GT: Game #71 - Charlotte @ New York (May 15th)

[BigSlam]

Why the actual **** is McD bringing the ball up????

[CuseMayne]

SOOOOOOO......................................

PJ played absolutely horribly all game. Zeller locked Randle the hell up to end regulation.

JB keeps Zeller on the bench to start OT. Literally cost us the game.

And down 8 coming out of the timeout in OT JB has MCDANIELS bringing the ball up??????????????????????????????? I am irate.

[CuseMayne]

What in the worldddddddddddddddddddddd man.

[countryboi]

man when PJ is bad he is really really bad

[Liver_Pooty]

man when PJ is bad he is really really bad

Hes bad a lot. Same with Monk.

[amcoolio]

I’m over PJ. His consistency and effort isn’t enough to be a starter. To the bench he goes

[Rich4114]

SOOOOOOO......................................

PJ played absolutely horribly all game. Zeller locked Randle the hell up to end regulation.

JB keeps Zeller on the bench to start OT. Literally cost us the game.

And down 8 coming out of the timeout in OT JB has MCDANIELS bringing the ball up??????????????????????????????? I am irate.

None of this is explainable and the end of regulation was forced. Didn’t need a three, just get a quality shot with 10 seconds to work with. You had the most capable guy standing there with the ball in his hands but obviously the call was for the Devonte 3 that wasn’t there.

[amcoolio]

Now we have to win 2 out of the next three games to make the playoffs, and I would much rather play the Celtics over the Wizards or Pacers to do so and it looks like we will be playing the Wizards twice. Sucks to suck

[Rich4114]

Now we have to win 2 out of the next three games to make the playoffs, and I would much rather play the Celtics over the Wizards or Pacers to do so and it looks like we will be playing the Wizards twice. Sucks to suck

I like our chances more now that Miles is back as long as Beal is still out. We can deal with a team of good guards better than we can a team of good wings and certainly good bugs. Just need to stay on Bertans and that enormous dome of his.

[BigSlam]

SOOOOOOO......................................

PJ played absolutely horribly all game. Zeller locked Randle the hell up to end regulation.

JB keeps Zeller on the bench to start OT. Literally cost us the game.

And down 8 coming out of the timeout in OT JB has MCDANIELS bringing the ball up??????????????????????????????? I am irate.

None of this is explainable and the end of regulation was forced. Didn’t need a three, just get a quality shot with 10 seconds to work with. You had the most capable guy standing there with the ball in his hands but obviously the call was for the Devonte 3 that wasn’t there.

We’ve run that play in the past where Miles starts in the backcourt, we inbound to PJ who’s standing at the top of the arc facing the opposition basket, as the ball is inbounded to PJ Miles takes off and by the time he gets to PJ is at full speed, Miles decides whether to go to PJ’s left or right (depending on what the D is doing behind PJ), PJ hands it off to Miles who is in motion (almost like a running back) and Miles attacks the paint downhill at full speed.

It’s either a bucket, a foul or a miss - but I’d takes that 2 out of 3 chance 100% of the time over a hit and hope 3PA.

[MPM]

Sorry guys, I tuned in just as NYK went on it's 10-0 run, or whatever, in OT. This one's on me.

[JDR720]

Cody has always been very good at guarding the smaller, perimeter based PF's. Remember when he locked down Bosh all those games? He should've been on the court whenever Randle was.

This loss is mostly on JB.

[luciano-davidwesley]

We need Gordo so badly.

When everything else dries up and no one can hit anything Gordo can always take it into the high post and hit his mid range jumpers to at least keep us close and prevent these longggggggggggg stretches of not being able to score.

Too bad he is soft.

[Liver_Pooty]

We need Gordo so badly.

When everything else dries up and no one can hit anything Gordo can always take it into the high post and hit his mid range jumpers to at least keep us close and prevent these longggggggggggg stretches of not being able to score.

Too bad he is soft.

I don't think he's soft in the least. Can call him injury prone, but not soft.

[Roll Tide 09]

Time to bring Washington off the bench and then look for a trade during the draft. He's ridiculous. Not worth it. He can go hit his "potential" and not put forth effort with another team. We should also start Bridges in place of Washington for the next game.

[Roll Tide 09]

This is on Mitch Kupchak and Borrego. So many decent bigs were available before the season and at the deadline and we chose to stick with two of the worst 60 centers in the league.

Even a Khem Birch or Daniel Theis is a massive improvement over what we have.

I don’t think they planned to be this competitive this season and by the time we got to the deadline the right deal wasn’t there. A shame because this team is a true center away from being dangerous in the playoffs this season. If we can get one next season and continue player development, then I think we will be in good shape.

We already have plenty of "decent bigs". In fact, we have a 19 year old who put up 21 points in an NBA game with adequate and meaningful playing time. Honestly, Carey should have flat out replaced Washington since he decided to play half a**, Batum ball most of the season.

[Liver_Pooty]

Well at least the whole Bridges vs Washington debate is solved. Could you imagine if we traded Bridges and chose Washington over him and he did this for another team?

[yosemiteben]

Well at least the whole Bridges vs Washington debate is solved. Could you imagine if we traded Bridges and chose Washington over him and he did this for another team?

To be fair, we thought that debate was solved last year in PJ's favor.

Will be interesting to see if PJ takes a big step in year 3 like Miles did.

[JDR720]

PJ has said he likes to play inside, but we mostly use him as a stretch 4.

Playing him more at center would probably help him out. Or we can try to find a center that can shoot and use PJ as a post scoring PF.