Call in sick: Minny in Oaktown. 1/21 1:00pm tip off

Post #221 » by **FNQ** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:30 pm

Nah just blow up Nellie... too much talent here right now.

Post #222 » by **Sleepy51** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:30 pm

BooRadley wrote:why the hell do we need to chuck a 3.

That shot migh even wake Souvlaki from his slumber. Rowell will certainly be around to crow about it.

But I have to agree, under what circumstance do you not take Marco Jaric off the dribble down 1? Even if you settle for midrange, you still get closer because you can.

Post #223 » by **FNQ** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:30 pm

bballguy50 wrote:Nelson has always been a dumbass for going way too small.

dunkonu21 · Post #224 » by **dunkonu21** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:31 pm

great game guys...That was a lot of fun...

DeeZi · Post #225 » by **DeeZi** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:31 pm

Harrington should've tipped that in.

Yi Jian Lian · Post #226 » by **Yi Jian Lian** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:32 pm

wow....

BooRadley · Post #227 » by **BooRadley** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:32 pm

I just can't believe it. Did he think we were down 3 or 2 maybe and was going for the win??

warriortone · Post #228 » by **warriortone** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:32 pm

Inexcusable loss.

mistatwo mayn · Post #229 » by **mistatwo mayn** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:33 pm

I blame

1) the fans chanting MVP
2) Missed Ft's
3) LF for going to the game

Post #230 » by **FNQ** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:34 pm

I need a thesaurus... I've overused pathetic too much...

Deplorable rotations.

mistatwo mayn · Post #231 » by **mistatwo mayn** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:35 pm

warriortone wrote:WTF happened?

We joined the Phx Suns & New Orleans club

bballguy50 · Post #232 » by **bballguy50** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:36 pm

mistatwo mayn wrote:I blame

1) Nellie
2) Missed Ft's
3) Bad defense

There you go.

Post #233 » by **floppymoose** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:36 pm

I haven't seen the game yet (at work now), but for those criticizing "going small", I note that:

1) Beans fouled out
2) rebounding was just about exactly even
3) Minny offensive rebounds were limited to 7
4) We blocked more shots than they did
5) Going larger means more time for POB or Kosta in a close game

So was "going small" really the problem? Were the alternatives really better?

BooRadley · Post #234 » by **BooRadley** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:37 pm

Hopefully this game will get Minn less ping pong balls for the draft and they fall to the 5th pick or something.

warriortone · Post #235 » by **warriortone** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:37 pm

mistatwo mayn wrote:We joined the Phx Suns & New Orleans club

That makes me feel a little better, but not much.

Post #236 » by **FNQ** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:38 pm

floppymoose wrote:I haven't seen the game yet (at work now), but for those criticizing "going small", I note that:

1) Beans fouled out
2) rebounding was just about exactly even
3) Minny offensive rebounds were limited to 7
4) We blocked more shots than they did
5) Going larger means more time for POB or Kosta in a close game

So was "going small" really the problem? Were the alternatives really better?

Absolutely... the swarming defense smallball is supposed to create never happened. The uptempo offense, never happened. All we really needed was to just force them to the perimeter consistently to win this... that, or we could not play our D-leaguers in key situations, as Buke and CJ were awfully late on a lot of rotations... the usual suspects all were. Jax is playing defense like his offense... so much went wrong this game.

But we stayed the course... payed the price. Eventually if we keep playing down to these kind of crappy teams we're going to be embarassed.

Post #237 » by **Sleepy51** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:40 pm

510Reggae wrote:I need a thesaurus... I've overused pathetic too much...

Deplorable rotations.

Deplorable is totally my word. Get your own crazy man.

Post #238 » by **FNQ** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:41 pm

Lamentable rotations.

(credit http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/deplorable )

DeeZi · Post #239 » by **DeeZi** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:42 pm

Jefferson abused Harrington in the second half. POB played well in the time he was in. Going w/ Monta, CJ, Baron meant Baron on Gomes which they took advantage of more than once.

bballguy50 · Post #240 » by **bballguy50** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:43 pm

Beans was getting beat by Jefferson. Fronting Gomes/Jefferson with Al was a bad idea, and having Baron on Gomes was a bad idea. So yes, going too small on defense was the problem. Jefferson/Gomes combined for 56/22. I'd say that was a problem.