Trader_Joe wrote:But again I just don't think a guy who is shooting so poorly all year and doesn't have the ability to get to the rim and finish should be taking 15 shots a game.
You either disagree with or are not seeing my point. you keep harping onthe 38%, im of the opinion that goes up with more volume/aggression not the other way around. take a look at williams TS/FG% on games were he shoots 15+ times vs 1-14 times.
Lopez, JJ, Bogs, Jack, AA, Young all need shots ..let D.Will take his 5 a game while concentrating on running the offense, keeping turnovers down and defense.
Lopez is going to get his shots regardless. Young and AA have shown consistently that their effectiveness goes down with more time and shots. Young drastically down. Bogs is awful on the road, and inconsistent at home. He isnt a guy i want shooter more either. None of those guys are more effiecienct on 15+ FGA per game then deron has been.
Early or late in the shot clock he hasn't hit his shots all year and its not changing now...nor should we try to make that change when we are finally playing well enough to win. He's already ruined our team, let's not let him ruin this final stretch. We'll see what he can do from the field next year.
we arent really playing all that great. we are 7-7 this month, and other then cleveland havent beat a team over .500. and in games where someone hasnt stepped up besides lopez, we looked bad. lopez dropped 31 vs boston and they embarassed us in a blowout. and when lopez has just been ok, we have gotten smacked too. winning 4-5 is nice, but prior to that we had dropped 5-6. lopez isnt dropping 30 every night, we need deron and joe to step up and we need deron to score.
if deron doesnt score, we arent making the playoffs.
BTW...who's even had a hot hand to ride this season other than Lopez as of late? JJ early on had some stretches but that's all I remember.
thats my point. we cant ride hot hands because we dont have good players. we need someone other then brook to step up and score. specifically williams. Anderson/bogs/thad arent going to carry us anywhere and brook alone wont do it