Bum Adebayo wrote:Ferry Avenue wrote:76ciology wrote:Do you guys think this team will fight or they will fold? I want to be invested again on this playoff run but i just cant until they win game 5.
How about you guys?
A "fight" of this magnitude -- i.e., down 1-3 and playing away -- is generated by a player (or players, plural) on the team who displays that kind of spirit and mentality in the locker room before the game and on the court, and whose physical performance is dominant and consistent with it. I struggle to identify who on this team would reliably supply that. Brunson supplied that for the Knicks in game 4. Not sure who on the Sixers can be depended on for such a performance, both physically and emotionally.
Oubre is the only one I see with the passion and mental fortitude.
Oubre is bad in reading the defense. So Knicks tries to confuse him in screen setting which he has a hard time navigating. He also is frequently just ball watching on rebs, he’s 6’9” with 7’2” wingspan and is the most athletic wing out there he can do a better job in grabbing boards. Not to mention that he makes some really bad plays down the stretch like that foul on McBride shooting 3s
But yeah, I also like him. He is there with Maxey and Lowry as guys who has good motor on the team. Im just saying that his decision making is not championship caliber. But hey, JR Smith is an NBA champ and we need that type of player I guess