Pro: Two Primary Ball Handlers
Rose and Jennings can put pressure on the defense with more than just their driving ability. Having to deal with two players capable of running an offense makes things harder on the opponent.
For all Rose’s flaws, he’s still exceptional at running the pick and roll.
Per NBA.com, Rose has run the league’s most popular play 7.4 times per game, while shooting 50.4% from the field, and scoring on 46.9% of his opportunities. His outstanding numbers add up to 7.1 points per game off this play type.
Jennings as you already know is a different player. He’s struggled in the pick and roll, but the team just seems to run smoother when he’s out there. Jennings is averaging less than two turnovers for just the second time in his career and is seeing than the floor even better than Rose.
The second unit’s trademark is their transition offense, led by Jennings. If he were to pair up with Rose more, they could bring some of that up-tempo magic to the court together.
