nate33 wrote:I also think there is a bit too much second guessing.
Starting Humphries and bringing Nene off the bench has worked very well for the last 12 games. You don't switch it because it doesn't work once.
The Wall isolations during 2 consecutive plays down the stretch weren't by design. The Wizards ran their sets and the Bulls switched. Typically, when a PG gets in isolation against an opposing center, that's a good thing. It's not quite so good when that PG is a mediocre shooter like Wall, and the opposing center is one of the best position defenders in the league. You can blame Wall, but you can't blame Randy. If the Bulls are willing to switch the screens, that's the kind of matchup that's going to happen.
The real problem here, as Hands pointed out, is that our team still has some holes. Everybody knows we need a quick young backup PG. And we could also use a quick-leaping athletic presence on the front line. The PG was a hole we should have filled. Those guys are available. I can accept that athletic bigs that can play are fairly rare commodities and that one wasn't easily obtainable while also being affordable and on a short contract.
I really hope we start to see more of Pierce at stretch four. I can understand why Randy didnt' try it against Chicago with Gibson out there, but against a lot of teams, it should work well.
Man, Gibson is a great player. I love that guy.
I think you nailed it Nate.
It is what it is for now. The team is still developing. Considering they transitioned from TA last year ( a starter ) and Webster hasn't been available yet, I think they have done pretty well.
They added PP, Hump, Blair, and Miller was added late last year. They let go of/lost TA and Booker.
I think they adjusted well to that. But there is more work to do for sure. And we knew there would be a transition period where others would need to step up.
