@Music City posted:He’s a poor man’s Scott Brooks…
As we've all said many times, the parallels between Bud and Mike McCarthy are eerie. If you want someone to provide stability to a chaotic organization, Bud's your guy. Jason Kidd's schemes made no sense against anyone. Bud's schemes are solid enough to win against 2/3rds of the teams in the league. It's basically just line up and expect your guys to win matchups and force the other team to make outside shots. That's fine against this years Orlando Magic and Chicago Bulls in March. It's not a great idea (usually) against Kevin Durant, Duncan Robinson, Fred Van Vliet, Kyle Lowry, etc. in the playoffs.
It's exactly the mindest of Mike McCarthy. Line your WRs up and let them win matchups. There's no scheming guys open by McCarthy just like there's no scheming easy shots in the halfcourt by Bud. Imagine if Khris Middleton got to shoot catch and shoot 3s like Klay Thompson? Almost every playoff game against a good team in the Bud era that comes down the 4th quarter requires Khris Middleton to play like Michael Jordan in the halfcourt. Middleton is a great shooter, but he doesn't have the athleticism to create easy looks in the halfcourt. Kevin Durant is a top 10 offensive player in NBA history but even Nash has him coming off ball screen and he ends up shooting pullups over guys who are on their heels. Middleton gets the ball and bumps a guy 5 times to try to create some separation to get off a good shot. Give the guy some help. Run multiple screens for him. Let Holiday go in the pick and roll with Giannis and have Middleton spot up.