While I mostly agree, the fact is when we move the ball we succeed, and when the movement dies so does our offense for the most part.
I agree that George and DeRozen are not options. I am not sold on Anderson though. His 3 pt % has slipped the last two years and we already have a stretch 4 who can't guard the perimeter. As for Bazemore....he is not as big as Crabbe nor does he shoot as well from deep as Crabbe. Is he a lock up defender? I do like his game, but how much sis he worth and is he really an upgrade.
Have no fear. I'm trying to get tickets to game three so we are assured at least one win in this series@!!!!
This is the key. I've posted many times before that I have no problem with Dame shooting off the pass, or anyone else for that matter. @Natebishop3's comment about Aminu/Harkless isn't applicable when they're being set up with decent ball movement. The ISO-ball and self-focused creating is the problem.
I can't say I was over joyed in the 4th when Dame set up the other players for wide open shots...... and they missed badly. I would rather of had Dame keep the ball and get warmed up again after coming back in after he got his rest. I will say that Terry needs to rethink having the Aminu/Harkless tandem in together in crunch time. Crabbe needed to be in there for one of them. We have to have a third shooter in there, and Crabbe showed against the Clippers he is fearless down the stretch.
CJ went into ISO mode in the 4th qtr and didn't even look at his teammates...he wanted to be the guy who shot us back into the game, over dribbled and threw up bricks...when he got trapped he gave it up to Mason who was just having a terrible butterfingered, ill timed qtr at the worst time. Shit happens...we lost
Well, now that I am a season ticket holder for next season and just purchased the strip for the remainder of the playoffs. We should not lose another game at home!!!!!
There are a lot of opinions being thrown out in this thread that don't agree and align with what the stats are saying. A preference for Lillard to force shots as opposed to Aminu and Harkless shooting wide-open shots is mind boggling. -- Lillard is shooting the 3rd worst 2pt% on the team, above only Roberts and Vonleh. -- Lillard's efg% is far worse than Harkless and Aminu. -- Lillard's 3pt % is indeed better than Harkless and Aminu, but that is due to him hitting an amazing % of open looks (nice!). His forced looks % is horrible. This team is going to live and die by the ability of Harkless, Aminu, Crabbe and Henderson to hit their shots. We absolutely are NOT going to play better by asking Lillard to force more shots rather than continue to find his open teammates.
Well, then we're fucked. I'd personally would rather see Dame try to get going and have a quarter like he did in the 3rd. I guess that's just me.
At this point, we just have our team. We aren't going to change them into consistent shooters over night. But I can say with confidence that, probability-wise, we're better off getting those guys open shots than having Dame force more. If we can find a scheme to get Crabbe in those wide-open positions, I think that would help our chances. However, we need Aminu and Harkless on the court for defensive purposes.
To an extent, that's true. This team's roster isn't optimized for a deep playoff run...it wasn't meant to be, Olshey has said that he didn't expect the team to be in the playoffs. Olshey was in asset-collection mode this off-season. The roster needs to be overhauled again to be well-positioned for playoff success, with players that complement each other better.
Roberts can distribute the ball, but if he can't force the defense to react to him and draw attention off Dame, then GS will just continue to face-guard and deny Lillard the ball. Might be worth a try, but I feel that even though CJ doesn't look to pass, at least he makes the defense collapse, making it harder to face-guard Dame.
This is really one of those times that we could have used Batum. With Nic running the point, we could have run Dame AND CJ off screens and forced Golden State to pick one. I'm not really a Nic fan, but that's one thing we've missed.
Where is this myth that Roberts is a facilitator coming from? His assist% on the year is 18.5% (CJ is 21.6%) and when I watch him play he pretty much only looks for his own shot.
Well, I can't really speak for when he was not on our team, but when we DO play him, he's in there with the bench scrubs. I can imagine why he doesn't pass much. None of them do.
I don't know that anybody claimed Roberts is a "facilitator", but said he can distribute the ball. Which is what I was saying: I don't think he will collect a lot of assists and "facilitate" even though he can bring the ball up the court and pass it (distribute).
Those guys aren't being guarded, when last year everyone was a big enough threat where the defense had to guard them. When Aminu and Plumlee are guarded, nothing good happens. It's actually painful to watch
