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No offense to Perk, but he is a frickin moron. We need to have a starting center who has a brain in his head. Sure Baby is only about 6 foot 7, but he makes up for that. Perk meanwhile seems to give up easily on the boards and plays like he has two left feet.
No offense to Perk, but he is a frickin moron. We need to have a starting center who has a brain in his head. Sure Baby is only about 6 foot 7, but he makes up for that. Perk meanwhile seems to give up easily on the boards and plays like he has two left feet.
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I'm not so sure that if you called Perk a 'frickin' moron' to his face that he would not take offense!
I'd keep bringing Baby off the bench for now, maybe it works out that Baby is on the floor in the 4th Q where he can use his skills and FT ability. Right now he has the surprise factor where a lot of teams don't know what he's capable of. Of course, opposing coaches telling their players "keep Davis at least 8 feet from the basket" is easier said than done.
I wouldn't rock the boat with a lineup change. Not at 29-4.
I'd keep bringing Baby off the bench for now, maybe it works out that Baby is on the floor in the 4th Q where he can use his skills and FT ability. Right now he has the surprise factor where a lot of teams don't know what he's capable of. Of course, opposing coaches telling their players "keep Davis at least 8 feet from the basket" is easier said than done.
I wouldn't rock the boat with a lineup change. Not at 29-4.
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IMO, Davis is a better player than Perkins. But I would still start Perkins because of his defensive presence in the middle. Perkins' rebounding has also gotten better in the last 2-3 weeks.
That being said, Davis needs to play more consisantly and more often. Davis should get about 20-25 minutes a night instead of about 10-12. Pollard and Posey need to play less.
That being said, Davis needs to play more consisantly and more often. Davis should get about 20-25 minutes a night instead of about 10-12. Pollard and Posey need to play less.
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cfan79 wrote:when he comes back
No offense to Perk, but he is a frickin moron. We need to have a starting center who has a brain in his head. Sure Baby is only about 6 foot 7, but he makes up for that. Perk meanwhile seems to give up easily on the boards and plays like he has two left feet.
CFAN, way to small to start. He is a role player. Baby playing 35 minutes a night kills us on defense. Perk is the correct player to start.
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First off, he's too small. He doesn't make up for it. He can't really jump.
Second off, Perk is way more valuable as a starter than he would be as a role player. He isn't a defensive stop guy necessarily. He's more of consistent shut down defender down low. Sure he'll get abused once in a while. But Pierce got absolutely taken last night, and I don't want Tony Allen starting.
Second off, Perk is way more valuable as a starter than he would be as a role player. He isn't a defensive stop guy necessarily. He's more of consistent shut down defender down low. Sure he'll get abused once in a while. But Pierce got absolutely taken last night, and I don't want Tony Allen starting.
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cfan79 wrote:when he comes back
No offense to Perk, but he is a frickin moron. We need to have a starting center who has a brain in his head. Sure Baby is only about 6 foot 7, but he makes up for that. Perk meanwhile seems to give up easily on the boards and plays like he has two left feet.
What part of 29-4 would we be fixing if Big Baby starts for Perk?
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Did I miss something? Can someone please explain to me why Perk is a frickin moron? Please don't tell me that we lost the game because of him or that it was because of Nazr did yesterday because Perk barely matched up with him (he had Okafor) and when he did they mostly ran they exploited our horrible pick and roll defense which he is supposed to blitz the man. Oh and he also grabbed 10 boards what more do you want from him. As for the giving up on the boards, he does do that but if he fought for it would probably get called as a foul. We don't need him to score just to help set up our offense which he does.
Our whole team just got outplayed!
Our whole team just got outplayed!
You have just been Perk'd!!!
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ParticleMan wrote:Perkins is WAAAAAY better defensively. Offense is sexy but defense wins. And I don't see Perk having too much trouble finishing at the rim. He isn't quite as good as Baby but he's no Blount.
...everyone falls in love with offense...Perkins is one of the main reasons this team is playing so well defensively...Perk and KG are the only two players who even showed up to play last night...
Perk is has started rebounding again too, averaging around 9 per game over his last 10 games and playing about 24mpg...
If Davis was starting the opposing center would work him down low and shoot over him every time...people are giving Davis credit for defense on Wallace, but Wallace took 2 shots against Davis in the 4th quarter and didn't touch the ball much...
Davis' offense is what's needed off the bench, Perk and Rondo make sense in the starting lineup because they are focussed defensively...Davis Allen and House provide the offense for the 2nd unit...
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