Post#804 » by King- » Tue Feb 9, 2016 6:22 am
What a win. So proud of those boys.
Mario.... I mean, what can you say- this guy needs to play.. he helps us win NOW. Forget the short lease crap and allow the guy to help us win some games and make this playoff push.
AG: Not much else needs to be said.... He's that DUDE. He has superstar potential (IMO. and mario) Dude is AMZAZING at defense. He's already such an elite defensive player. he can be so good; His D on Millsap was fantastic in OT. What I love about him is he's a good defensive player in the front court aspect (he blocks shots at the rim. and then with his hustle and speed and energy blocks jump shots from behind/on the break, etc) and also at the perimiter, which is really key. His lateral movement is fantastic. Then simply on the fast break, around the rim and off offensive rebounds, his presence is felt at all times and simply being on the floor he's such a freak that he makes constant impact any time hes on the floor.
Sound like a super player, right? Exactly, so LET HIM PLAY. At all times. Him and Mario, both. UNLEASH THESE BOYS. keep it going, don't **** this up, Skiles.
Fournier: I've been very critical of him lately as he's been very selfish on offense and has made some boneheader turnovers/decisions lately and he's been chucking quite a bit without result a lot of times. But he hit a clutch shot at the end. Judging from the box score in the first half, he picked it up when him and Dipo were like 0-9 from the field.
Smith: I hate on him a lot, but it seems like he made a big impact tonight.
Vucevic: that second half was amazing, I missed what he did in the 3rd quarter and 4th quarter but his play in overtime was perfect. He was clutch on offense, played brilliant defense on Horford and made his free throws. Him in particular has been upsetting me probably the most lately..and it's because I think he's so good and never thought of entertaining a trade for him like a lot of posters on here have. He's been playing so soft lately- like literally not playing with any fire in that stretch we went 1-16, it's been frustrating because he has the size, skill and ability to NOT play like that. He just wasn't being very aggressive.... The Vuc that dunked on Pau Gasol is what we all want, and in january it didn't happen. Yet in December he did what he does: give us a legit first option on offense.
Although a lot of that had to do with overall team morale and frustration at everything and as a result affected every player in individually in those same type of ways, I think. I have a feeling these last two wins turned the corner up for the players and Vuc is ready to play with that fire again and going to have a big second half of the season.
Another player I always see on here that is expendable always is EP. Man, you guys are tripping. He's only in his second year, he has not regressed at all this season, like how a lot of you on here always say We've just been putting the players under a huge microscope after that abysmal January, but the coaching staff deserves a lot of blame for that- obviously a handful of people on here don't seem to think so, though. He was great in December.
I think the reason why people think he "regressed," (aside from lack of energy, focus and hustle recently, etc.) is because he's not shooting like Steph Curry yet. Like I said it's only his second year- it's OKAY, we should not have to depend on Elfrid Payton's shooting at this point to win games.A handful of other things should and could of been happening from the beginning (sets/screens for Mario, etc. once again: coaching staff needs to called out, screw that)
But yes, his shooting and finishing are the things that need to get improved most. It'll create so much more space on offense and flexibility if teams aren't going to respect it. With that said, the last couple of games he's been actually shooting well. Not sure about everyone else but the last two games against Atlanta I've seen him make most of his jump-shots, and quite a few of them.
Shabazz gonna shabazz. Nothing new with him, just like everyone else already knows: keep this dude as far away from the court as possible and set him to the D-League please and let him do whatever the hell he wants
