Addition of Williams at the point has team looking to push the basketball more often
CHRIS BEAVEN Canton Repository
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When Williams joined the Cavaliers, much of the talk centered around what he and James could do together on the floor. But Williams also looks like he should do plenty to help 7-foot-3 Zydrunas Ilgauskas find open jump shots from the perimeter.
Ilgauskas buried three wide-open jumpers Tuesday after setting ball screens for Williams, then drifting to an open spot on the floor.
“It doesn’t take me long to find the pick-and-pop guy,” Williams said. “I think that Z and I will be in a lot of pick-and-roll situations. Not just him. I think that (Anderson Varejao) does a great job of setting screens and also Ben (Wallace). Those guys are rolling hard. You saw some cases where me and LeBron were in some pick-and-rolls in the minutes he played. That’s going to be hard for people to guard.”
In fact, when James set an early screen for Williams, the two Toronto defenders inexplicably both left James to double-team Williams.
Brown said Williams will put lots of pressure on defenses.
“Mo’s a tough cover when you play pick-and-roll with him,” Brown said. “He comes off that pick-and-roll at a lot of different paces. ... He’s a danger to shoot behind it, and he’s a danger to turn the corner.”
More to come
As the preseason progresses, look for the Cavaliers to add more to their offense. James said they kept it pretty simple Tuesday.
“We haven’t put in nearly as much as we know we are going to put in,” he said. “We put in an early offense trying to get into all the options. ... We have no iso (isolation) plays or anything like that.”
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