tmorgan wrote:This has already been said, but it’s worth repeating: in the playoffs, he’s gonna get murdered by everyone with scoring acumen that isn’t an undersized post player. Outside, he can’t move his feet. Inside, he has no lift to challenge shots. Sure, he’s strong and takes charges, but dudes are just going to go right around him or right over him.
I know Durant will play good D in the playoffs. Harden might. Deandre will if he’s healthy, at least for stretches. Harris is solid. But you guys need more defenders in the worst way, and Blake is so anti-that that I wonder what the rationale was in picking him up.
^Truth
I also wonder what the rationale was in the Nets picking Blake up. Playoff basketball is different, and players who can get by in the RS with mediocre defence end up on the bench. Weak defenders get targeted. Young players get exposed. Players who are not stars need to be 2-way players, or they will likely sit.
To get on the court in the playoffs, you're either a star, or you play good defence. You need a solid 7 or 8 man rotation, and it needs to be tight because more players tend to bring in communication problems and errors on defensive rotations
The Nets obviously have 3 stars. Agree Harris is solid. Green is still useful. DJ is probably match-up dependent. Brown will get minutes -- and I think he really, really needs to show up for them. But after that, I'm not sure who the Nets will fill the rotation with, and if they are playing 10-11 guys, that will also introduce vulnerabilities.
