We have lost 6 in a row now. I understand 3 were without Hill, but even with Hill back(game tonight against the Clips) our rookies post up 51 pts, but they get no support. There's no excuse for us to lose this game tonight with Dwight putting up 29 and 12 and Jameer with 22. Dwight was 14-17 from the field. We really need people to step up as our veterans. Our 2 leading scorers on the season combined for 34. Johnny Davis needs to go big time.
What's wrong you ask? Firstly, I think its lack of defense, shooting over .500 while only having 7 TO (D12 had 5) and not winning, are you kidding me? <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">"I played OK, but it was still a loss," Howard said. "Elton Brand got a lot of key rebounds and I blame that on me. I really don't care how I do on offense, I have to control my guy on defense."</div> http://www.nba.com/games/20050316/ORLLAC/recap.html Also, while Francis had 10 Assists, he was only 4-17 from the field, he had some bad shooting nights lately. And in addition, there was no sparc coming off of the bench. The first person to blame is always the coach, and yes I agree with you, he needs to go. Also there needs to be done some changes in the offseason. With Nelson and D12 we have a great future but I think some of the other players need to go. First of all, Francis needs to be traded for a real SG. We need to stick with Hill.
I think, unless we get like Ray Allen, we should keep Steve Francis, he has had some bad games but in honesty you cant say they are why we are losing. Hedo had a terrible night vs the Clips and I'd say the only thing that has been running through these loss's is no spark off the bench. Hedo doesnt count as much as he is a 6th starter in my mind, and he gets in the game early usually and doesnt look like a bench player. Any way Davis is gone, lets see how we do without him. My prediction is more ball to Dwight, and more involvement off the bench. Davis I dont think had good player recognition, didnt go to hot players that much or would go with a game plan he created rather than use say hedo and PG to start raining in 3's if we needed something desperate. Ne way lets see now - problem numero uno is gone - Davis
Yes, Davis is gone, but do we get a coach that can do better than him? I hope. Francis needs to go, and we don't need anyone of the likes of Ray Allen. In order to develop our young guys we don't need another player who needs the ball as much as Francis but someone who can defend. But lets wait for our new coach and how he runs this team.
Also, while Francis had 10 Assists, he was only 4-17 from the field, he had some bad shooting nights lately. And in addition, there was no sparc coming off of the bench. The first person to blame is always the coach, and yes I agree with you, he needs to go. Also there needs to be done some changes in the offseason. With Nelson and D12 we have a great future but I think some of the other players need to go. First of all, Francis needs to be traded for a real SG. We need to stick with Hill.[/QUOTE] You guys shouldn't blame anybody but your General manager. He's the reason why orlando is playing badly and steve francis poor performance. why would he break a good combo, like trading mobley a good offensive player for a defensive player christi who rarely score. Orlando was doing good and it was my fav team to watch until that trade happened. It didn't make steve happy and it's evidence to his poor play lately. you guys shouldn't boo tracy, u should boo that ainge guy ur GM. he seem to make poor judgment and desicions. Look at what christi has done now and mobley in sacrmento. He didn't do much for you guys and rarely starts,and now he's is injured. Mobley is doing alot more now in sacremento. oh well
If you didn't notice, but this combo of Francis and Mobley didn't really play that well before that trade. And also this combo really slowed down the development of our young guys, just look at how Nelson and D12 are now playing, especially Nelson. This would have never happend if Cuttino hadn't been traded. Christie was perhaps a bad choice to get for Mobley, but we needed some defense, having 4 guys in the starting lineup who can score 20 points on any given night, and 1 coming off of the bench but hardly play defense isn't always the perfect way to play basketball except of course if you've got Steve Nash at PG. The team started to slow down way before this trade, hell we had a big start with 13-6 but have you recognised that since then we cooled down a lot, and only showed in a few games the potential of this team. Believe me, if Mobley was still here, it would be not much different.
