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[tondi123]

With each passing game I get closer to being okay with trading our star for a bunch of young assets.

In semi-related news. Walker has not been the same since the 60/40 games.

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Its almost like Kemba started reading his press clippings.

[bravor]

To Kemba's credit, he had an ankle (?) injury not so long ago. But he must be frustrated from all the small losses, even though he also played some hero ball at times.
Anyway we are back two years ago when some poeple were hoping for tough players to join this squad after the run in play offs against the Heat.

This is something which is needed, couple of players who can step up defensively, who foul when they have to. With good old school fouls. Hard fouls (i dont mean injuring players, but c'mon..). I can live with a few more technicals, that's much better than seeing all those heads looking down after an avoidable lay up/dunks from a simple dribble/drive or from an off board/dunk.

Lamb's scoring was just an illusion here, as long as other guards torch the team. And you can add all the pf/c with a decent outside shoot. Borrego's play style might work with a good roster, but right now he badly needs to find solutions defensively because this is what is killing this team. Having a second reliable option might just delay the result, as if you can't get any stop in the 4th, well...

[Braggins]

I'm not sure we are any better than last year. You take Parker off this team (who has won a few games by himself this season) and we have one of the worst records in the east. Better enjoy having a legit backup PG on the roster because he gone after this year.

Except that Parker has actually been pretty awful and is one of the players we most need to replace.

-4.5 box +/- (-3.9 on defense), last on defense by -.9 margin and 2nd to last on the team overall

- 1.58 real +/-

-.3 vorp

[yosemiteben]

Pretty sure that 60 point game came after the Jimmy Butler trade.

Crap you're right. Dangit, so that actually helps his case.

[Braggins]

To Kemba's credit, he had an ankle (?) injury not so long ago. But he must be frustrated from all the small losses, even though he also played some hero ball at times.
Anyway we are back two years ago when some poeple were hoping for tough players to join this squad after the run in play offs against the Heat.

This is something which is needed, couple of players who can step up defensively, who foul when they have to. With good old school fouls. Hard fouls (i dont mean injuring players, but c'mon..). I can live with a few more technicals, that's much better than seeing all those heads looking down after an avoidable lay up/dunks from a simple dribble/drive or from an off board/dunk.

Lamb's scoring was just an illusion here, as long as other guards torch the team. And you can add all the pf/c with a decent outside shoot. Borrego's play style might work with a good roster, but right now he badly needs to find solutions defensively because this is what is killing this team. Having a second reliable option might just delay the result, as if you can't get any stop in the 4th, well...

Our 1st and 2nd best perimeter defenders at the guard position are Lamb and Kemba. Let that sink in.

Our 2nd unit back court is Parker/Monk.

The defensive problem was obvious and the front office should have addressed it in the offseason. Signing Parker to be our backup point guard when we were committed to developing Monk was still a bad move.

[tondi123]

I'm not sure we are any better than last year. You take Parker off this team (who has won a few games by himself this season) and we have one of the worst records in the east. Better enjoy having a legit backup PG on the roster because he gone after this year.

Except that Parker has actually been pretty awful and is one of the players we most need to replace.

-4.5 box +/- (-3.9 on defense), 2nd to last on the team
- 1.58 real +/-
-.3 vorp

But he has had a few lights out games this year where he looked like our best, or maybe second best, player. He's definitely been our best backup PG in forever, which is perhaps more of an indictment on the teams ability to fill that role than on him being all that great. Either way, replace him with Graham and we get a lot worse.

[Klomp]

Cant win with Kemba and Lamb going 11 for 35 or whatever it is. Kembas in a slump

Welcome to the Rob Covington Experience

You mean the guy Kemba hung 62 on?

Nope, that was Jimmy Butler, nice try though.....oh and it was only 60, not 62.

[Liver_Pooty]

Welcome to the Rob Covington Experience

You mean the guy Kemba hung 62 on?

Nope, that was Jimmy Butler, nice try though.....oh and it was only 60, not 62.

Already been discussed. Late.

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I have to say, im very surprised that rating isn't lower. I guess every NBA team decided to stop playing defense this season.