What is really wrong with Wallace?

[bobcats3wallace]

wallace looked really motivated tonight. he was active and aggressive. injuries seemed to mysteriously disappear. kinda hard to blame it on injuries after seeing him get all motivated to play against lebron and showing the wallace that has been missing for the past few months.

It was great to finally see SOMETHING from Wallace. All of us have been saying this for months, Wallace needs to drive. When he drives, he is successfull. He is still missing some easy layins, but had a great game last night. Now, can he continue that pace for the rest of the season? IF he can, this team is 100 percent different. If this is just a 1 game shining moment, simlar to the Chicago game, then we still have a problem.

[BigSlam]

wallace looked really motivated tonight. he was active and aggressive. injuries seemed to mysteriously disappear. kinda hard to blame it on injuries after seeing him get all motivated to play against lebron and showing the wallace that has been missing for the past few months.

It was great to finally see SOMETHING from Wallace. All of us have been saying this for months, Wallace needs to drive. When he drives, he is successfull.

The big difference I thought was that he didn't just always drive the same way (to the right, shoulder down and in a straight direction or strictly baseline), he actually changed it up. The moment he started doing that it kept the Miami defense guessing and on their heels.

Variety is the spice of (Gerald Wallace's NBA career's) life.

[captaincrunk]

wallace looked really motivated tonight. he was active and aggressive. injuries seemed to mysteriously disappear. kinda hard to blame it on injuries after seeing him get all motivated to play against lebron and showing the wallace that has been missing for the past few months.

It was great to finally see SOMETHING from Wallace. All of us have been saying this for months, Wallace needs to drive. When he drives, he is successfull.

The big difference I thought was that he didn't just always drive the same way (to the right, shoulder down and in a straight direction or strictly baseline), he actually changed it up. The moment he started doing that it kept the Miami defense guessing and on their heels.

Variety is the spice of (Gerald Wallace's NBA career's) life.

Not to mention improved handles will prolong his career past 31. He'll always be a top rebounder at his position, and a good defender, but handles would be nice.

[Bassman]

wallace looked really motivated tonight. he was active and aggressive. injuries seemed to mysteriously disappear. kinda hard to blame it on injuries after seeing him get all motivated to play against lebron and showing the wallace that has been missing for the past few months.

And this is most disturbing. If his motivation and production are pumped due to facing a player, but down nearly every other game foe weeks, I say he's not very motivated by playing for the Bobcats anymore.

[Takuya Kimura]

can it be because he played 40 mpg since last season?With his style of play at such many minutes it really catches him in the middle-long haul,give him some rest or a capable backup he'll be fine.

[captaincrunk]

wallace looked really motivated tonight. he was active and aggressive. injuries seemed to mysteriously disappear. kinda hard to blame it on injuries after seeing him get all motivated to play against lebron and showing the wallace that has been missing for the past few months.

And this is most disturbing. If his motivation and production are pumped due to facing a player, but down nearly every other game foe weeks, I say he's not very motivated by playing for the Bobcats anymore.

He wasn't as bad as he has been against the Mavs either though, and Shawn Marion isn't exactly LeBron James anymore, though Crash and he are kinda similar.

[bobcats3wallace]

Wallace continues to show that he cannot do what he did agains the heat every night, like he did last year. We may be able to expect this kind of game from him once every two weeks, but it's clear he will be very average most nights. It's time to start limiting his minutes. No reason he should be playing 40+ minutes every night. Henderson needs more minutes, and IMO Liv at the 2 and Collins at the 1 should get some burn. Even Liv at the 2 and DJ at the point. We coudl use Liv's mid range shot, but we can't have him playing 20 minutes at PG.

[Marvel]

It's getting to the point now where we should be saying, is it Silas or Wallace. Silas can't afford to play Wallace 40 minutes a night.

[bobcats3wallace]

It's getting to the point now where we should be saying, is it Silas or Wallace. Silas can't afford to play Wallace 40 minutes a night.

Especially not when you take into account how well Hendo has played and how well this team played with Jack at the 3. Even Silas himself said our most effective team is when Jack is at the 3.

[captaincrunk]

It's getting to the point now where we should be saying, is it Silas or Wallace. Silas can't afford to play Wallace 40 minutes a night.

Especially not when you take into account how well Hendo has played and how well this team played with Jack at the 3. Even Silas himself said our most effective team is when Jack is at the 3.

Jack plays better offensively as a 2, in my opinion. He's not beating anyone with speed, but he's so much bigger than most 2's it's always a matchup problem. But he's still an adequate 3.

[bobcats3wallace]

It's getting to the point now where we should be saying, is it Silas or Wallace. Silas can't afford to play Wallace 40 minutes a night.

Especially not when you take into account how well Hendo has played and how well this team played with Jack at the 3. Even Silas himself said our most effective team is when Jack is at the 3.

Jack plays better offensively as a 2, in my opinion. He's not beating anyone with speed, but he's so much bigger than most 2's it's always a matchup problem. But he's still an adequate 3.

I think the defense out weighs the offense here. Jack is clearly a better defender at the 3 because he doesn't have to move his feet as much and he doesn't have to be an on ball defender as much either. His offense historically has always been better at the 3. I think it's like 2 or 3 ppg higher over his career when he is at the 3 compared to the 2. It is a bit surprising due to the simple fact that you just said. I think the combination of having Hendo play lock down D and Jack being in a better defensive position makes this team a ton better defensively. And really, you don't loose much offensivley anymroe between Wallace and Hendo. Wallace needs fewer minutes, and when you have all these numbers and even Silas himself support more minutes for Hendo and Jack at the 3, why not do it? I still think that Collins or even Carroll could bring really good energy off this bench, that for a burst of 5 mintues or so could provide us more than that 5 mintues of Wallace could.

[fatlever]

wallace needs to play between 25-30mpg. maybe playing less minutes will help him make more of an impact when he is in the game. he seems to be saving his energy for key moments which means he coasts through 20 minutes of the game when he is playing 40.

[Tupik]

At the same time, it could also drag his drive down even more if he starts feeling like he doesn't really count for the team now, while he was our franchise player last year.

But then again, **** him, play hard or don't play !

[BigSlam]

Hammer should be getting more burn.

Any by more, I mean any.

[fatlever]

seems wallace might be out of his funk. article today seems to suggest it was all related to injuries.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/0 ... mends.html

Over the Charlotte Bobcats' past five games, Wallace has averaged 17.8 points and 10.8 rebounds

"I was feeling 65-70 percent. I'm close to 90-95 percent now. It gets better day by day," Wallace said after practice Thursday.

"I'm getting healthy," Wallace said. "The two ankle sprains slowed me down a little bit. My movement wasn't where I wanted it. Being my left ankle, the one I explode off, wasn't where I wanted it to be.

"The better my ankle gets, the more explosive I feel and the more comfortable I become getting back to the way I was."

[captaincrunk]

i WAS right! Yay! Also yay bobcats!

[Fred Williamson]

anyone else noticed how badly DJ sucks when Crash has a good game?

[fatlever]

we need to make two new threads

"what is really wrong with dj?"

"what is really wrong with diaw?"

[Marvel]

we need to make two new threads

"what is really wrong with dj?"

"what is really wrong with diaw?"

ha thinking the same thing.