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[7ucchini]

Fred with a bow tie.

[chrispatrick]

^^ Portis is being massively underrated here. Other forum guys easily want our big man. He is kind of mid to late 1st round value I would say. Rather start him and raise his trade value.

Bobby Portis is not an NBA player. That doesn't change if he has a good game tonight. He's not quick enough to play good defense, usually compounds that with bad defensive mistakes, and plays like an unathletic version of Tyrus Thomas offensively.

[AirP.]

Ok... who has the number of different starting lineups this "playoff" team has used already?

[TeK]

Fred's coaching this season can be summed up as 'throwing s*** at the wall and hoping something sticks'.

Aka Hoiball...

[Ctownbulls]

^^ Portis is being massively underrated here. Other forum guys easily want our big man. He is kind of mid to late 1st round value I would say. Rather start him and raise his trade value.

have you seen him play this year?

He shouldn't be in the NBA. If you have watched all his minutes this year and you come to any other conclusion then you just don't get basketball.

[RedBulls23]

Bobby Portis hasn't played the last 4 games...starts tonight. Ladies and gentlemen... I give you Fred Hoiberg.

[madvillian]

^^ Portis is being massively underrated here. Other forum guys easily want our big man. He is kind of mid to late 1st round value I would say. Rather start him and raise his trade value.

have you seen him play this year?

So what are u suggesting? He's worse than Niko?

I'm suggesting that he's rated appropriately.

[madvillian]

and that is why Bobby Portis is Bobby Portis, took the 1st possession for him to fail to rotate properly back to his man.

[BigUps]

So, will Bobby be allowed to shoot or no?

[chrispatrick]

have you seen him play this year?

So what are u suggesting? He's worse than Niko?

I'm suggesting that he's rated appropriately.

And quite frankly, he is absolutely worse than Niko, who is also not good.

[TyrusRose2425]

I can't wait till Lindsey Hunter starts at PG next game

[TheGOATRises007]

How does this team always get off to poor starts?

Wtf. Wade sleeping on defense to start.

[madvillian]

Wade still gets a lot of respect from the refs.

[mmmmmbeeer]

Something as a basketball fan for over two decades I have learned, even as playing (not professionally of course) but also being a fan of the NBA is that consistency is something that player flourish with - meaning that, whether a player is given 38 minutes per game, or 15 minutes per game, when they know what type of minutes they will be getting game to game, or thereabouts, it just creates more consistent performances and confidence.

What Fred is doing just doesn't make sense. He is changing line ups constantly, and it's just creating uncertainty with the players, especially the young players. You don't build confidence by giving someone 30 minutes one game, and the first game he doesn't play well in zero minutes next is the quickest way to create uncertainty within a players mental space.

After his first season, I advocated patience with Fred, but he just isn't a good basketball coach. It's one thing to be a good personable leader as a head coach but lacking in the X's and O's, or being great with X's and O's but being a horrible personable coach, but he seems to not get it from a personable stand point nor a X's and O's stand point, which makes me wonder, how can fans see this but not management?

It clearly hasn't worked, and he hasn't improved. I'm not sure what we are waiting for with him?

Hell, this is true in any sport. Most difficult position to be in in baseball? Pinch hitter. How rare is it for a backup QB, at any level of the game, come in and succeed with first teamers he hasn't had many practice reps with?

Any word on what's wrong with Taj? Can't watch the game tonight.

[madvillian]

this team is a **** joke.

King...have you ever watched Stauskas play...guess not, dude is athletic.

[BigUps]

This team talks about effort, but doesn't really want to show it.

[nomorezorro]

damn stauskas murdered rolo

[BigUps]

Something as a basketball fan for over two decades I have learned, even as playing (not professionally of course) but also being a fan of the NBA is that consistency is something that player flourish with - meaning that, whether a player is given 38 minutes per game, or 15 minutes per game, when they know what type of minutes they will be getting game to game, or thereabouts, it just creates more consistent performances and confidence.

What Fred is doing just doesn't make sense. He is changing line ups constantly, and it's just creating uncertainty with the players, especially the young players. You don't build confidence by giving someone 30 minutes one game, and the first game he doesn't play well in zero minutes next is the quickest way to create uncertainty within a players mental space.

After his first season, I advocated patience with Fred, but he just isn't a good basketball coach. It's one thing to be a good personable leader as a head coach but lacking in the X's and O's, or being great with X's and O's but being a horrible personable coach, but he seems to not get it from a personable stand point nor a X's and O's stand point, which makes me wonder, how can fans see this but not management?

It clearly hasn't worked, and he hasn't improved. I'm not sure what we are waiting for with him?

Hell, this is true in any sport. Most difficult position to be in in baseball? Pinch hitter. How rare is it for a backup QB, at any level of the game, come in and succeed with first teamers he hasn't had many practice reps with?

Any word on what's wrong with Taj? Can't watch the game tonight.

Its his yearly ankle issue. Shots of cortisone in it. Normal mid-season stuff for Taj.

[madvillian]

I love Noel's game, so much promise still.

[TheGOATRises007]

This team is sleep-walking out there.

Awful to watch.