Re: Hinrich, Our guards just are playing way too selfish right now. That includes Gordon. General sign of bad things to come.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Denny Crane @ Dec 21 2007, 08:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>No, this team is not going to turn around as-is. Like I said, you can't fire the players. If you think we're underachieving, then it's time to change the coach. Gotta love what Gray does for us, in spite of his lack of athleticism. He makes up for it with his bulk, inside game, and particularly his passing.</div> On the radio today, I caught someone talking about how much basketball was about smarts. Nothing, to me, shows basketball IQ as well as passing ability. That's not to say there aren't smart players that don't rack up assists, but I can't think of a team with guys who could pass at every position that sucks.
Hell, I'm impressed we've gotten this thing down to 14 points. We could use a top flight PG out there to get the ball to Gray. Paging Chris Duhon, he's the best at that. Gray gets a board but Smith refuses to hit the floor to collect the ball.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BG7 Lavigne @ Dec 21 2007, 08:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Every post entry pass Hinrich has made this quarter has been god awful. Skiles please put Duhon in!</div> And Gordon is playing so selfish that he's not even bothering. Our guards are just playing like crap.
Okay. The third is half way over before Gray gets his first post feed. Why again? It really is beginning to look like Skiles has lost this team.
Tommy Heinsohn on Gray: "Well, they have nobody that plays with intelligence down there, other than him."
Gray with a very solid post move there over Perkins and KG. Wow. And then he goes up strong to dunk and gets fouled. I liked him from the start and thought he'd stick, but he's exceeding my expectations in a major way.
Another selfish shot by Deng. The shot selection tonight may be some of the worst I can remember in recent years.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (aquaitious @ Dec 21 2007, 08:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Tommy Heinsohn on Gray: "Well, they have nobody that plays with intelligence down there, other than him."</div> I picture Tommy muttering racially insensitive remarks under his breath sometimes. * I know that whole rap on the Celtics is a bunch of garbage, but Tommy Heinsohn is really irritating.
Even though Gray lost his balance the way Garnett went flying backwards could be a preview of the way Gray will be able to abuse the smaller centers in the league.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (such sweet thunder @ Dec 21 2007, 08:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Another selfish shot by Deng. The shot selection tonight may be some of the worst I can remember in recent years.</div> Yeah, I'm an advocate of trading Deng. The guy is selfish as all heck. Gordon, he gets labeled with the "selfish" tag, but he really does pass the ball around a whole bunch. Deng rarely passes the ball, even when he is in a horrible position, and takes a ton of bad shots. Trade Deng for a prolific shooting guard, or a big man, and that would be good for the Bulls. The worst part of Deng's selfishness is that the passes he doesn't make are usually those to guys in great scoring position (since Deng draws the double on those drives).
