Osirus89 wrote:pelifan wrote:Man this game really lived up to the day it was played. Really scary game for the Thundies
rofl
Knrstz wrote:
We need an average playmaker because our superstar hurts us? Yeah this team has more issues than Rudy Gay can fix. I don't disagree with your critique but we've got big issues.
I didn't mean only Gay specifically, but it needs to be someone who doesn't need Russell to help them. The only players on the roster that can create offense of any kind are Kanter, Oladipo, Payne, and Steven. Steven and Kanter are bigs so they can just be doubled on the block. Victor should be able to, but he doesn't for unknown reasons. Payne has defensive issues and had a long period of sitting so he is all out of sorts and putting him in this january schedule is less than ideal, but it is what it is. I agree the roster has many glaring issues, but I don't think those can all be fixed during the season. Bring someone in who in competent with the ball in their hands and hope that will be enough for a lower seed in the playoffs. Then address the big issues during the draft/ offseason.
I agree with you. I think the problem is we hoped Oladipo would be that guy and he's not. Maybe he turns it on after the ASG, but I doubt it. Adams has played very well as of late, but sometimes he has a crap game like he did last night. I think Adams is and will be our second best player, but I don't know that he'll ever be our second best scorer. Since we extended Oladipo, we're kind of stuck. Either we hope a guy in his fourth year develops a part of his game that he hasn't yet, trade him, or make due with what we've got.
RW trusts his teammates in very short instances. If they don't deliver, he plays hero ball. There are also times when he shares the ball and his teammates just blow the opportunity. It's hard to fault him for that. Roberson comes to mind when he didn't cut to the basket but decided to hang for an open three. To run an offense that had more ball movement and got more guys involved would be better in the long run but likely cost us games in the short term. I don't know if RW can handle losing games at the expense of growing players.
P.S. I would love Chandler or Gallinari over Gay.