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Ambidextrious wrote: View PostI could see the matchup between Calderon and Holiday as a nightmare from a mile away. I have no idea why Lowry didn't start the game. I'm confident he would have done a better job at guarding Holiday. If Lowry loses his starting role again, after coming off injury, what message are we sending to him as a team that he should build a future with?
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NoPropsneeded wrote: View PostTrade Calderon and bargnani so casey can no longer play them. Its like he wants to lose, "Valanciunas is playing too good so i think i won't put him in the 4th quarter. Oh and also i won't play T Ross cause he's a rookie but still a better defender than jose." Wtf is wrong with this guy? my grandmother could have made better subs, fuck this.
I agree JV should have played more and that T Ross deserves more burn.
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torch19 wrote: View PostI agree, Casey was out-coached by Doug Collins. By playing small, Philly managed to open up the court for Holiday who by the way, was very impressive. Some things I would have wanted to see ...
(1) Take Jose off Holiday. This one is simple. Jose is slow footed and he has a hard time getting over screens. Lowry would have put more pressure on Jrue. Although Lowry had a pretty bad shooting night and looked a bit slower than usual (which is expected), his defense was pretty good, chasing guys off the screen.
Leading to ...
(2) Pick and roll coverage: With Lowry on Holiday, the big would not have to over commit on Holiday, which would help prevent the line drives. I would have also tried trapping Jrue off the pick, make another guy create. You can't let a guy walk into your defense knowing he has 3 campers and 1 roll man.
(3) I would have taken Amir out very early in the fourth quarter. Ride the hot hand. It's not like Valanciunas is slow footed. He's actually a better match-up defensively than Bargnani.
(4) I would have kept feeding it to Derozan in the post. He had a terrific 2nd half but they went away from him in the last 3 minutes.
We got exposed hard today letting Calderon and Bargnani guard the pick and roll - then scrambling after to get to 3 designated campers.
This one is tough ....
JV wouldve done a better job than Bargnani.
Also, we did not NEED offense in the 4th, we needed Defense! Calderon shouldve been out and the line up shouldve OBVIOUSLY been:
Lowry
Ross/McGuire
Demar
Amir
Val
You play ross earlier in the 4th to see if he is in the mood to play Defense, if so you keep him in, otherwise DM would replace him and overall you have the most important things when maintaining a lead:
Perimeter Defense
Rebounding
Slashing + foulshot making
3pt desperation kickout
and tall interior presence.The Baltic Beast is unstoppable!
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NoPropsneeded wrote: View PostIts another dumb loss cause of stupid adjustments. Had casey put on a lineup of
Lowry
DeRozan
Maguire
Amir
JV
we would've won
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RAPresenting wrote: View PostIf I had a nickle for every time I read "trade Bargnani" from NoPropsneeded I'd have more money then Joe Johnson...
I agree JV should have played more and that T Ross deserves more burn.
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RAPresenting wrote: View PostAre you looking for a stop with this line up? If so get Demar off ASAP cause he was getting lite up all night long (Cue the Lionel Ritchie)... Amir looked slower then Andrea vs the Pacers tonight. Amir played way too long and should have been subbed for JV half way through the 4th.
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TdotTrizzy, the team is moving towards a more defensive and tough attitude. Granted, Jose is mentally tough, he is relatively slow and physically weak. His defense is porous at times, and we need a team that we can trust can get it done defensively.
Also his trade value is the highest atm, and you always sell high!The Baltic Beast is unstoppable!
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NoPropsneeded wrote: View PostHaha its true man. I'm done with this guy, but tonights loss wasn't too much of his fault but he was part of it like he always is. It was mainly Casey's fault. T Ross needs to play, like seriously
T Ross would have been great to guard Young tonight.
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I get that hes horrible on defense but so are half the other players we have.
And he is the ONLY consistent person we have on offense.
There's no other guard in the league that can average his assist with the same supporting cast
(excluding Nash)
I hate the idea of using our other back ups. They always have bad shot selection and most importantly don't make our other players better the way Jose does.
Plus we have Kyle as our starter and I doubt he could stay healthy for an entire season with his style of play. He's like a pg version of gerald Wallace. We need that insurance back up pg that Jose brings.
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