But as a former video coordinator, "stats guy" and all-around basketball nerd, Brown's new-found joy probably has as much to do with the new faces themselves as with that of which those new faces are capable.
No, I'm not talking literally about their faces, though, if you give a Dwight a cookie...
Frivolous challenges aside, Mike Brown must be thrilled that his roster is replete with players capable of and familiar with (i.e. Antawn Jamison, Steve Blake and Metta World Peace) running the Princeton offense, a scheme with which he's been "fascinated" for some time:
Not that anyone should expect Brown and newly-hired assistant Eddie Jordan, a Princeton proponent and pupil of the innovator Pete Carril, to make the scheme the focal point of the Lakers' offense. Such would negate (at least in part) Nash's superb ball-handling skills along with his ability to run the pick-and-roll with top-notch finishers like Howard and Gasol.
Though, to hear Brown tell it, even in the context of the Princeton, Nash may not be as limited as one might expect.
In any case, the Princeton will be but one of many options (albeit an important one) amongst a smorgasbord of offensive weapons that's likely to include hefty helpings of pick-and-rolls, pick-and-pops and isolation plays.
As complicated as the Princeton offense can be and often is—with its variety of back screens, cuts and reads—it still boils down to a series of basic basketball principles, the emphasis of which should make the Lakers' star-studded lineup that much more dangerous.
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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Los Angeles Lakers
