...Barkley's comments, but he could be referring to "execution". In other words, running a play as it is drawn up - setting the perfect pick, finding the open man, cutting to the basket, etc. so the play LOOKS easy. We do have a tendency to abandon/screw up the set plays and settle for contested jump shots.

Since Barkley doesn't follow every game like we do, he doesn't see the whole picture.

 

He said that The Blazers are a jumpshooting team and he is right. Out "points in the paint" point this out and it also explains why we go on these mini droughts. As the broadcasters say (and my eyes see), these are the same shots we always take but they are not going in. When we get the big fella and he gets aclimitized to the league this should go away. We will have a more inside presence and more "easy" buckets