McCluess admits to drawing up the play for Doubtlaw AKA the coldest guy on the team!!

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    ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME? THIS GUY IS A CLOWN.
     
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    Re: McCluess admits to drawing up the play for Doubtlaw AKA the coldest guy on the te

    Before that shot, Outlaw was 6-13, 2-3 from downtown. Rudy was 1-4 at that point, 0-1 from downtown. Get over it. It wasn't a bad play.
     
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    Re: McCluess admits to drawing up the play for Doubtlaw AKA the coldest guy on the te

    Never heard of those two people.
     
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    Re: McCluess admits to drawing up the play for Doubtlaw AKA the coldest guy on the te

    Rudy is leading the league in three pt. % in the playoffs.

    Ouch.

    Good call, Nate. Idiot.
     
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    Re: McCluess admits to drawing up the play for Doubtlaw AKA the coldest guy on the te

    Give me a break. If the ball goes in on Outlaw's shot, Nate is looked at as a genius. It's easy to criticize in hindsight.
     
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    Re: McCluess admits to drawing up the play for Doubtlaw AKA the coldest guy on the te

    Yeah, no kidding Nate. You are the worst coach ever. The Rockets had no clue Rudy was a good three point shooter and were going to leave him wide open, but we all heard you in that timeout say "Whatever we do, don't pass the ball to Rudy."

    I love how TNT allowed us to not only hear what Nate was saying during that timeout, but they actually showed up Nate's dry erase board with Rudy on there and his name cleared crossed out. Without that camera work, we couldn't criticize you without looking foolish.
     
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    Re: McCluess admits to drawing up the play for Doubtlaw AKA the coldest guy on the te

    it was a horrible play because it really wasn't a play at all. it was inbounded and he shoots it 3 feet behind the line. once again, no offense from our coach and i'd rather have blake or brandon shooting that. and why couldn't he get a play drawn up to get our best shooter the rock? other coaches do but ours backs down and draws up a play for our 4th best option on the court.
     
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    Re: McCluess admits to drawing up the play for Doubtlaw AKA the coldest guy on the te

    TO should only be shooting from the corners off of spot up shots. That shot tonight looked bad from the second it left his hands.

    Another reason I'm not as enamored with Nate as others on this board.
     
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    Re: McCluess admits to drawing up the play for Doubtlaw AKA the coldest guy on the te

    You know we ended up as the 2nd most efficient offense in the league right? But don't let facts get in the way of a good story.
     
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    Re: McCluess admits to drawing up the play for Doubtlaw AKA the coldest guy on the te

    We also had the 2nd worst road record against WC playoff teams. That's a fact that speaks louder than offensive efficiency in my book. You can't expect to advance to the 2nd round with that horrendous road record against winning teams.
     
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    Re: McCluess admits to drawing up the play for Doubtlaw AKA the coldest guy on the te

    This is a fact that is helped by our insane offensive rebounding. Our offense all year has been the Roy ISO, the pick and pop with LaMarcus, and the Travis ISO when he's a PF. It is very difficult for this to work good in the playoffs.
     
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    Re: McCluess admits to drawing up the play for Doubtlaw AKA the coldest guy on the te

    The thing that's been driving me crazy this series (and contributing to shitty rebound numbers) is how often we're shooting with no one in position to get a rebound. Granted a lot of the time LMA, Outlaw, or Channing play out there but either they need to follow their miss or we need our SF or SG to slide in for an attempt at an offensive rebound. Houston doesn't run AT ALL, there's no excuse for it.

    IF this was the designed play, then why the hell didn't any of our guys break to the hoop to grab an offensive rebound knowing the play was a quick shot for Travis?
     
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    Re: McCluess admits to drawing up the play for Doubtlaw AKA the coldest guy on the te

    Everyone on here has their own array of excuses. I personally think we just don't matchup well against Houston and that will likely cost us the series.

    We've played Houston 7 times now this year and only won 2 contests. I don't think another team has our number like Houston, other than Dallas (to an extent).
     
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    Re: McCluess admits to drawing up the play for Doubtlaw AKA the coldest guy on the te

    Over the last two seasons, Outlaw has been our most clutch shooter. He's hit three game winners and two game tyers (remember the 4 point play in Toronto?). It made sense to go to him. He just missed. That's all. It happens.
     
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    Re: McCluess admits to drawing up the play for Doubtlaw AKA the coldest guy on the te

    Exactly...and I might be willing to say it's an okay play if we have three guys with their asses placed underneath the basket for an offensive rebound, but of course it's one guy on an island down there.
     
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    Re: McCluess admits to drawing up the play for Doubtlaw AKA the coldest guy on the te

    i see with my eyes and they tell me we've gotten alot out of isoing roy and we've gotten alot off of offensive rebounds/put backs. amazing when we go against a good rebounding team like houston, those second chance points disapear and our offense looks like shit. don't let those facts get in the way of your arguments.
     
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    Re: McCluess admits to drawing up the play for Doubtlaw AKA the coldest guy on the te

    yeah I was relieved when I saw outlaw get the ball....Roy is a rockets killer.....
     
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    Re: McCluess admits to drawing up the play for Doubtlaw AKA the coldest guy on the te

    How do you know that was the play? How do you know that the Rockets didn't take away the first couple options?
     
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    Re: McCluess admits to drawing up the play for Doubtlaw AKA the coldest guy on the te

    The play wasn't necessarily a bad one, it got an open shot for a somewhat hot shooter. It was a bad shot, though. If it went in, it would have been a lucky shot, not a good shot... Outlaw needs to be set to make a shot like that, not fading away.
     
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    Re: McCluess admits to drawing up the play for Doubtlaw AKA the coldest guy on the te

    Are you leaving out the other sets we run or are those the only ones you've been able to identify?

    And why do you think our offensive rebounding is so good? Because our offense forces other teams big men to help out, leaving the glass wide open for us to get offensive rebounds. That seems like a good thing to me.
     
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