I was referring to coach Woodson, not having any design 3 point-play to use in crunchtime .. the above name players use design-plays that when they come around the screen or double screen for the open 3-ball shot, u would say thats Larry Bird or Cooper ole play.
On MLK Day, we needed a team design play for an open 3-ball shot vs Brooklyn, we had NONE.
Batman & Robin had 7 seasons on the Denver Nuggets, their team success then is the same as the Denver Nuggets success without them.
Dont HYPE them up to be something they are not.
I would call your concerns misguided.
1st- Coach doesn't have to draw up special plays to get 3's (especially for Novak). Why? Because we were MORE THAN FORMIDABLE from the arc based on our sytem and game plan. We did lead the league in attempts and avg. (Sans specific Novak plays) yet something is different... I'll get to that
2nd- JR Smith is not only having the season of his career; he's demonstrated more focus on defense, team play wih assists, and clutch game-winning shots. Not even famed coach Karl got those results.
3rd- Occam's Razor states the simplest answer is usually the correct one.
No team in sports can sustain the same level of performance while missing key components to prior success, unless of course they replace the lost parts with equal or better ones... simple.
Now due to the fact that Felton and perhaps Wallace were unervalued it escapes minds that maybe we aren't as good missing key components... just maybe.
Since MDA our knicks have taken 2 steps forward and 1 step back. Case in point:
This year...
Felton comes in... STAT bangs knees gets hurt
STAT comes back... Felton gets hurt
Shump comes back... Wallace & camby hurt
Before it was...
Melo comes in... whole new squad needs to gel quickly, no camp
Stat and Melo begin to semi-click under MDA... Stat hurts back
No training camp/short season... We remove coach
New coach has positive impact... Stat gets hurt
On and on and on we go. Never able to fully gel with a full squad. That means no real identity to fall back on in tought times... and we're still waiting.