SOTD: All Stats from Philly game

[dacrusha]

Mad props for having the courage to watch the first 3 quarters over and over to compile you needed stats.

Im really interested in Jose's numbers that game because he just looked real bad.

I didn't have to watch them "over and over": just once did it, except one play when I dropped a nacho onto the couch and scrambled to get it before the wife went apoplectic on me. So I had to rewind the good ol' PVR on that one, but that was it.

But you know what? I might get crucified for saying this, I thought they were playing pretty hard to start the game. They couldn't buy a basket early on, Boston hit some really tough shots (they hit three threes as the shot clock was expiring, Garnett hit a couple of tough jumpers and then Daniels hit a halfcourt heave) and they got down and kind of rolled over starting in the last part of the 2nd quarter. That's bad - but it's not as bad as not coming out soft from the get-go, which is what they usually did last year.

Jose wasn't good, but I don't recall him being the worst. Kleiza and Bargnani were plenty bad, IIRC.

Oddly enough, JT was very disappointed in their effort... which is a change from his usual apologetic self.

[BorisDK1]

Oddly enough, JT was very disappointed in their effort... which is a change from his usual apologetic self.

Well, if I had to sit through them evidently quitting in the late-2nd and 3rd quarters, I'd say the same thing. You'll notice I limited that with "to start the game". You have to keep the intensity up all the time, you cannot quit when things start turning sideways and most of the guys did that, with the one notable exception of Amir and I'd say maybe DeRozan as well, even if he wasn't particularly effective. Triano isn't putting up with any nonsense this year and sent the message that that was not acceptable. Definitely the right message, we'll see whether they respond to it or not.

[supersub15]

Oddly enough, JT was very disappointed in their effort... which is a change from his usual apologetic self.

Well, if I had to sit through them evidently quitting in the late-2nd and 3rd quarters, I'd say the same thing. You'll notice I limited that with "to start the game". You have to keep the intensity up all the time, you cannot quit when things start turning sideways and most of the guys did that, with the one notable exception of Amir and I'd say maybe DeRozan as well, even if he wasn't particularly effective. Triano isn't putting up with any nonsense this year and sent the message that that was not acceptable. Definitely the right message, we'll see whether they respond to it or not.

From the Dailies thread, it seems that there was some animated discussions with Bargnani. Hopefully, he gets the message. Calderon has been god awful offensively, and barely relevant defensively. Banks?

[BorisDK1]

From the Dailies thread, it seems that there was some animated discussions with Bargnani. Hopefully, he gets the message. Calderon has been god awful offensively, and barely relevant defensively. Banks?

I don't know what I want to see done with Jose at this point, other than being traded and/or shot. I don't see any team wanting anything to do with him at this point. He's clearly not even close to being healthy, and apart from taking a year sabbatical to just get stronger I don't even know there's a solution to it. I respect the fact that he's putting the effort in this year, unlike last year - but I don't see things working out.