Post#51 » by conleyorbust » Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:15 pm
I HATE Marv at the 4 lineups. He isn't a 4, he's a liability there. A huge reason we were so bad on D after the Bibby trade was because Marv was our primary backup at PF.
All and all, not a bad win. OKC is legitimately bad (look, I know they are "scrappy" and have a tough arena, but they are 1-5 for a reason) but some nights, the shots just aren't falling and when you can pull out a defensive struggle without your best defender, that says something regardless of who you are playing.
So now the argument changes from, "Horford needs to start at PF to truly flourish" to "Horford needs to start at PF and play next to an All-Star C to truly flourish"
Al should have abused those guys regardless of what position he was at nominally. He has the talent, at PF or C, to handle the OKC frontcourt. He just has to call for the ball and play to his strengths. That being said, he was phenomenal on D - really strange that we play the Sonics/Thunder early in the season without Smith for two years in a row and its a close game in which Al gets 5 blocks.
Solo is making those who called for him to get more PT the last couple of seasons look smart.
Good win all and all. We missed Josh but won anyway. If our shooting is better, we should be able to be above .500 while he's out because we aren't playing too many tough teams.