Why Doesn't Every Team In The League Move The Ball Like The Warriors?

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

We're going in circles here and we're not really disagreeing. You saw who the op was. If this was just about "ball movement" he could've made the thread about the Spurs. He didn't. Warriors went 73-9 last year and they're currently 19-3 dominating the league and setting records for offensive efficiency. His weird "why isn't anyone else doing this?" is just a thinly veiled, "we're light years ahead" boast which oddly downplays the actual elite level talent they have on the court.

He was just using the Warriors as a vehicle for his overall point (I do understand what you mean on the last point though). I don't think he ever meant that other teams would be just as good if they moved the ball like the Warriors, he understands that his team is one of a very few who have the talent to execute this style of play at an elite level.

Just that teams should make more of an effort to move the ball to get open shots.

Raptors, Cavs and Rockets are all having extremely efficient offensive seasons. Why isn't everybody copying them?

And here's the thing with that, they all have high-level offensive talent that either suits their style of play or makes up for what they lack in style of play that other teams can't get away with. Teams can't play like the Raptors if they don't have two guards who can handle themselves in any kind of scoring situation like Lowry and DeRozan can, and have any notable success with it. Just like teams can't play like the Rockets and their 3-pt shooting 7-seconds or less offense if they don't have a Harden-type playmaker and the surrounding 3-pt shooters.

Teams however can implement a motion-based offense which create easy looks, no matter the personnel (within reason of course). Boston is a prime example of this - top-10 offense with a starting lineup of Thomas/Bradley/Crowder/Amir/Sullinger last season.