Again, I think you have no idea what we are talking about when we are referring to "options".
I understand. I used to think that way too. I understand that the game has changed and why it has changed. I think if you believe you understand basketball, you take a few minutes to think about what I have typed and try to understand instead of just immediately dismissing it.
At any given time there is only one ball and only one player has it. On that given play that person is the primary ball handler and that person is the 1st option. A team can run a play, like the Bulls do. Inside that play the Bulls can have McDermott run off screens and he can receive the pass and then he can shoot or pass to the screener. We can call those options, and they are options.
It is also piss-poor offense. If that does not work the play breaks down and then what? At some point in the playoffs a team is going to take away your plays. 7 game series are long and teams will know your plays as well as you know them. There comes a point when players just have to play basketball. That is where championships are won.
I don't like using stories to relay information over the internet, but I think this time it is warranted. Many years ago I was at a practice. The team was practicing an offensive play. Now the defense knew what the offense was doing and jumping passes and such. Well the coach pipes up and says make the back cut. Don't be a robot and just run the play. At some point you have to just play basketball. The coach is right. Teams cannot be a slave to a play. They need the ability to just play basketball.
That is why the Bulls struggle in the last ~5 minutes of games. They do not have the pieces to just play basketball. It is also why the Spurs don't.
Inherently, there are two types of offenses. There are plays (What Tibs does). There is floor spaces to fill (the triangle/what the Spurs do). Running plays is no longer the way to win a championship. It used to be. That is when options worked. It is not the way anymore. There is so much film, game study, data, that running plays has diminishing returns. Now you have to be able to just play basketball. You can start out with a play, but it will break down and when that happens it is time to just play basketball. When that happens you need to fill the roles. That is where you win rings. You are not going to win rings by just running set plays.