Post#304 » by kblo247 » Sun Mar 24, 2013 1:53 am
I'm not excusing that Kobe was bad on D, the whole team was, but it wasnt just Kobe. That same corner 3 Ariza hit was open all game long. It wasnt just Trevor taking them. Temple took them. Webster took them. It was there all night, the kept overloading the floor and leaving the same spot open for 4 quarters.
That's coaching.
Nash, Kobe, Pau, Metta, Jamison, Clark, Meeks, Blake, and Dwight have fault but the biggest problem in that game was coaching
The guy started a fourth quarter with Nash, Blake, and Meeks at the 1, 2, and 3. Then he put in Pau to anchor their D. Pau, not Dwight. It was that group that lost the lead while Kobe was sat. What sense did it make to start the quarter with those 3 Gs and Pau? It makes sense with Dwight because it offers spacing and he can cover for every mistake that was inevitable for them all to make when they are outmatched at 1, 2, and 3.
The sub pattern and minute management was a coach, not a player problem. He played Pau 20mins but the way he did it was counterproductive. He didnt gpoat him all at once to start each half while he had his wind, he played him like a rotation player, like he would when he was coming off the bench. He basically didnt play Clark at all, as the guy went from 30 minutes to 8 minutes last night in a game where we needed swing defense and he was trotting out 3 Gs. Hell Kobe's first game back after a layoff and severe sprain, he plays 38minutes.
He just didnt, Dantoni just didn't coach well. Him excusing it isn't new. He made excuses in NY and OhX when they questioned his defense. He used Melo as an excuse for not winning, just because eh as too damn stupid to incorporate Melo post ups lie Woodson as it involved a non break neck pace. And it was his lineup and strategy that bit us yesterday. You don't leave the corner open all game, Kobe, Metta, Jamsion, Nash, Blake, all did for 4 quarters on the weak side if that isn't a gameplan. You also have no right to hard, being Dantoni, when you put out a group that had 0 chance at getting stops outside Metta at 4 and watch your choices get exploited and the lead dwindle to the point you insert Kobe to magically save you. And believe me if he hit those shots, good or not, the fact is Dantoni would've sucked him off with how great he is and the this is why he gets paid so much lines, much like he constantly did Melo long as things were good in NY.
It isn't an excuse Kobe or blame Nash thing ... Coaching was at fault. Going into the game he had no idea obviously how to rotate 9 guys. He's had no idea all year, and its been his cristism in NY and Phoenix that he always ran 8 into the ground and if one of the 8 went down, 7 were going to be used even harder. During the game, when you see everyone giving up the same shot from the same corner and the Wiz actually are hitting, make an adjustment, be that Wall going for 50 one on one vs Nash/Blake or where the help comes from. And most important don't complain about effort, D, rebounding, and ball kobe not when you put out a group of Nsh, Blake, Meeks, Metta, and Pau to start a 4th quarter because fact is no one on that group is getting stops sans Metta, and Metta and Nshs first response after a while when they are attacked is to fire back a crazy 3 like clockwork. Let alone don't be shocked if Kobe isn't going to come back Ina game where his team lost the lead with him sitting ,seeing guys bricking shots everywhere and not try to be captain save a ho when he's done it for 17 years, character flaw admittedly, but its what got him his rings and one us more games than Dantoni has mustache combs.
