hands11 wrote:WashWiz54 wrote:Since we suck anyway, we might as well let Nick run around and do whatever he wants. Let him and Blatche be the stars of the team until we get a healthy lineup.
And by healthy I don't mean one of Gil, AD, or Caron. Atleast 2/3 have to be fully healthy before any of them check into a game.
Exactly. We have had this kind of opportunity several times to some degree or another. At some point you invest in where you need to be instead of just trying to win the next game by wearing out your already injured starters. Let everyone that needs to heal , heal. Your losing anyway. You may as well gain something for it.
Not only are GA and CB out but DS and AD are injured and playing.
We have about 2-3 weeks before GA comes back and hopefully CB sits out 2 more weeks so he can return 100%. We need to sit DS and AD a lot more over the next 2 weeks also.
Let AB, BH and NY be your stars. Feed the post and drive. As I said, NY isn't so different then GA was when he got here but we lived through that. Only we should learn from that. NY needs molded better so he is playing a smarter game. We don't need another Hibachi, we need a smart well rounded scorer.
I would also get a good dose of DMAC in there as the glue rebounder energy guy. You want better D, how about playing players who don't have injured wheels. You have 2 big and an energy shot blocker in DMAC, AB, and BH.
I would tell AJ to take a chill pill and play the vet babysitter. Tell him to let the young guns try to lead while he fills in with more select Js, rebounds, etc. Stop forcing so many shots.
The offense should be run through NY, AB and BH then kick it out to Mason and AJ for open 3's. Add DS to this list in limited mins.
I would at least be excited to watch them play if they did this. I would also gain a lot of respect for EJ. And honestly, if done with the right rotations, this a decent team that would win some games.
For now, we need to turn this upside down. Also, time to get Wilks back for 10 days.
Mason, NY, AJ, AB, BH Start AJ but pull him quickly because he will shoot to much. If he doesn't, then leave him in.
Mason, NY, DMAC, AB, BH
Wilks, NY, AJ, AB, BH
Wilks, Mason, NY, AB, BH
Fill in the rest with OP, Songaila, and
DS and AD should be limited to 10-20 mins a game until healthy
I'd take the losses which we seem to be getting anyway if we got to watch our youngs grow and our vets heal. And you may well get more wins then you expected.
Throw out the EJ offense and just go simple pick and roll and iso by clearing a side and feeding the post.
We can still put some talent on the court with our healthy players.
You aren't going to beat the best teams one way or another but we can beat the bad and average teams.
