soxperry wrote:Prez wrote:PJ’s done as a player but as a player-coach who can bully griffin defensively much like he bullied Bud in the ‘21 playoffs, I’m intrigued. Definitely only on a buyout after cutting RoLo though.
i want nothing to do with adding another vet who is going to yell at the coach and not back it up on the court.
when PJ did that to Bud, it was needed. he was the only one who would do it. it's not needed right now. even Bobby, who has not played to his potential, is doing that. if anything, we need stabilizing forces, not more chaos.
Are you suggesting that it’s not needed now? Because I couldn’t disagree more strongly.
The Bobby comparison doesn’t matter to me, Bobby’s an abominable defensive player who is lashing out because he’s playing bad basketball and is frustrated. Whereas PJ is an actually smart defensive player, widely known as one of the best defensive communicators among players, and him being vocal might actually spark real change in our defense.
i would rather we just focus on the x's and o's and find guys who can help on defense. we need a better starting/closing 2 so that Beas can come off the bench as a microwave scorer. that just absolutely has to happen.
That’s the whole point… PJ might actually have good ideas X’s and O’s wise to improve the defense and also has the voice to be heard. It happened in our title run and it could happen now.
We need better defensive personnel but having PJ as an end of bench player-coach and trying to add better defenders in the rotation aren’t mutually exclusive.
