Mulhollanddrive wrote:Imagine if Bridges was no.1 pick and had 5 points, 2 rebounds.
Why? He wasn't the number one pick. He didn't have a good game by his standards, but it was mostly the bench that laid out a big fat stinker tonight.
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Mulhollanddrive wrote:Imagine if Bridges was no.1 pick and had 5 points, 2 rebounds.
Mulhollanddrive wrote:Imagine if Bridges was no.1 pick and had 5 points, 2 rebounds.
lilfishi22 wrote:More than ever....we are in the championship or bust endgame
Mulhollanddrive wrote:Is this the beginning of Ayton in a Big 3?
They had 69 points, 22 rebounds, 14 assists, 5 steals.
Okeke had to shoot 100% and score 17 points for them to win by 1, just a 1 in a 1000 chance.
lilfishi22 wrote:More than ever....we are in the championship or bust endgame
lonea wrote:it's 1st quarter, the nets can comeback anytimeGorilla Warfare wrote:Not a good look when you lose to one of the worst teams in the NBA then flip over to ESPN and see the Jazz are boat racing the Nets.
lilfishi22 wrote:More than ever....we are in the championship or bust endgame
lilfishi22 wrote:Talking about the Nets, didn't this Alize Johnson guy get discussed on this board not too long ago?
He had a great game for the Nets
Jdiddy701 wrote:Orlando is tough man. Don’t be fooled by their record, they’ve been depleted all season. Evan Fournier is a freaking stud, so underrated. Also, Vuc is one tough dude to guard. Sucks we lost but can’t with them all.
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bwgood77 wrote:lilfishi22 wrote:Talking about the Nets, didn't this Alize Johnson guy get discussed on this board not too long ago?
He had a great game for the Nets
Yes, he was the most impressive big in the G league a number of teams were after. I was hoping we signed him with our open spot, at least to a 10 day to see what he looked like. Figures he goes to the Nets.
Revived wrote:bwgood77 wrote:lilfishi22 wrote:Talking about the Nets, didn't this Alize Johnson guy get discussed on this board not too long ago?
He had a great game for the Nets
Yes, he was the most impressive big in the G league a number of teams were after. I was hoping we signed him with our open spot, at least to a 10 day to see what he looked like. Figures he goes to the Nets.
Is he really a big though? Size wise he’s about the same as Bridges and Craig.
bwgood77 wrote:Revived wrote:bwgood77 wrote:
Yes, he was the most impressive big in the G league a number of teams were after. I was hoping we signed him with our open spot, at least to a 10 day to see what he looked like. Figures he goes to the Nets.
Is he really a big though? Size wise he’s about the same as Bridges and Craig.
He's listed at 6'9, and averaged 13.5 rpg in the G league, along with 4.3 apg.
Maybe he's not a big, but he can rebound, at least in the G league...and in college he averaged like 11.
Revived wrote:
This is a tough shot by Fournier and credit it to him.
But what the hell is Booker doing on this play? He tries to help but he’s in no position to even contest or draw a charge. He actually fouls Fournier and the refs probably would’ve called it if the shot missed. But more importantly, if Ayton’s contest worked and Fournier missed the shot then Booker’s man would’ve simply dunked it back in.
Booker’s individual defense isn’t awful, he tries hard enough to where it’s only slightly below average at this point. But his team defense is atrocious imo because he lacks any type of IQ for that end.
We all get on Ayton when he screws up and even though Booker got lucky and Fournier’s shot went in, he should still get heat for basically leaving his man wide open under the rim and not even contesting or stopping Fournier in any type of way.
lilfishi22 wrote:More than ever....we are in the championship or bust endgame
bwgood77 wrote:Revived wrote:
This is a tough shot by Fournier and credit it to him.
But what the hell is Booker doing on this play? He tries to help but he’s in no position to even contest or draw a charge. He actually fouls Fournier and the refs probably would’ve called it if the shot missed. But more importantly, if Ayton’s contest worked and Fournier missed the shot then Booker’s man would’ve simply dunked it back in.
Booker’s individual defense isn’t awful, he tries hard enough to where it’s only slightly below average at this point. But his team defense is atrocious imo because he lacks any type of IQ for that end.
We all get on Ayton when he screws up and even though Booker got lucky and Fournier’s shot went in, he should still get heat for basically leaving his man wide open under the rim and not even contesting or stopping Fournier in any type of way.
Looks like Book was kind of trying to box out. I'm not sure what he could have done. I mentioned Bridges earlier but that was a nice pick on him and Ayton played the switch and kept with him and contested about as good as you could have asked for.
And we still had an opportunity at the end, but fell short...Orlando played tough D on that last possession and the previous inbound though.
lilfishi22 wrote:More than ever....we are in the championship or bust endgame
lilfishi22 wrote:bwgood77 wrote:Revived wrote:
This is a tough shot by Fournier and credit it to him.
But what the hell is Booker doing on this play? He tries to help but he’s in no position to even contest or draw a charge. He actually fouls Fournier and the refs probably would’ve called it if the shot missed. But more importantly, if Ayton’s contest worked and Fournier missed the shot then Booker’s man would’ve simply dunked it back in.
Booker’s individual defense isn’t awful, he tries hard enough to where it’s only slightly below average at this point. But his team defense is atrocious imo because he lacks any type of IQ for that end.
We all get on Ayton when he screws up and even though Booker got lucky and Fournier’s shot went in, he should still get heat for basically leaving his man wide open under the rim and not even contesting or stopping Fournier in any type of way.
Looks like Book was kind of trying to box out. I'm not sure what he could have done. I mentioned Bridges earlier but that was a nice pick on him and Ayton played the switch and kept with him and contested about as good as you could have asked for.
And we still had an opportunity at the end, but fell short...Orlando played tough D on that last possession and the previous inbound though.
I think Bridges did the right thing staying with the shooter. Had he fell back to the paint to help and was successful in shutting down the drive, Vuc would've been wide open.
I dunno, in games like this I feel like there were collectively small mistakes in that last play and full credit to Fournier for hitting that tough contested layup but against a 15-win team like the Magic, we lost because we allowed them to stay in the game throughout and that gave them an opportunity to win.
Bad teams like this need to be put down early because in the clutch, any NBA team could hit a tough shot to win it but good teams don't let bad teams get that opportunity.
bwgood77 wrote:Revived wrote:bwgood77 wrote:
Yes, he was the most impressive big in the G league a number of teams were after. I was hoping we signed him with our open spot, at least to a 10 day to see what he looked like. Figures he goes to the Nets.
Is he really a big though? Size wise he’s about the same as Bridges and Craig.
He's listed at 6'9, and averaged 13.5 rpg in the G league, along with 4.3 apg.
Maybe he's not a big, but he can rebound, at least in the G league...and in college he averaged like 11.
Mulhollanddrive wrote:We made 3 field goals in the last 7 minutes when up 100-96.