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Liver_Pooty · Post #61 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 1:05 am

Oh well. At least they got me pumped up for 15 seconds

Post #62 » by **yosemiteben** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 1:10 am

That Snell 3 was a back breaker. He's 10-14 in this game, killing it.

bws94 · Post #63 » by **bws94** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 1:13 am

Snell is red hot.

Liver_Pooty · Post #64 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 1:13 am

Marco looking like rocky balboa

bws94 · Post #65 » by **bws94** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 1:16 am

Batum really didn't show up this game. Frank and Lamb played well.

316Hornets · Post #66 » by **316Hornets** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 1:20 am

Really worst possible result happened there. A blowout would have given players more rest and allowed the team to actually use plumlee. This team is good at shooting itself in the foot.

Post #67 » by **yosemiteben** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 1:21 am

Yep, Batum noticeably absent. Only 9 FGAs.

Batum only played 28 minutes, Kemba only 32. Will be interesting to see how we respond tomorrow.

Post #68 » by **yosemiteben** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 1:22 am

316Hornets wrote:Really worst possible result happened there. A blowout would have given players more rest and allowed the team to actually use plumlee. This team is good at shooting itself in the foot.

Meh, I can respect that they fought back into it. I don't think I would have felt better getting blown out even if that meant less minutes.

bws94 · Post #69 » by **bws94** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 1:29 am

yosemiteben wrote:
316Hornets wrote:Really worst possible result happened there. A blowout would have given players more rest and allowed the team to actually use plumlee. This team is good at shooting itself in the foot.

Meh, I can respect that they fought back into it. I don't think I would have felt better getting blown out even if that meant less minutes.

Runs were impressive. But, too much Snell. Too little Batum and Marv.

Post #70 » by **yosemiteben** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 1:34 am

Cliff lit into the team post-game. Said Weber and Roberts were the only guys who brought effort. Good teams play hard every game, we didn't play hard tonight. Defender was terrible, we played all around terrible. Competitors show up in games like tonight.

Totally disregarded the run at the end of the game as MIL falling asleep but not evidence of us not playing terrible.

TheKingofSting · Post #71 » by **TheKingofSting** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 1:36 am

That Cliff still has a job is mind-boggling.

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Post #72 » by **fatlever** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 2:03 am

yosemiteben wrote:Cliff lit into the team post-game. Said Weber and Roberts were the only guys who brought effort. Good teams play hard every game, we didn't play hard tonight. Defender was terrible, we played all around terrible. Competitors show up in games like tonight.

Totally disregarded the run at the end of the game as MIL falling asleep but not evidence of us not playing terrible.

Part I watched, Lamb was a guy he mentioned as playing hard and having a good game.

Post #73 » by **fatlever** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 2:07 am

Read on Twitter

Post #74 » by **yosemiteben** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 3:22 am

fatlever wrote:
yosemiteben wrote:Cliff lit into the team post-game. Said Weber and Roberts were the only guys who brought effort. Good teams play hard every game, we didn't play hard tonight. Defender was terrible, we played all around terrible. Competitors show up in games like tonight.

Totally disregarded the run at the end of the game as MIL falling asleep but not evidence of us not playing terrible.

Part I watched, Lamb was a guy he mentioned as playing hard and having a good game.

Yeah looks like I heard wrong. Maybe I heard Brian and Weber when he said Lamb and Roberts?

Read on Twitter

Post #75 » by **Diop** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 3:23 am

Read on Twitter

at least the Lamb clan can give Clifford a break today.
On a serious note, could this also be a sign that something is working with the Lamb/Clifford relationship?

c'mon i need a silver lining here, one better than "hey we might get to pick 9th!"

Post #76 » by **JDR720** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 4:14 am

Didn't nic used to be a good defender?

Post #77 » by **Diop** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 4:29 am

fatlever wrote:

Read on Twitter

Read on Twitter

was that all Nic? His man was moving out to the 3pt line, he came in late to help. Sort of half assed it, but I could see why he was out of position

bravor · Post #78 » by **bravor** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 5:49 am

JDR720 wrote:Didn't nic used to be a good defender?

He used to be a good defender (albeit limited against physical players, but good team defender - rarely taken off the ball - at the very least and against guards). He also used to have true shoot averages in the mid 60.

He better work out this summer to fix his game because he regressed everywhere this year except with turnovers (even though he still does too many unforced ones). The most disappointing player of this roster by far, because he has the tools to do much better every game.

Braggins · Post #79 » by **Braggins** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:22 am

bravor wrote:
JDR720 wrote:Didn't nic used to be a good defender?

He used to be a good defender (albeit limited against physical players, but good team defender - rarely taken off the ball - at the very least and against guards). He also used to have true shoot averages in the mid 60.

Don't think hes ever been over .60 in a season hes player at least half the games.

bravor wrote:He better work out this summer to fix his game because he regressed everywhere this year except with turnovers (even though he still does too many unforced ones). The most disappointing player of this roster by far, because he has the tools to do much better every game.

His regression is very troubling to me because it seems at least partially physical, which shouldn't be happening anywhere at his age, and we are on hook for over 20 mil per season for four more years. I almost hope it is a work ethic issue and not just his body actually breaking down abnormally fast, so that its at least possibly fixable. I don't want to imagine what he is going to look like three years from now if this keeps up.

A reduced offensive role should help with his efficiency at least. We really need to find a secondary scorer.

316Hornets · Post #80 » by **316Hornets** » Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:14 am

Braggins wrote:
bravor wrote:
JDR720 wrote:Didn't nic used to be a good defender?

He used to be a good defender (albeit limited against physical players, but good team defender - rarely taken off the ball - at the very least and against guards). He also used to have true shoot averages in the mid 60.

Don't think hes ever been over .60 in a season hes player at least half the games.

bravor wrote:He better work out this summer to fix his game because he regressed everywhere this year except with turnovers (even though he still does too many unforced ones). The most disappointing player of this roster by far, because he has the tools to do much better every game.

His regression is very troubling to me because it seems at least partially physical, which shouldn't be happening anywhere at his age, and we are on hook for over 20 mil per season for four more years. I almost hope it is a work ethic issue and not just his body actually breaking down abnormally fast, so that its at least possibly fixable. I don't want to imagine what he is going to look like three years from now if this keeps up.

A reduced offensive role should help with his efficiency at least. We really need to find a secondary scorer.

Nic has also had to move up a position to guarding sgs this year that could be part of the reason for his below average play. From my perspective, he's seems better at guarding the 3 due to his size and speed. Missing Lee has really hurt this team. Maybe the team will be able to trade over the summer either MKG, Marco, and/or Lamb for a 3&D shooting guard that can start. Or, just trade one of them for picks and sign a guy like JJ Redick. Marco and Lamb just aren't good enough to start and it doesn't help to have both of them filling the same role. MKG can come in off the bench and probably win 6th man if this team added a decent backup pg to team with either Marco or Lamb(whichever we keep)