mercgold3 wrote:Feilong wrote:^
You still don't get it?
Pek is a 10x better scorer, a better rebounder and this year a better defender than Dieng.
Yes Pek is overpayed, we all said that.
He wasn't a good pair with Love defensively (they were great offensively), and he isn't a good pair with Young.
But he was the best center available (who we unfortunately overpayed + is constantly injured) and we know Adelman went all in.
Well Dieng was supposed to solved some or the majority of the defensive problems. Has he? He is even worse than Pek.
I don't want to continue this conversation. You wrote your post and 4-5 different guys answered you. You should think for a minute maybe you are wrong.
You still didn't awser my main question, what is Flip doing ? Give an idea.
What is Flip doing? Hmmmm. Let's see:
1. Everybody knew that we are not a playoff team in the next couple of seasons. It seems that you weren't aware of that. We were estimated to have 20-30 wins by almost everybody. Now Pek, Rubio and Martin get injured and you're all like EVERYTHING'S WRONG!! WHAT'S FLIP DOING?? OMG OMG OMG while even with them 3 we weren't projected to have a good score, and without them, well, we look terrible. Look at OKC, they lost their 2 best players and they were on pace to miss the playoffs.
2. Thad Young isn't a long term solution, and everybody knew that, but you still don't seem to realize that. Getting him for a late 1st rounder was a good move. That late 1st rounder would be someone we'd not be able to utilize since we have SO MUCH YOUTH already. He'd have a worse destiny than GR3. But no, you again go OMG OMG WHAT IS FLIP DOING??? Do you even know what happens to most of the 18-25 1st round picks? They're out of the league or bench guys at best.
3. Long athletic shot blocking bigs aren't necessarily the key to good defense. Look at Charlotte last year: they had one of the top defenses in the league with Al Jefferson, the worst defensive starting C in the league, and Josh McRoberts, also a bad defender at PF. Defense is all about team chemistry, coordination, experience. But no, you're like OMG FLIP WHAT ARE U DOING?? PUT A JUMPING SKYSCRAPER IN THERE AND ALL OUR DEFENSIVE TROUBLES ARE SOLVED!! It's not true. There are so many bad defenses in the league even with rim protectors. We need time to develop defensive efficiency, as our team is constantly changing. When our units start playing together for years our defense will improve.
4. Dieng is currently a worse defender than Pek. You are misled by his highlight blocks. He is doing almost nothing right on D this season. Pek will give you man to man D, Pek will scare off some of the drives with his size, and he will box out like a man.
And lastly, you should stop overreacting. We are not a winning team, and you are the only one who seems to be surprised about that. If you're watching the Wolves games to see us being competitive, you will be disappointed. The only reason to watch the Wolves with Rubio out is watching the youth develop and maybe take a win against the worst 5 team in the league. If you want to see us having a over .500 record, you will have to wait for a long time.
