First of all, Miles has to use a variety of offensive sets that are difficult to guard and get the kids to execute them properly. Feed the low post and play inside/outside. Get some spot up shooting. Here's one for you-- move without the ball. Don't jog. Change speeds and have a burst to what you do. Wait for screens. Or how about setting up a screen with a v-cut? Speaking of screens, how about an offense that uses some back picks, down screens, maybe some shuffle screen action? And if you're best two players are best when they are going to the hoop, how about at least trying to fast break now and then? Do some of that and the team will not be so easy to guard. Standing around and setting numerous slip picks and pick & pops on the ball and doing very little else has gotten them no where all season long. As bad as the man to man offensive scheme and execution is, the zone offense and press break is worse.
My lineup: Petteway at the point, White and Shields on the wing, Morrow and a post player (maybe Hammond or someone new). Pitchford off the bench or playing the four spot. Fuller & Smith playing major minutes off the bench. I'd play at least 8, maybe more. If a guy bitches because he's being taken out of the game, he would sit for the rest of the game. I would not let Shields shoot any 3 point shots either. My lineup would change to include a traditional point guard if Miles changes his offense and defense. Defensively, they aren't pressuring full court. They are switching picks, but not denying the next pass. That's the closest thing to zone or match up as you can get. In other words, you can play a bigger and slower lineup if you play the style of man defense Miles has been using this year. I would love to see a lineup with a traditional point guard (Smith & Watson rotation) if they did make changes but as it is now, Petteway initiates the offense and Shields usually brings it up against pressure.
