Post#7 » by vanjulio » Tue Nov 20, 2012 5:27 pm
I don't mind this loss because now we come out hungry again to win on Friday and not coasting in on that enormous win streak.
Tony I think is still very important on this team as the starting SG. I don't ever pay attention to how many shots he took or missed like that. That's not his game. The thing I think about is if you subtract Tony Allen and add someone else - do they make up for the difference in all the other players on the starting 5 that is removed with Tony out of the lineup? What are you taking away from the rest of the team without Tony Allen? It's not as simple as looking at just what Tony Allen himself brings but what his impact has on the ratings of our team defense and team offense collectively. I don't think there's more than a handful of players in the NBA that would result in cumulative increase there. And they are franchise players for the most part that we'd have to trade one of our core players to obtain if they do exist. Aaron Afflalo would be a good guy to have as insurance behind Wayne Ellington but how does he have anything to do with starting SG? He's more of a 3rd stringer at our level of play. JJ Reddick would add more offense but provides nothing for the rest of our team. Again, he might be an Ellington replacement but the entire team would lose from having Reddick in place of Tony Allen. I'd predict we finish closer to .500 with either of them and struggle to make the 8th seed.
A loss to the Denver team is not very big since they were on a 3 game losing streak and overdue for a win. 8-2 in the first 10 is phenomenal.
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