ExplosionsInDaSky wrote:elchengue20 wrote:Joel is just not clutch, afwull choke right there. Also didn't do **** in the last 5 mins.
Not encouraging at all when thinking in our Playoff hopes.
The team will win 50 games feasting on the crappy teams of the league. Once the playoffs get here, we're either second-round fodder or one-and-done this year. Don't get me wrong, I love this team/city. Always will and I'll always support. I enjoyed watching tonight. But losing like this is just the reinforcement I need to know where we stand. We really need to beat Minnesota on the 20th. That game followed by the one against Miami are huge for us.
Otherwise,
Kelly Oubre 2-11 tonight. You can bet on that being what his playoff stat line will look like too. There's a reason he wasn't picked up and it's because he sucks against good teams.
-Once again we got killed on the boards tonight. We've had this problem in the playoffs before. We need to get bigger in certain areas. Put a guy like Jabari Smith jr, Evan Mobley, or Lauri Markannen or Jaren Jackson jr and pair them with Embiid and that will stop happening.
-Guards with Coby White's skillset always kill us. No answer for him tonight. We tried Batum, he got smoked, we tried Bev, he wasn't interested. You want that to stop, then you have to get a defensive player to lock them down. OG Anunoby.....It's pick your poison with this team. Either we find a way to get bigger to not get hammered on the glass in games like this or we improve our defense on the perimeter by adding a big time wing talent like OG. Either that or hey...Here's an idea...Play Jaden Springer more.
- Patrick Beverly as our backup point guard is a problem. He's good at times for us. He has a place on this team, a role so to speak, but he's unreliable as our only other creator on offense. The Mavs somehow lucked into Dante Exum. Why we can't we find a big guard like that to help? They're out there, but we'll have to trade for one of them. In short, we need an upgrade from Beverly. I know Jordan Clarkson is available, but he's almost another Kelly Oubre at times. Still, he'd be an improvement over what we've currently got.
- We need to see the young guys play more. I think both Martin and Springer could stand to get some minutes. Both are incredible athletes, but would help with energy and rebounding while playing defense. Problem is they don't have the basketball IQ that Batum and Covington have. They don't even have what Beverly can offer. It's a tough situation to be in for Nurse, I'm sure. You've got to play the guys that give you the best chance to win, but you also need the attributes that both Springer and Martin offer.
Crappy loss, you could feel it tonight. Bulls couldn't miss from three.