You can disagree all you want you can't argue that Draymond goes off against Anderson. Green average: 11 pts 7 rebs 7 assists 1st matchup: Anderson plays 30 mins, Green had 9 pts 13 rebs 11 assists 2nd matchup: Anderson plays 24 mins Green had 17 pts 14 rebs 10 assist 3rd matchup: Anderson plays 30 mins Green had 21 pts 7 rebs 7 assist If Draymond does go small ball 5 you stick Capela, Nene, Tucker or Luc on him not freaking Ryan Anderson. All those guys can keep up with Draymond defensively at the 4 or 5 and in Tucker and Luc's case they are also stretch 4s. Draynond is very physical Anderson avoids contact that's why Draymond always goes off against the Rockets.
Don't try to overthink things. We won 65 games in the regular season. We went 4-1 in the first round. We just beat the Jazz in a cakewalk. Good grief. Just sit back and enjoy the games. I think the coach knows what he's doing.
Seriously. Things are going exactly according to plan, as they have pretty much all year, yet everyone is waiting for things to fall apart.
I can argue and I’m gonna. DRaymond at the 5 against Ryan at the 5 is obviously an offensive matchup win. But obviously we prefer him to score and hold the ball over Durant and Steph. But defensively he has to guard deep on the perimeter. That opens up extreme space for harden and cp. The thing is he sticks to tucker in this situation. Standing in the corner but close to the action to rotate. Which means Durant is guarding Ryan 25fy away. None the less either draymond is away from the rim guarding Ryan far out or he is stuck in the corner guarding tucker. Ultimately: space to operate and drive.
Who said anything about benching him? Seems like you guys overreact more than I do. I don't want Green over Gordon, he was terrible for most of the Wolves series just like Gordon. In a game like last night though, it wouldn't hurt to give a guy like Green or Joe a few minutes to see if they can get something going. It shouldn't be that big of a deal.
The thing is there are hardly any dominant coaches left in the playoffs to fear. I think the Zen Master and Pop could beat MDA with their adjustments. Maybe Brad Stevens. Steve Kerr is above average but he relies on the talent of his team. Brett Brown/Lue/Casey/Stevens Kerr/Gentry/MDA/Snyder My jury is out on Brett Brown, dun know much about him. Ok, has Spurs history.
Your entire post has no bearing on reality and is just stuff you are inventing in your head. First of all how is it an offensive match up win when Anderson has been scoring 0 or 2 pts the last 3 of the 4 games he has played? That's just an insult to reality. Why will Draymond stick to somebody who is 0-fer in the playoffs except for one game where he only took 6 shots? GSW's game plan will be to force Anderson to beat them which is what the Spurs did against us last year and how they won without Kawhi and Tony Parker. If we had Tucker or Luc Mbah Amoute last year the Rox beat the Spurs no questions asked. Secondly your "spacing" argument is moot because Gerald Green, Tucker, Joe Johnson and Luc are all spacers. Instead of having Anderson being a defensive liability just play Tucker at Center and Luc at PF, problem solved on both offense and defense.
Nah bro, even when he is hot you don't keep him in unless he is both hot and chucking shots. When he just shoots 4 for 6 in 30 mins you would rather have Luc or Tucker because Anderson's offense doesn't compensate for his horrible D.
I think Ryno playing 30 minutes is a thing of the past. I was thinking 5-7 minutes more than the 10 minutes he's been getting off the bench.
This paragraph has no bearing on reality and is just taking up internet space. Because if draymond is playing small ball 5 against Ryan playing small ball 5 and defending Ryan he will be pulled away from the rim out to the perimeter giving more space for cp3 and harden to operate. It’s a win schematically for us. Not only that if draymond decides to attack Ryan offensively, that is also a win because the ball isn’t in Steph or Durant’s hands. To dismiss Ryan’s entire career in favor of the last 3 of 4 games is an insult on reality. He may not stick to him, and if he doesn’t Ryan is gonna be open from 3. We all hate it when he’s hesitant and you just got to hope he shoots with confidence. If Ryan is hitting his shots and draymond doesn’t stick to him it’s gonna be highly effective for us. [/quote]GSW's game plan will be to force Anderson to beat them which is what the Spurs did against us last year and how they won without Kawhi and Tony Parker. [/quote] Revisionist and inaccurate. They stifled our shots and forced us into mid range shots, which we typically refused leading to late clock contested 3s. Maybe. But that’s why this years team is so much better. That has nothing to do with ryan. Also it’s just speculation [/quote]Secondly your "spacing" argument is moot because Gerald Green, Tucker, Joe Johnson and Luc are all spacers. [/quote] What? Really? None of them are floor spacers. They can hit open shots at an average rate and green can create a shot but not one of them is a floor spacer per se and especially so not of the caliber hat Ryan is. This will happen often as we have seen because we can throw both at the 5. It makes for a much better defense but it’s not as good offensively because you are more likely to sag off luc (especially after injury) and P.J. (especially if he’s not in he corner) than you are Ryan Anderson. There is also an inherent difference in spacing standing at the 3pt line compared to how Ryan stands 3-5 feet behind it. Maybe it only opens up 6 inches if additional space but that additional 6 inches can be a huge difference. On an aside: typically your a decent poster (so I recall) so I don’t understand where this snide attitude and semi disrespectful type of response came from. None the less have a good day
No doubt about that. I hope Ryan will start shooting the ball better off the bench in limited minutes against the Jazz, so he can be used in a similar role against GS, if our guys get to the WCF. I do expect our Rockets to win in 6 games against Utah. Prior to game 1, I felt Houston would win 4-3.
Gordon's defense is underrated and Ryno is a shooter. He needs to shoot to get more confidence back in his shot.
Anderson is a grown ass man, a veteran, and is getting paid 20M a year to shoot open shots. The Rox can't afford to lose games coddling him as every game is vital. It's on him to be a PROFESSIONAL and be aggressive every minute he is on the court. If he lacks confidence then he should spend some of the money he is getting and hire a shrink to help him wtf.
I agree that he is not the greatest Playoff coach but yet he is still a good coach. He worked well with Bzdelik.
been impressed with D'Antoni being blunt and straight to the point on how the team is playing. Remember he said he didn't like how they were playing in the end of the regular season. The players are the ones who have been slack at times thinking the job is done. I think he is a good playoff coach, he gets criticised a lot for not getting a title, but when you think about it, i'm not sure if he has ever lost a series where his team was favourite in
