gom wrote:Hey, so do all of you amateur GMs still want to trade Dragic?
Unfortunately, I'm sure there are still some here who want him traded.
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gom wrote:Hey, so do all of you amateur GMs still want to trade Dragic?
SF88 wrote:gom wrote:Hey, so do all of you amateur GMs still want to trade Dragic?
Unfortunately, I'm sure there are still some here who want him traded.
Maroko wrote:SF88 wrote:gom wrote:Hey, so do all of you amateur GMs still want to trade Dragic?
Unfortunately, I'm sure there are still some here who want him traded.
Well i am glad your got suspended specially with your double standard speech.
http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?p=45491746#p45491746
Well i wouldnt want to trade him if the game ended at half time, unfortunatly there are 4 quarters. I will give some credit to Iggie to notice that dangerous trend.
If you check his stats specially the last quarter when the game is on line, he disappears : a ghost ! If you dont believe me, just check the last 3 games (dont count this one (against the Mavs), he did nothing too but we were leading by double digits so it's ok).
Chalm Downs wrote:his nickname is boywonder ffs
Maroko wrote:Thank you for sharing your opinion. You made an excellent point about him scoring most of his points in the first half.
If it was the gameplan, well he didnt work well for the Phoenix Suns as they never made the playoffs with Dragic and Bledsoe.
We all know Dragics style is to get into the paint and find the right teammate around the paint or outside of the 3 point line. You need to surrounder him with good shooters and a big who can run. He has a better connection with Bosh than Whiteside. You can notice he has some difficulty to give the ball to him in the post for some reasons.
As soon as you tightening the paint, it's like you cut him his wings, he is awful, then he gives up the ball to Wade and sit in the corner.No more circle around the paint.
We had the worst PG rotation last year with Chalmers, Cole and Napier, we all think it wasnt difficult to be an upgrade specially with Dragic's talent (oh i did say from the beginning, he wasnt a good fit). RexBoyWonder was selling him as the best acquisition of the Miami Heat History after LeBron and Bosh, he was the missing piece to win a championship. All he got is green font and Cole : comparing a backup point guard with a small contract ($1,129,200 the season) to an "all star" with a $85 Million contract.
But heySpoiler:
right ?
And i like how people just look at the offense and ignore completly the defense.
This is just a sample (yes yes one game) but this is relevant : the game was on line and just rewatch the last 5 minutes from the game against the Grizzlies !
Wade decided to lead the game and where is Dragic ? sitting in the cornerSpoiler:
Turnover by Wade, the classic one when he tries to dribble too much instead of playing off the ball and cutting to the basket as he remains of the best when he plays that way !Spoiler:
After that turnover, Dragic took the ball to do what ? Bringing the ball up
It was not a bad idea as they want to surprise the defense but Zach managed to recover and stop BoshSpoiler:
What did he do after passing the ball ? Setting a screen to free WadeSpoiler:
See where he is ? The Grizz packing the paint, Bosh airballing but lucky us Wade took the rebound and scored the bucket !Spoiler:
In the last Q and in the OT : he got one rebound and got blocked once. But he managed to be in the TOP 3 of the game :
http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?p=45504994#p45504994
Goran is a good guy and i think a good teammate maybe too nice as he doesnt want to make any trouble but he needs to force his nature. He has to be more aggressive, he cant just shoot 2 FT
And yeah i am a hater (i am not watching the games, not checking the stats), yes Cole, whatelse hmmm but coach Spo.... ah yes i don't know basketball and i will stick with my gifs
I didnt say the situation was easy to fix (trading him is one solution) but as i said this trend is dangerous for the team, for him, for Whiteside (If you took away Wade, who is feeding him ?)
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Chalm Downs wrote:his nickname is boywonder ffs
BaDaBo wrote:Just a couple of things, we may not agree, but hey it's a forum. It'd be really boring if we did right
1. Phoenix didn't make the playoffs because -> they lost Bleadsoe and were close only because Dragic played out of his mind. I still kind of think if Bleadsoe didn't come back ( I know that's a bit of a contradiction with my earlier statement, but he disrupted the flow they had from when he was out and it took some games to readjust, games they didn't have) and Dragic didn't injure his ankle at the end of the season PHO would have made the PO. ( a lot of ifs, I know, but it was only one game that lost them the PO if I remember right)
Edit: In PHX Dragic and Bleadsoe didn't play at the same time as much as Dragic does with Wade. They took turns when one sat the other ran the team. And I've been saying from the start the heat should try doing that. In these last games they play together most of the time. Wade checks out about 4min before the end of the 1st, Dragic 1min before the end. Same in the third. And in the 2nd and 4th Wade comes in a min or two before Dragic. Which brings me to the rotations which I really hate at times, but that's a story for another thread.
2.a Dragic likes the bounce pass not the lob, but he did have quite a few lobs to Plumlee in PHX so I think the issue is that for a bounce pass the big needs to roll faster, Dragic and Whiteside are just playing at two speeds. That's why Wade has more passes, he attacks slower after the pick and Whiteside has time to roll. When Dragic in the position to make the pass Whiteside isn't there yet and when he is, the defense is already set, most of the time (meaning it'll take time for them to get their timing synced, it would be a lot faster if they were the only issue we had).
2.b As for the pass to post up Whiteside, none of the players do that really often, since he doesn't really pass good (if at all) out of the post and double teams. If he learns that, he'll be a true max player. Passing out of the post gets good shots with high %, but opposite teams don't respect his passing, so he forces a lot of bad shots and I'm amazed how many he makes, imagine if they didn't double him because they were afraid he'll pass to an open guy. But I noticed it's getting a bit better so here's hoping.
3. When Dragic was the main guy in PHX he scored even with the opponents tightening the paint in the 4th. But he was on roll not coming out of a slump and in system that fitted him.
4. Not saying you're wrong, he needs to be more aggressive in the 4th! But it's also the plays we call in the 4th when Wade is in. It's mostly Wade ISO and Wade P&R. And that's the coaching. He can go rouge and do different stuff than the coaches call, but I think he'll get stares from Wade and Spo. It's not like he's the only guy just sitting in a corner in the 4th. Even Bosh was in a few games.
5. You're right he's too much of a nice and team first guy, so he may complain to the coaches about our ball movement in the 4th but until coaches change the game plan for the 4th it'll stay the same.
6. And I agree it's a tough situation for all and Dragić isn't a good fit. Trading Dragic would fix it (especially for Dragic who'd get to play at a faster pace on most other teams) but it would not mean the heat would be better for it.
RexBoyWonder wrote:Spoiler:
BaDaBo basically answered your mess of a rant, but gave you a +1 for making me laugh with the hyperbole and the effort you put in.
Bottom line is, Dragon is a very good player, and the TEAM will benefit from him playing more to his game. We're starting to see more of it lately, so let's see how the trend continues.
PS- 90% of the quality PG in the league need the ball in their hands to be effective, just like Dragon. Very few good PGs will naturally fit next to Wade - a non shooting, ball dominant allstar SG.
“I’m happy we started the New Year with a game that’s more toward our identity,” Spoelstra said after Miami shot 56 percent overall, was 8-of-18 from 3-point range and had five players score in double figures in its most lopsided win of the season. “Our offense isn’t necessarily where we want it to be, but I love where it’s going. You can see guys starting to get more comfortable, more aggressive and learning how they can be who they are, while at the same time sharing the game and making the game easier for their teammates.”
2) It's not about the coaching except for the rotation. Coach Spo is one of the most permissive coach in the NBA, he gives a lot of freedom to his players . He will tell you what he expects from you but he will let you choose (except of course during one timeout) the play. Dragic is the one who puts himself in that situation.
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Maroko wrote:Just stick by giving the illegals stream and break the board rule about it : you do that great Jeresa becouse it's cool !
I was not the one who brought the Suns argument, i just made an observation that Dragic and Bledsoe whether they played 1 year, 2 year or more they didnt make the playoffs.
Bring me old suns where Dragic was good, i dont care, RexBoyWonder had already done when he was selling Dragic as the best acquisition since Bosh and LeBron.
I will stick with the fact he tends to dissapear when the game is on line by sitting on the corner. Show me a proof where Coach Spo told him to give up the ball and sit in to a corner, freel free to show me with pics, article and interview.
I am the only one to brought proof !
BaDaBo wrote:Maroko wrote:Spoiler:
I was not the one who brought the Suns argument, i just made an observation that Dragic and Bledsoe whether they played 1 year, 2 year or more they didnt make the playoffs.
This is like reading the title of the book and making assumptions about the story. It's not that simple.
Bring me old suns where Dragic was good, i dont care, RexBoyWonder had already done when he was selling Dragic as the best acquisition since Bosh and LeBron.
Who is the best acquisition since Bosh and Lebron?
I will stick with the fact he tends to dissapear when the game is on line by sitting on the corner. Show me a proof where Coach Spo told him to give up the ball and sit in to a corner, freel free to show me with pics, article and interview.
There was a interview with Bosh recently how they like to get Dragič involved early, he's involved the whole game here and there and at the end it's Wade time. And how that's what they play. I'd love to post it, but I can't find it. I'll edit the post when I do, and if someone else knows what I'm talking about please help.
jereseja wrote:Maroko
U really trying very hard but u dont have clue about basketball.
And these coming from girl.
Stay by gifs.
And these is just for u Maroko
Chalm Downs wrote:his nickname is boywonder ffs
If he is so talented, why on earth would you accept to si in to a corner and do nothing.
jereseja wrote:If he is so talented, why on earth would you accept to si in to a corner and do nothing.
Simple
Becouse Spo system in 4 quarter when starters are playing is Wade and little Bosh and other 3 players are static.
Very little ball movement and movement without ball.
U are really lost case sorry.