Expecting Brandon to go 1 on 5 for the rest of the game is not what I call an offense! Do any of you?
I agree...I don't think it is a weakness. Just as I don't think it is a weakness that McMillan doesn't necessarily make a substitution when the other team goes on a run. You make a substitution when there is a particular reason to change personnel...not because you just want to "shake things up" and hope randomness turns things around.
I'm not against Phil coming here at all. I for one would be insanely happy. I like the accountability part personally.
Exactly. All a good coach needs is the proper personnel in place so they can make in game adjustments as necessary. Do any of you remember when Phil Jackson was calling out Andre Bynum and Pau Gasol for playing soft? He did the same with Kwame Brown. I would give my left nut for a coach to do that with Aldridge. It wasn't that long ago that Pau Gasol was viewed much in the same way as Aldridge.
I might be wrong, and maybe Huevon or Mamba can chime in here, but I think with a lot of the posting Laker fan base, they still view Gasol as soft.
No we don't, because he defended Dwight Howard well in the Finals (biggest reason) and had a great title run. After 2008 yeah we did think that to a degree though. But Pau lives in the paint now and took care of his business in the post-season. Bynum is soft because of his injuries though.
Yeah some people tried to blame Pau for our struggles against OKC, that couldn't be further from the truth. Our perimeter players are the ones showing their age and also banged up.
