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thamadkant wrote:I'm trying to say is, suns with the current personnel cannot maintain the defensive pressure all season hence still a huge uphill battle for 8th, 9th and even 10th spot at best case.
thamadkant wrote:Nash won't be as effective on offense if he had to play that intense on defense the guy is 37, all that hard running and changing directions chasing in defense will wear him out sooner. Grant Hill is sort of like that, he tends to have great defensive games when he isn't effective offensively and vice versa.
Years90Suns wrote:Regarding our game, I do not like the way Nash is directing our offense. Not every possesion can be a fast break, a 3 sec possesion, or a flashy pash. In the first qt, while 10-6 down, we shot 4 straight times from outside, all possesions planned by Nash. Gortat and López cannot be there just to defend and rebound. They need their touches.
I know it is Nash's game, but he should be intelligent enough to make a mix out of our offensive.
Years90Suns wrote:
Regarding our game, I do not like the way Nash is directing our offense. Not every possesion can be a fast break, a 3 sec possesion, or a flashy pash. In the first qt, while 10-6 down, we shot 4 straight times from outside, all possesions planned by Nash. Gortat and López cannot be there just to defend and rebound. They need their touches.
I know it is Nash's game, but he should be intelligent enough to make a mix out of our offensive.
By the way, Happy New Year everybody in this post.
Los Soles wrote:Years90Suns wrote:Regarding our game, I do not like the way Nash is directing our offense. Not every possesion can be a fast break, a 3 sec possesion, or a flashy pash. In the first qt, while 10-6 down, we shot 4 straight times from outside, all possesions planned by Nash. Gortat and López cannot be there just to defend and rebound. They need their touches.
I know it is Nash's game, but he should be intelligent enough to make a mix out of our offensive.
1) It's possessions.
2) Nash has repeatedly quarterbacked the best offenses in the world, so belittling his BBall IQ is a little bit like belittling Usain Bolt's speed: It's f***ing ridiculous.
3) Nash's genius is precisely in his ability to take what the defense gives. On a pick-and-roll, if the defense collapses to the roller (Gortat/Lopez, for example) then he kicks to a wide-open shooter. This is the meat-and-potatoes of the best offense of the past decade.
4) We had 6 players in double figures, including Gortat, our third leading scorer.
5) We won by 15.
Cutter wrote:thamadkant wrote:Nash won't be as effective on offense if he had to play that intense on defense the guy is 37, all that hard running and changing directions chasing in defense will wear him out sooner. Grant Hill is sort of like that, he tends to have great defensive games when he isn't effective offensively and vice versa.
That's why that dumb little chucker Aaron Brooks' decision to paly in China with no opt-out clause has really hurt this team. Whether Brooks is better than Dragic blah blah blah. The fact is Brooks is our back-up PG and not a bad one IMO.
He would be getting a lot of playing time right now, and we would have a solid Ronnie Price backing up Brooks. Telfair would be waived.
Years90Suns wrote:I am sorry, but I still do not like the way he orchestrates some of our attacks. Especially in consecutive attacks when we are not getting anything positive and he insists in short attacks and bad positioned shoots. Any team offense should be balanced.
Probably he was much better in the second half.
I am not saying he is playing bad (although obviously he is not that Nash of past years), but I miss more post game.
Yes, we won by 15. WE are 1-2 and still did not play against anybody.
