Obstacle: Suns’ dribble penetration flashes can be the catalyst for a successful season
The tendency of the Phoenix Suns offense to only be lethal in stretches is making the other stretches stand out like a sore thumb.
In a loss to the Milwaukee Bucks that was over before it started, the Suns showed flashes of dribble penetration, something many Suns pundits have been clamoring for.
So many of the other possessions start with screens or handoffs that become so predictable, especially when Suns ball handlers are as reluctant to pull up for 3 over the screen as they have been.
Plus, the screens are doing hardly anything in the way of actually breaking down the defense. In some cases, screens invite blitzes.
But when possessions start with a ball handler getting a foot or two in the paint, it collapses the defense in a way that almost always leads to an open shot, whether its off a drive-and-kick opportunity, continued passing to make waste of a scrambling unit on defense or even just the ball handler taking it all the way himself.
