he’s thrown on the perimeter and the ball swings to him with 5 seconds on the shot clock he’s gotta improvise. This Pick and Roll is exactly what he needs, give them some time to get accumulated with the play, to learn where they’re effective at and this will be money in the bank.

yes i agree with this, we need to utilise the talent in the team and try and become a force inside the paint. I think TT needs to play more like a big man around the rim. Although if he mastered his mid range jumper, he would become a hard player to defend but i just cant see it hapening. See what happens this year, maybe Vinny will pull his finger out of his ass

This remind me of a picture that was taken during the playoffs with Vinny drawing up a play on his clipboard, but nobody seems to be listening to him, only Tyrus looking at the clipboard with his head tilted. Bah, I can’t find the pic.

Can Tyrus and Deng be swapped in this scenario?

I’d like to see Deng get Noah’s man switched on to him to let Deng go to work. It puts a smaller man on Noah where he can back that man down to force more help. This should open passing lanes to a cutting Derek, Tyrus on the wing, or out to Kurt/Salmons on the perimeter.

…when the Bulls first picked up Jay Williams and everybody body was saying twin towers high low pick and roll with Curry and Chandler, shoot, I think I can get some amens if I say that Noah and Tyrus are pound for pound better than those two…You can run a high low PnR with either of them…