1. Roy's D- It's possibly worse than it was his rookie year; quite sad to see this pathetic effort from a guy who had aspirations about becoming an all defense player this season. 2. Aldridge's game - Sac the hell up, please. LaSoftie. ugh. 3. Nate's insistence on his rotations- is this guy fucking blind? he never coaches by feel. NEED MORE ODEN! Amateur. 4. Blake needs to fake an injury and pull himself out, because Nate never will. I blame most of our poor starts on his lack of talent. 5. RUN!!! This team failed to score 100pts against the two of the worst defenses in the NBA. They get ZERO easy baskets.
LaMarshmallow has been mediocre this season. He certainly hasn't played like a player who just signed a $65m extension.
Roy's defensive (lack of) intensity was acceptable when he was the one who had to carry us on offense his first three years - not so much any more.
Nate is playing Roy against SF's a lot this year. He doesn't have the weight or size to match up against players like Rudy Gay.
I can't say I'm pleased with Roy's effort so far this season. He needs to take over games like he has in the past. If other guys are scoring, he is more than capable of being a defensive presence. LMA is and has been soft since he entered the league. Someone needs to say something to the big guy to get him going. He has as much or more potential than Roy and he isn't showing it. Roy had a nice stat line tonight but it really didn't seem like he was that into the game.
One could argue that rather than coasting, like they are now, Roy and Aldridge might have gone extra hard to put up numbers instead of focusing on team play. It's really hard for me to think of the two guys this way because they've been absolutely awesome for this team until now. I thought they'd be different from the other stars in the NBA, but it's sad to see that they aren't.
Way to make assumptions. They look more like players who are starting to become unsure of their role on the team. With other offensive threats emerging, they are deferring more to their teammates. So much so, that when they need to start taking over, they simply can't because they've lost the mindset.
Well Brandon's always really coasted on D outside of crunch time, and in the past it was fine because he did expend a long of energy on offense. But now it is not acceptable any more, especially since it helps put our big time defenders in foul trouble. I try not to judge LaMarcus too much because I think he's poorly utilized.
+ a million. KP just couldn't bear to part with any of his precious "potential" players with all that offensive talent, and if it weren't for some key injuries we'd probably see even more muddling of roles.
Coasting would mean not caring at all, which I think is false. I really think they try, but they just aren't very good defenders. Well Roy anyways, but I expect more from Aldridge. Keep in mind though, defense isn't learned in just 3 seasons. It took James 6 years to learn how to play good proper defense. Same with Carmelo. Same with Kobe.
But if we did that we could end up dropping games to bad teams like the Dubs and Grizz ... better to stay the course and play it safe.
Those two are known for their unbelievably hard workouts during the summer to improve aspects of their game. That's not Roy.
I think it's time to change the starting PG. Blake has had 18 games as a starter, and he still isn't anything to write home about. Hell, even with his career year last year, he's not that good. Instead of fucking up the rotation, and always (and I mean ALWAYS) taking players out at certain times in the game, maybe Nate should get his melon out of his ass and coach by whats happening not what the hallucinations tell him to do. Can anyone seriously tell me more than 2 of our offensive plays?
6 years? Even now James still isn't that great of a defender. But I agree, Roy just isn't a good defender.
consolidate shit and add some IQ (and maybe size)... Blake/Outlaw for Diaw (they save money, maybe), we add some vet IQ, passing, and fire (by playing bayless some) Miller/Bayless Roy/Rudy Webster/Diaw Aldridge/Diaw Oden/Pryzbilla then tell roy to grow the hell up and learn to play with the rest, if he's worth 82 mill he can figure it out.
and aldrdige is a joke. zbo OWNED him tonight. and it wasnt close. gasol killed oden as well just like lopez.
