I'm supposed to be finishing up my graduate dissertation... but this is a great way for me to take a break lol A break from lunch lol.
Defense
Group A
Fields, Kleiza, Ross, Pietrus, Lucas III.
Landry Fields
is the best defender in this grouping. He is big enough and fast enough to barely defend 4s, but he doesn't have enough muscle to push up against them when they post-up. He is great at defending 3s, and too slow to defend the 2 spot. He is not as great of a defender as everyone else thinks he is, he just can't do anything else.
Ross
is a rookie who is just trying to understand how to read pick and roll. He is not physically strong enough to handle a mismatch. He is not a defensive player, but he has quick hands and shot blocking ability considering his hops.
Kleiza & Pietrus
They are done.
Lucas III
has great help defense He really gets his hands in there and disrupts big guys. He is one of the better defenders when facing a bench point guard on another team.
Conclusion?
We have 2 effective players out of originally intended 5
Ross is not experienced enough to be a decent defender this season. He has allowed too many blow-by's and Coach Casey pulls him out.
Fields needs to improve on his post up defense.
JLIII is fulfilling his defensive responsibilities
How much of the poor performance from Group A is Brian Colangelo responsible for?
Kleiza
Pietrus
Ross
Group B
Demar, Gay, Bargnani, Anderson, Lowry & Telfair to defend other runners.
Demar
occasionally plays defense. He is the exact type of player that Dwayne Casey doesn't want on the team, a type of player that plays defense when his offense is good. When he does decide to play defense, he is really good when other players try to dribble penetrate. He's got a great set of feet beneath him and he can run. He has poor help defense.
Gay
occasionally plays defense. Gay has great shot blocking ability. That whole blow by thing I was mentioning with Ross is forgivable with a rookie, but when Gay chooses not to play defense, it's a blow by each and every time. He does foul though, thank god for his long arms. Absolutely no help defense whatsoever. He's too busy talking to the ref.
Bargnani
occasionally plays defense. We saw this in the end of the 2012 season that he CAN play defense. He has shot blocking ability and he is good on help defense. When he doesn't play defense, it's even uglier than the Rudy Gay blow by's because he is usually defending a 4 or a 5, so normally the people who blow by get a slam dunk, and 1's etc, which make us hate him so, so so so so so so so so so much. It's ugly. It's like eating Primo.
Anderson
is the best defender in this group. His iso defense for 3s and 4s is great. He's really tough, isn't scared of anyone, and gets tough assignments. Unfortunately he's like Demar when it comes to help defense. Very poor help defense. I believe his assignments are usually so tough, that he has his hands full, which may be the same for Demar as well.
Lowry
is the best help defender on the team. The truth is that he is a better defender than Calderon. The problem is that he is a shitty defender in iso conditions against other league leading point guards. He gambles on steals too much. He rebounds when he shouldn't. He's not fast enough because he has a big ass and he has a tough time reading the court. Teams with great pick and roll make him an absolutely ineffective defensive player.
Telfair
has no defense. No help defense. No iso defense. It's absolutely horrible.
Conclusion?
We have 3 effective defenders out of the original 6
Demar and Gay count as 1, because of the 'occasional' defense factor. When they get their offense going, their defense is ON. It goes hand in hand.
Andersons defense is solid like I already mentioned.
Lowry's help defense still counts and it still works unless he is facing a pg like Rondo, Jarrett Jack, etc. Any PG that shoots a lot and Lowry turns into mush.
How much of the poor performance from Group A is Brian Colangelo responsible for?
Lowry
Telfair
Bargnani
Gay
Group C
Johnson, Valanciunas, Acy, Grey to scrap and fight in the post.
Johnson
gets put in a tough position where he has to defend 5s when JV isn't on. He's undersized in those situations. He's great at playing a 5 w/ small ball. He has good shot blocking ability and he is the best defender in this group. He gets too wrapped up in iso and post up. When there is a lot of ball movement he gets lost, usually resulting in either a slam dunk, or some kind of 3 pter. His help defense is poor.
Valanciunas
is the best help defender on the team. He is high energy hands up, he gets in peoples faces and pisses them off. He flies from left to right, running left and right. It's a feat to see I'd say. When it comes to iso, he uses his body like Aaron Gray, which isn't so good, because once the ball goes down low they freeze. He over helps.
Acy
is supposed to be a great defender but a lot of times he just confuses the other teams defense by being out of position. He is very aggressive when he doesn't need to be, and he racks up fouls day in day out. He needs to learn to flop like Reggie Evans and he needs more playing time.
Gray
is rubbish. He's good at being a rock that moves so they don't get a defensive 3. That whole 'pound the rock thing, yeah... I'd like to mess him up if I was 8'5" 400lb. My fists would be the size of Adriana Lima's tits.
Conclusion?
We have 2 effective players out of the original 4. Johnson and Valanciunas got game. Acy COULD? develop game. Aaron Gray is a sight that makes my eyes sore. I need to watch pornography after he plays just so my eyes pop back into my sockets.
How much of the poor performance from Group A is Brian Colangelo responsible for?
Aaron Gray
Defensive Conclusion
I mentioned a total of 15 players, of which 8 players have not sufficiently done their Defensive jobs.
With all the blow bys going on and the poor help defense, you can see why so many people get SLAM DUNKS, offensive rebounds against us. The defense starts with Lowry in my opinion. If he can make it more difficult for the other starting PG's, Demar and Gay can continue their iso with help defense from Lowry and Johnson. JV should not be help defending imo, that's Johnsons job.
Defense
Group A
Fields, Kleiza, Ross, Pietrus, Lucas III.
Landry Fields
is the best defender in this grouping. He is big enough and fast enough to barely defend 4s, but he doesn't have enough muscle to push up against them when they post-up. He is great at defending 3s, and too slow to defend the 2 spot. He is not as great of a defender as everyone else thinks he is, he just can't do anything else.
Ross
is a rookie who is just trying to understand how to read pick and roll. He is not physically strong enough to handle a mismatch. He is not a defensive player, but he has quick hands and shot blocking ability considering his hops.
Kleiza & Pietrus
They are done.
Lucas III
has great help defense He really gets his hands in there and disrupts big guys. He is one of the better defenders when facing a bench point guard on another team.
Conclusion?
We have 2 effective players out of originally intended 5
Ross is not experienced enough to be a decent defender this season. He has allowed too many blow-by's and Coach Casey pulls him out.
Fields needs to improve on his post up defense.
JLIII is fulfilling his defensive responsibilities
How much of the poor performance from Group A is Brian Colangelo responsible for?
Kleiza
Pietrus
Ross
Group B
Demar, Gay, Bargnani, Anderson, Lowry & Telfair to defend other runners.
Demar
occasionally plays defense. He is the exact type of player that Dwayne Casey doesn't want on the team, a type of player that plays defense when his offense is good. When he does decide to play defense, he is really good when other players try to dribble penetrate. He's got a great set of feet beneath him and he can run. He has poor help defense.
Gay
occasionally plays defense. Gay has great shot blocking ability. That whole blow by thing I was mentioning with Ross is forgivable with a rookie, but when Gay chooses not to play defense, it's a blow by each and every time. He does foul though, thank god for his long arms. Absolutely no help defense whatsoever. He's too busy talking to the ref.
Bargnani
occasionally plays defense. We saw this in the end of the 2012 season that he CAN play defense. He has shot blocking ability and he is good on help defense. When he doesn't play defense, it's even uglier than the Rudy Gay blow by's because he is usually defending a 4 or a 5, so normally the people who blow by get a slam dunk, and 1's etc, which make us hate him so, so so so so so so so so so much. It's ugly. It's like eating Primo.
Anderson
is the best defender in this group. His iso defense for 3s and 4s is great. He's really tough, isn't scared of anyone, and gets tough assignments. Unfortunately he's like Demar when it comes to help defense. Very poor help defense. I believe his assignments are usually so tough, that he has his hands full, which may be the same for Demar as well.
Lowry
is the best help defender on the team. The truth is that he is a better defender than Calderon. The problem is that he is a shitty defender in iso conditions against other league leading point guards. He gambles on steals too much. He rebounds when he shouldn't. He's not fast enough because he has a big ass and he has a tough time reading the court. Teams with great pick and roll make him an absolutely ineffective defensive player.
Telfair
has no defense. No help defense. No iso defense. It's absolutely horrible.
Conclusion?
We have 3 effective defenders out of the original 6
Demar and Gay count as 1, because of the 'occasional' defense factor. When they get their offense going, their defense is ON. It goes hand in hand.
Andersons defense is solid like I already mentioned.
Lowry's help defense still counts and it still works unless he is facing a pg like Rondo, Jarrett Jack, etc. Any PG that shoots a lot and Lowry turns into mush.
How much of the poor performance from Group A is Brian Colangelo responsible for?
Lowry
Telfair
Bargnani
Gay
Group C
Johnson, Valanciunas, Acy, Grey to scrap and fight in the post.
Johnson
gets put in a tough position where he has to defend 5s when JV isn't on. He's undersized in those situations. He's great at playing a 5 w/ small ball. He has good shot blocking ability and he is the best defender in this group. He gets too wrapped up in iso and post up. When there is a lot of ball movement he gets lost, usually resulting in either a slam dunk, or some kind of 3 pter. His help defense is poor.
Valanciunas
is the best help defender on the team. He is high energy hands up, he gets in peoples faces and pisses them off. He flies from left to right, running left and right. It's a feat to see I'd say. When it comes to iso, he uses his body like Aaron Gray, which isn't so good, because once the ball goes down low they freeze. He over helps.
Acy
is supposed to be a great defender but a lot of times he just confuses the other teams defense by being out of position. He is very aggressive when he doesn't need to be, and he racks up fouls day in day out. He needs to learn to flop like Reggie Evans and he needs more playing time.
Gray
is rubbish. He's good at being a rock that moves so they don't get a defensive 3. That whole 'pound the rock thing, yeah... I'd like to mess him up if I was 8'5" 400lb. My fists would be the size of Adriana Lima's tits.
Conclusion?
We have 2 effective players out of the original 4. Johnson and Valanciunas got game. Acy COULD? develop game. Aaron Gray is a sight that makes my eyes sore. I need to watch pornography after he plays just so my eyes pop back into my sockets.
How much of the poor performance from Group A is Brian Colangelo responsible for?
Aaron Gray
Defensive Conclusion
I mentioned a total of 15 players, of which 8 players have not sufficiently done their Defensive jobs.
With all the blow bys going on and the poor help defense, you can see why so many people get SLAM DUNKS, offensive rebounds against us. The defense starts with Lowry in my opinion. If he can make it more difficult for the other starting PG's, Demar and Gay can continue their iso with help defense from Lowry and Johnson. JV should not be help defending imo, that's Johnsons job.
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