Where has Eddie House gone???
Posted: Thu May 8, 2008 1:28 am
I was at yesterday's game and simply CANNOT understand why he didn't see any time. This is a perfect series for him. House won't have any problems bringing it up against the likes of Delonte West, and lets face it, House won't get beat off the dribble anymore than Cassell does. Not to mention that our offense becomes stagnant with Cassell pounding the ball into the floor, degrading things to the selfish one on one crap and long scoring droughts.
House is the perfect player to bring in when you have a 10+ point lead. If he hits his first jumper great leave him in and see if he gets hot, if he misses, great sit him down before the lead slips away.
The thing with House is the spacing he brings to the floor is something we're sorely lacking right now. When you play him with Ray Allen it opens everything up inside cuz you simply cannot leave either of those guys to double down. The fear of House's jumper is what gets guys like Allen open threes off ball rotations and single coverage for Pierce on post ups.
Granted I still like Cassell, but he should only enter the game for the following reasons:
- The offense isn't producing cuz our players are reluctant to shoot and deferring to eachother too much.
- The other team has a big PG on the floor ala Chauncy/Deron Williams.
- End of game situations.
House is the perfect player to bring in when you have a 10+ point lead. If he hits his first jumper great leave him in and see if he gets hot, if he misses, great sit him down before the lead slips away.
The thing with House is the spacing he brings to the floor is something we're sorely lacking right now. When you play him with Ray Allen it opens everything up inside cuz you simply cannot leave either of those guys to double down. The fear of House's jumper is what gets guys like Allen open threes off ball rotations and single coverage for Pierce on post ups.
Granted I still like Cassell, but he should only enter the game for the following reasons:
- The offense isn't producing cuz our players are reluctant to shoot and deferring to eachother too much.
- The other team has a big PG on the floor ala Chauncy/Deron Williams.
- End of game situations.