Calvin Klein wrote:SkyBill40 wrote:sunskerr wrote:Thanks Charlotte. I will remember you for this favour when this team is finally blown up.
I don't know when we see the bottom of the barrel, but it's getting clearer and closer with each wasted effort.
Home crowd needs to let them know the next game at Phoenix. They need to let Ishbia know he's done an awful job. He can't get away with it and keep blaming the coaches. He is the main responsible for this mess.
Yes! Ishbia clearly owns this mess. And many of us here spoke out vehemently about this too, But Ishbias' hubris will destroy this franchise. It's not entirely the coach's fault too. But his rotations still suck after 31 or so games in when it's clear to see the rotations that help fuel energy and urgency. Yes, this team needs to be blown up so we can rebuild! But in the meantime, the simple calculus is to not sit the young, hungry players that actually defend and fight on every possession to cater to our 50 million dollar divas who have shown they could care less about losing or even giving a reasonable effort when on the court. Ighodaro, Dunn, and Okogie all care and play very hard, yet in this game, our coach kept sitting them and bringing in Beal, while sitting Dunn, Ighodaro, and Okogie. All so Beal could play with Booker and KD on the court together.
And when he did that, there was no defense on the court. Our big three were passive. Booker scored well for a bit but then stopped shooting to focus on passing, which he wouldn't of had to do IF he had only put in the starting lineup that got us our lead in the first place. Jones could've set KD and Booker up while Beal focused on scoring off the bench. Then KD struggled again, and Beal predictably underperformed again. And Coach Bud left all of our energizing defenders on the bench, so we struggled offensively but also had no defense for Charlotte's runs either. I get that he was gifted this cluster**** of a roster. But it's basic basketball to utilize the players who performed well and got you a lead. And common sense to put in your defenders to slow down or stop the opposition's runs. I don't blame Coach Bud for our current outcome (record and seasonal struggles, roster, etc).
But he could have done a much better job in this game by simply doing what he did yesterday and keeping Beal with the bench rather than folding and playing him heavy minutes alongside of KD and Booker. He could of also chosen to at least put defenders in the game to slow down or maybe even stop charlottes' numerous runs. Our team has many critical issues that will end our season early. He only plays a small part alongside countless others.
