stan francisco wrote:It’s always nice to kick the Mavs’ arse, even when half injured. Good win. Good energy on both ends. Vanderbilt played some great defense. D Lo played some great offense.
Ham seems to have realized that with Vandy’s offense, you need D Lo on the court to cover for it; and with D Lo’s defense, you need Vandy and AD on the court to cover for it. Brilliant.
In a playoffs series, however, D Lo’s defense will be exploited once again until he’s benched (see WCF) Then what?
Vandy with a 3PT shot would be a scary thought but a pipe dream. D Lo playing defense as well as he plays offense is also a pipe dream. Neither is going to happen before April.
I hope Ham and Rob both do their part to improve it all before the post season. And that we soon get to have a healthy roster for a while.
The 2 wins over OKC and Dallas looked great on paper but it was overshadowed by the fact that those 2 teams missed a TON of open 3 pt shots. Ham’s scheme is to pack it in, prevent layups, don’t foul and pray the other team miss shots from beyond 24 feet. Sometimes it works but you keep playing with fire because players get into a nice rhythm including bad shooters like Exum, Smart and a chucker like Cam Thomas leading to bad losses.