Big respect to the decision makers in yellow, who didn’t wait an extra minute and reacted especially quickly following Daron Hilliard’s injury, with the apparent signing of Jaylen Adams. Because even before we talk a little about the qualities of the man who came from the capital, it should be said that Adams doesn’t really come here to replace an injured friend.
Adams arrives to fix original problems in team building. The original Maccabi Tel Aviv has one coordinator (Brown) and another, high quality one, who can play in this position (Baldwin). Nothing more. DiBartholomew is not a coordinator and never has been. And it is not certain that Petah Ziv is relevant to this discussion from the point of view of his coach. And since Hilliard is 2/3 and so is Hollins, despite a completely different set of attributes, the best minds that came together in yellow put together a team that lacked a ball carrier.
And it’s true, if we look at this team in a two-year schedule, they will answer PROCESS, so this is a piece that can be added to the second year, at the level of the replacement coordinator. Let’s say Tamir Blatt (by the way, wow). Let’s say Yam Medar. But hello, this is Maccabi – and the second year is currently only relevant at the level of excuses.
Adams, in this respect, can help when it comes to the ability to create off the dribble, the main element for Ketch. Although not as a center in the classical sense, but as a creating guard. which is quite a lot. which is very suitable for the faith and desires of Oded Ketch.
On the other hand, when you look at the names and the various players that Maccabi Hafeza has been interested in in recent days, according to foreign and other publications, one wonders if this is the only problem that this team is trying to solve now, at the staff level. Because Luca Valdosa, the great, is a point guard. And Matt Thomas is a sort of purer shooting guard, in the present day some of these qualities are attributed more to the number 3 position (despite his height).
That is, Maccabi Tel Aviv understands that there are several problems. including the ability to carry the ball. including the ability to produce a dribble. including shooting ability. That is, elements that are relevant to the actors who play alongside Brown, Baldwin, Kerry Hilliard, Hollins and Co. Oh, and we won’t mention (here, right now) the problems in the front line.
And we didn’t talk about defense. The talented Jaylen Adams can certainly provide an answer, and even relatively fast to certain problems. Maybe, if he lands really soon, he will be able to help the yellows’ tiring back line in their immediate and important tasks, but he certainly won’t solve all the shortcomings in the squad – and he certainly won’t strengthen the defense. Maccabi Tel Aviv built a physical and large back line this summer, which was supposed to provide a defensive response that we have not seen in recent years. Adams is really not like that. In the semi-final playoff series against Holon, the champion on the way, Coach Goodes marked Adams as one of Jerusalem’s weakest links in defense, and rode him quite a bit. On the other hand, it’s not like the yellow defense right now, before the apparent arrival of Adams, is giving plays here that we haven’t seen before.
The shortstop, Adams, when he becomes official, will be able to help Maccabi Tel Aviv. which is very important. Adams, when he becomes official, will be here right now on Hilliard’s position. and move him one square forward, upon his return, at the expense of the lost Hollins. On the other hand, and if we talk frankly, there is great doubt if Adams, even when he becomes official, will be able to solve all the problems or plug all the holes.