Berman might be a sour feller, but his column did mention Ohringer's vid scouting of the Knix. Though like Chip, Brrman didn't link us up.
Here's a 10 min vid scouting of the Knix D:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52ft4QVqEo4Pretty much Thibs mainstay -- strong side D and guarding the paint (by not having the Big drop back in PnR but having everyone collapse in), and then fly out on 3-point shooters.
He makes the point that Randle and others play off their man starting at the edge of the paint, so they won't have to stunt in and then back out.
This style does leave players open for 3's on the weak side.
Relying on RJB, Bullox to close out quickly.
Still looks to me like IND, UTA, MIL just missed a lot of good looks.
And a few times they should have made an extra pass to the corner.
His Pt 2 follow-up vid on Knix O seemed largely useless to me.
Mostly documenting that Randle and Rivers and Burks and to a lesser degree Elf have been insanely hot. And that Randle has been playmaking.
He didn't mention that Randle consistently drawing double teams has opened up the court, and his willingness to pass out has led to open 3's.
About the only thing interesting was his observation that the Knix G's tend to keep the ball and not pass much (think Elf and RJB drives) which cuts down on turnovers and makes it easy to get back on D.
Ohringer was a vid coordinator and advance scout in the NBA for 7 years.
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