RHODEY wrote:Hes_On_Fire wrote:robillionaire wrote:
Yet we still have a top 5 record in the league because we are top 4 team in ppg. This is an offense focused team, it’s not the same kind of team we are used to watching for the past several years.
When is the last time a team ranked 20th overall in total opponent FG % and near the bottom of other defensive categories won an NBA championship?
Mike D’Antoni got fired for less and he at least got to a conference finals multiple times in his career.
The playoffs are a different animal. And you won’t be playing a bunch of soft teams like the Hawks or Hornets.
We need to make some more big moves this summer because the coach isn’t going anywhere.
With Mitch and OG back int he fold we wont rank 20th. Heck with just OG we were at like 14th or 15th earlier in the season.
The stats I’m giving include OG.
I think it’s wishful thinking to think a defense which has been objectively bad defending the paint and the 3 point line will be able to steamroll to a title because of the addition of one perennially injured big man in Robinson who probably won’t be playing more than 20-25 mpg.
Part of it is coaching scheme, the other is better defensive personnel. But I do think the coach is a big hinderance right now.
Time will tell. I hope I’m proven wrong. I’d love to be epically wrong and someone taking a dump on my face if I am and we get to the Finals.