Al Jefferson out 2-3 weeks with calf strain

amcoolio · Post #1 » by **amcoolio** » Tue Dec 1, 2015 12:44 am

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This is big because if we play well without him, does he come off the bench when he returns?

Liver_Pooty · Post #2 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Tue Dec 1, 2015 12:45 am

This will be extremely interesting to see how we do without him.

HornetJail · Post #3 » by **HornetJail** » Tue Dec 1, 2015 12:48 am

We need to sign a big man ASAP. I'm not comfortable with Frank and Hawes seeing 20mpg apiece.

But this does open the door for Kemba's Decemba to Rememba

Post #4 » by **fatlever** » Tue Dec 1, 2015 12:57 am

Tyler Hansbrough is about to get his chance to lock down some regular minutes. I am excited to see him wrestle in the paint.

Post #5 » by **JDR720** » Tue Dec 1, 2015 12:58 am

if we play well with him out, i fully expect to start seeing trade rumors.

Post #6 » by **fatlever** » Tue Dec 1, 2015 12:59 am

But.... what if we play terribly when Al is out and coach and Cho are convinced it is because we are missing Al? That is a terrifying thought.

TinmanZBoy · Post #7 » by **TinmanZBoy** » Tue Dec 1, 2015 12:59 am

get well big AL, i mostly want to see how the defense will fare without him,

Post #8 » by **JDR720** » Tue Dec 1, 2015 1:00 am

fatlever wrote:But.... what if we play terribly when Al is out and coach and Cho are convinced it is because we are missing Al? That is a terrifying thought.

TinmanZBoy · Post #9 » by **TinmanZBoy** » Tue Dec 1, 2015 1:02 am

MotorKeepsGoing wrote:We need to sign a big man ASAP. I'm not comfortable with Frank and Hawes seeing 20mpg apiece.

But this does open the door for Kemba's Decemba to Rememba

buyout Greg Oden who is beasting in CBA

EwingSweatsALot · Post #10 » by **EwingSweatsALot** » Tue Dec 1, 2015 1:04 am

If we had any worthwhile backups i wouldn't be upset, but we don't so this isn't great news for us.

We now have zero inside scoring presence. There is no inside out game except with Walker and Lin penetration. Our backups just aren't that good. Each does something ok, but nothing great. We now have to play Hansbrough more minutes than he is effective at.

Zeller is going to have to play a lot better than he has so far this year and Kaminsky better stop playing scared.

Hopefully this doesn't hurt us, but as of right now I don't see it as a positive.

HornetJail · Post #11 » by **HornetJail** » Tue Dec 1, 2015 1:04 am

TinmanZBoy wrote:
MotorKeepsGoing wrote:We need to sign a big man ASAP. I'm not comfortable with Frank and Hawes seeing 20mpg apiece.

But this does open the door for Kemba's Decemba to Rememba

buyout Greg Oden who is beasting in CBA

We're the Hornets. Oden would probably trip over a flight attendant on the flight over here and break his knee again.

TinmanZBoy · Post #12 » by **TinmanZBoy** » Tue Dec 1, 2015 1:06 am

Carlos Boozer just debuted on NBATV, get him, good defensive rebounder, good PnR big...
i think Boozer's defense is better than big Al, seriously ;-)

Post #13 » by **fatlever** » Tue Dec 1, 2015 1:09 am

We are going to see a lot of teams blitz Kemba, Lin, Lamb and Batum on the picks and completely ignore the pick setter, similar to how teams defended us when Biz played.... Except at least with Biz we could make some of it up on the defensive end.

HornetJail · Post #14 » by **HornetJail** » Tue Dec 1, 2015 1:10 am

TinmanZBoy wrote:Carlos Boozer just debuted on NBATV, get him, good defensive rebounder, good PnR big...
i think Boozer's defense is better than big Al, seriously

Al/Hawes/Boozer would be the worst defensive frontcourt trio imaginable. It has 3 of the bottom 5 defensive bigs in the entire league.

Jeff Adrien would be a massive improvement.

EwingSweatsALot · Post #15 » by **EwingSweatsALot** » Tue Dec 1, 2015 1:11 am

fatlever wrote:We are going to see a lot of teams blitz Kemba, Lin, Lamb and Batum on the picks and completely ignore the pick setter, similar to how teams defended us when Biz played.... Except at least with Biz we could make some of it up on the defensive end.

Hawes and Kaminsky better be ready to sling it off a pick n pop. Which Hawes shoots it at the speed of a water buffalo and Kaminsky pump fakes anyone within 10 feet. They better get ready to fire away, eventually it will cause defenses some concern.

TinmanZBoy · Post #16 » by **TinmanZBoy** » Tue Dec 1, 2015 1:14 am

I think we will see a lot Psycho T in the absence of Al

TinmanZBoy · Post #17 » by **TinmanZBoy** » Tue Dec 1, 2015 1:14 am

MotorKeepsGoing wrote:
TinmanZBoy wrote:Carlos Boozer just debuted on NBATV, get him, good defensive rebounder, good PnR big...
i think Boozer's defense is better than big Al, seriously

Al/Hawes/Boozer would be the worst defensive frontcourt trio imaginable. It has 3 of the bottom 5 defensive bigs in the entire league.

Jeff Adrien would be a massive improvement.

he is too small though

EwingSweatsALot · Post #18 » by **EwingSweatsALot** » Tue Dec 1, 2015 1:21 am

Hopefully if we play bad with Al out, it makes Cho realize that it's our poor depth and lack of different skill sets that we have instead of what Fats and JDR said.

Braggins · Post #19 » by **Braggins** » Tue Dec 1, 2015 1:24 am

More small ball.

amcoolio · Post #20 » by **amcoolio** » Tue Dec 1, 2015 1:28 am

I doubt we trade anyone this season, we will just go hard after Whiteside since he is from the area and would like to play at home and if we strike out resign Jefferson to a smaller contract.

Would love to get Henson somehow. He is being misused and could have an Al Horford-like leap with a bunch of playing time and starting in this offense