GT: Nets vs. T-Wolves 3/29/2021 7:30pm EST (YES Network)

Basileus777 · Post #121 » by **Basileus777** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 2:16 am

MrDollarBills wrote:Yall are about to give up on Claxton already? Jesus christ.

Give up? I dunno how saying the reality of it that he's been awesome defensively, but isn't very skilled or a great finisher offensively is giving up.

MrDollarBills · Post #122 » by **MrDollarBills** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 2:17 am

DarkXaero wrote:
MrDollarBills wrote:
DarkXaero wrote:Not an excuse for the mistakes. Give the ball to Kyrie then.

The guy is carrying this team on his back. We won. Not a big deal to me.
We can't be struggling against league worst teams like Wolves and Pistons at home. Harden is playing that many minutes because we're doing a poor job of putting these teams away. We were up 17 in this one, its gotta be a blowout win. These last two games have been wins but it's far from good enough.

I hear you, but wins are wins to me. I'm not concerned, especially with KD on the way back. The blowouts will come.

I'm more concerned with the minutes load on Harden.

Basileus777 · Post #123 » by **Basileus777** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 2:18 am

Without Shamet and KD our backcourt depth just sucks. I can't even blame Nash for playing useless ass TLC 15 minutes. Like are we going to play Bruce Brown 40+ minutes?

Harden isn't getting a decent rest until KD comes back.

MrDollarBills · Post #124 » by **MrDollarBills** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 2:21 am

Basileus777 wrote:Without Shamet and KD our backcourt depth just sucks. I can't even blame Nash for playing useless ass TLC 15 minutes. Like are we going to play Bruce Brown 40+ minutes?

This is a big part of the problem. Anytime that Nash has to go past Tyler Johnson in the rotation the quality of play drops.

Sharcm1 · Post #125 » by **Sharcm1** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 2:24 am

What’s harden doing after the game talking to two guys in the stands. Hope he doesn’t have to quarantine after that.

MGrand15 · Post #126 » by **MGrand15** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 2:32 am

Basileus777 wrote:
MrDollarBills wrote:Yall are about to give up on Claxton already? Jesus christ.

Give up? I dunno how saying the reality of it that he's been awesome defensively, but isn't very skilled or a great finisher offensively is giving up.

I think he's fine. We've been using him in the PNR less since he started playing with Green and now Blake. He's forcing it a little bit but he can make those shots.

GTR11 · Post #127 » by **GTR11** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 2:35 am

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Hello Brooklyn wrote:Claxton has been pretty bad offensively the last few games.

I think theres a chance he won't be reliable in the playoffs.

Read on Twitter

?s=20

Not bad for a guy that just came back from injury. He still has another month to get better.

sashaturiaf · Post #128 » by **sashaturiaf** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 2:49 am

Basileus777 wrote:Without Shamet and KD our backcourt depth just sucks. I can't even blame Nash for playing useless ass TLC 15 minutes. Like are we going to play Bruce Brown 40+ minutes?

Harden isn't getting a decent rest until KD comes back.

It does but the fact Marks hasn't even been on the slightest bit interested in getting some guards shows that they are optimistic Dinwiddie is coming back this season.

Basileus777 · Post #129 » by **Basileus777** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 3:07 am

MGrand15 wrote:
Basileus777 wrote:
MrDollarBills wrote:Yall are about to give up on Claxton already? Jesus christ.

Give up? I dunno how saying the reality of it that he's been awesome defensively, but isn't very skilled or a great finisher offensively is giving up.

I think he's fine. We've been using him in the PNR less since he started playing with Green and now Blake. He's forcing it a little bit but he can make those shots.

I dunno. He's not finishing well at the rim, is statistically a subpar rebounder. His defensive potential is really high and that's worth being really excited about, but the rest of his game is just not showing that much promise. I'd call this a realistic appraisal of his abilities and not being overly negative. I'm not sure what else to call a center that has no range and can only score off lobs and isn't even that great at it.

FlipFlopShot · Post #130 » by **FlipFlopShot** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 3:10 am

GTR11 wrote:[streamable][/streamable]
Hello Brooklyn wrote:Claxton has been pretty bad offensively the last few games.

I think theres a chance he won't be reliable in the playoffs.

Read on Twitter
?s=20

Not bad for a guy that just came back from injury. He still has another month to get better.

Claxton!!! People doubted and here we are!!!

Sharcm1 · Post #131 » by **Sharcm1** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 3:35 am

None of our players are allowed to have bad games without everyone throwing them away. Holly crap give them a break.

ecuhus1981 · Post #132 » by **ecuhus1981** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 3:52 am

GTR11 wrote:KAT really loves to play vs us. Every year when he comes over he has monster games.

Jersey native, childhood Nets fan. Plus for reason at all, we actively choose to employ poor defensive strategy against him.

Basileus777 · Post #133 » by **Basileus777** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 3:53 am

Sharcm1 wrote:None of our players are allowed to have bad games without everyone throwing them away. Holly crap give them a break.

Quote posts or stay silent on things like this. You're just stating nonsensical homerism.

ecuhus1981 · Post #134 » by **ecuhus1981** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 4:07 am

Hello Brooklyn wrote:Claxton has been pretty bad offensively the last few games.

I think theres a chance he won't be reliable in the playoffs.

I agree that it's possible, and that's not a knock on his long term potential.

Everyone that was clamoring for Nic to start and play 32mpg need to understand that he's on everyone's scouting report now. Not first page, but he's a known quantity. Opposing teams know his tendencies, and it may take him awhile to counter the counter. That's OK, he's young, and he's still effective. Just not supernova hot anymore. Keep growing, young fella.

ecuhus1981 · Post #135 » by **ecuhus1981** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 4:12 am

MrDollarBills wrote:Yall are about to give up on Claxton already? Jesus christ.

It's not "giving up" to acknowledge a 21yo's growing pains in the NBA. Chill bro, we all love this team, that's why we're here.

therealbig3 · Post #136 » by **therealbig3** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 4:32 am

Basileus777 wrote:
MGrand15 wrote:
Basileus777 wrote:Give up? I dunno how saying the reality of it that he's been awesome defensively, but isn't very skilled or a great finisher offensively is giving up.

I think he's fine. We've been using him in the PNR less since he started playing with Green and now Blake. He's forcing it a little bit but he can make those shots.

I dunno. He's not finishing well at the rim, is statistically a subpar rebounder. His defensive potential is really high and that's worth being really excited about, but the rest of his game is just not showing that much promise. I'd call this a realistic appraisal of his abilities and not being overly negative. I'm not sure what else to call a center that has no range and can only score off lobs and isn't even that great at it.

He seems to finish pretty well to me, he's shooting 74% at the rim not including tonight's game. That's very good.

I think to be more consistent he could certainly add a little upper body strength so that he can absorb and finish through contact better...although I don't want him to get slower as a result and compromise his defense. And in terms of rebounding, he usually gets switched onto a perimeter player and is away from the rim. Still averaging 8.3 rebounds per 36.

sashaturiaf · Post #137 » by **sashaturiaf** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 6:17 am

Today was Claxtons least effective offensive game other than the Utah game but that's fine. He's a young guy (who aren't known for their consistency) who is having to deal with learning how to play with new additions to the frontcourt like blake on the fly. It's no longer as simple as just roll with James after you set a pick.

Rather he struggle now than in the playoffs, and he's still effective enough at what he does to warrant playing him major minutes.

MrDollarBills · Post #138 » by **MrDollarBills** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 11:07 am

therealbig3 wrote:
Basileus777 wrote:
MGrand15 wrote:
I think he's fine. We've been using him in the PNR less since he started playing with Green and now Blake. He's forcing it a little bit but he can make those shots.

I dunno. He's not finishing well at the rim, is statistically a subpar rebounder. His defensive potential is really high and that's worth being really excited about, but the rest of his game is just not showing that much promise. I'd call this a realistic appraisal of his abilities and not being overly negative. I'm not sure what else to call a center that has no range and can only score off lobs and isn't even that great at it.

He seems to finish pretty well to me, he's shooting 74% at the rim not including tonight's game. That's very good.

Okay, so I wasn't taking crazy pills wondering where all this hyperbole over Claxton was coming from.

Typical Nets forum, someone has a bad game and it equates to the sky is falling. The team is much better with him on the court and yet we have people here saying he can't help us in the playoffs because he had a quiet night vs the Wolves.

LOUiS-D · Post #139 » by **LOUiS-D** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 12:07 pm

I think one of the reasons for clax appearing inconsistent offensively is that outside of lobs he doesn't have anything run for him and only gets legit touches on a broken play. It's hard to find any rhythm like that. Sure he had some misses, but they were quality attempts.

Hello Brooklyn · Post #140 » by **Hello Brooklyn** » Tue Mar 30, 2021 12:49 pm

MrDollarBills wrote:
therealbig3 wrote:
Basileus777 wrote:
I dunno. He's not finishing well at the rim, is statistically a subpar rebounder. His defensive potential is really high and that's worth being really excited about, but the rest of his game is just not showing that much promise. I'd call this a realistic appraisal of his abilities and not being overly negative. I'm not sure what else to call a center that has no range and can only score off lobs and isn't even that great at it.

He seems to finish pretty well to me, he's shooting 74% at the rim not including tonight's game. That's very good.

Okay, so I wasn't taking crazy pills wondering where all this hyperbole over Claxton was coming from.

Typical Nets forum, someone has a bad game and it equates to the sky is falling. The team is much better with him on the court and yet we have people here saying he can't help us in the playoffs because he had a quiet night vs the Wolves.

Um I think you're overreacting a tad bit here.

Nobody said the sky was falling.

All I said was that hes been struggling offensively and theres a chance he might not be great in the playoffs.

You're being super defensive over anyone questioning anything about Claxton. Relax man :lol: