L. Brown would have this team playing some DEFENSE, and we would be in 1st place in the Atlantic Div. Dalembert's inconsistent play would get him benched in favor of Steven Hunter. Brown would rescue Eric Snow from Cleveland. He would have Korver's fire power coming off the bench, and he would eventually engineer a trade to get a more aggressive, defensive minded fwd to replace C-Webb. Those are my predictions. Did I miss anything?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting wc76er:</div><div class="quote_post">L. Brown would have this team playing some DEFENSE, and we would be in 1st place in the Atlantic Div. Dalembert's inconsistent play would get him benched in favor of Steven Hunter. Brown would rescue Eric Snow from Cleveland. He would have Korver's fire power coming off the bench, and he would eventually engineer a trade to get a more aggressive, defensive minded fwd to replace C-Webb. Those are my predictions. Did I miss anything?</div> If he didn't like Dalembert's production, do you think he'd put Steven "I couldn't grab a rebound if the ball was glued to my hand" Hunter in the game? Hell no. Rescue Snow from Cleveland? Maybe... but he'd throw in a first round pick to get him. Honestly, I think he'd either start Ollie (doubtful) or keep AI at the point. But he'd use AI as a two guard more than Cheeks does now. That defensive minded forward would be a Tyrone Hill... this team is not built for LB, and he'd go crazy with this roster, in my opinion. The only guys he'd like are AI, Iggy, Ollie and probably Shav.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting BigMo763:</div><div class="quote_post">If he didn't like Dalembert's production, do you think he'd put Steven "I couldn't grab a rebound if the ball was glued to my hand" Hunter in the game? Hell no. Rescue Snow from Cleveland? Maybe... but he'd throw in a first round pick to get him. Honestly, I think he'd either start Ollie (doubtful) or keep AI at the point. But he'd use AI as a two guard more than Cheeks does now. That defensive minded forward would be a Tyrone Hill... this team is not built for LB, and he'd go crazy with this roster, in my opinion. The only guys he'd like are AI, Iggy, Ollie and probably Shav.</div> He would bench Sammy to make a point. Hunter would be used as a pawn. Snow isn't worth a 1st rd pk. But my point for posting this thread is that why don't we copy Larry Brown's model especially if this team wants to win a championship with Iverson? It's frustrating to watch AI have to go out like this. And you know what's going to end up happening? He will be traded. We already saw how productive we were when we had a defensive minded team like in '00 and '01. Don't get me wrong, I was just as excited when I heard we landed Webber, but I knew he wasn't going to make a difference for us. sorry, just venting.
You want to know why we don't use Larry Brown's style? Well, we are trying to use his defensive schemes... Mo just isn't the same coach Brown is. If it were possible to implement schemes without a problem, half the teams in the league would be much better than they are now. Also, you need the right personnel, and currently we don't have that. If we didn't have CWebb, I'd be willing to just go all out and play like Phoenix every night.
