People Bad mouth the Princeton Offense, but they're wrong.
All the players JTIII has put in the league rave about the Princeton Offense. NBA GM's rave about how much Georgetown prepares it's players for the NBA. The former players who complain about the system are people making excuses for their short comings. The Princeton does restrict players in certain ways, but it does so to make them better players. Chris Wright's quote while he was preparing for the draft was him just trying to sell himself. He's told me how much he appreciated the princeton offense and how much it improved him as a well rounded player. He could've gone to a score like nova and put up gaudy numbers, but it wouldn't of changed his draft status and he'd have been worse for it because he never would've become the true point guard he became at Georgetown by his senior year. He would've been the same gunner he was in high school. The only other players to complain have been transfers who couldn't cut it like Jerimiah Rivers.
Georgetown's offense is not as methodical as it is made out to be by negative recruiting. Look for the Hoyas to change up a bit and losen the system with the roster changes this year. Kyle Anderson would be a perfect fit for the Princeton offense and it would maximize his potential and NBA chances. He'd be in the Jeff Green and Greg Monroe mold of excellent passing point forwards.
Basically any school in his final 5 would be great for Anderson because he's that good. No real point in arguing about it. What we say here won't affect anything. But it's fun.
Why would JT3 try to "change things up" and "loosen the system" that you just professed was so great for the fans, players and Kyle Anderson in the prior paragraph? I don't see it as the best offense for Kyle Anderson as it negates his effectiveness on the fast break.
He'll likely tweak the system to allow for better results with the type or recruiting class he brought in. He's not throwing out the princeton. You have to adjust your system to the talent you have. JT3 is still a young coach and learning and adjusting. The system is still in place. No where is there a rule that teams that run the princeton can't fast break. It's just reading what your defender is giving you and then taking advantage of that.
Georgetown will likely fast break more. Statistically Georgetown ran the fast break plenty rather it was the secondary break that was lacking. If we didn't score right away in transition than we were likely to run most of the shot clock after we started our half court offense. We never looked to score immediately after the defense set up. Georgetown has a bunch of long athletic players just like st. john's does.
The princeton is predicated on getting the best shot possible. Normally that means an uncontested lay up or an open three pointer. Expect a lot more driving from Georgetown this year both on the break and in the half court sets. Last year's strength was our perimeter scoring. This year we don't have as many great 3pt shooters. Expect the team to adjust accordingly. Georgetown's tempo has been increasing through out JT3's tenure. We started out as one of the slowest teams in the country and now are middle of the pack in terms of tempo.
The offense has never been a problem at Georgetown. We've always ranked near the top of the efficiency ratings. Rather it's been the defense over the last couple of years that has been an issue. Hopefully our additional length across the board will help with that. We'll no longer play a 3 guard line up.