McHale: We want to try to give Ömer close to Thïrty mpg

Wow. Actually, I definitely like that. I'm just not sure if that will be possible considering our offensive principles. I would also be aiming for that, unless they prove to suck together as having our best players on the court as much as possible is key.

 

A full 15 minutes per game of "Twin Towers". That's a lot. Hopefully McHale can get it to work out. I sure hope Asik then is working on his 15 foot jump shot otherwise things will get kind of tight in the post and allow for few option. I wonder if he'll start Asik. I'm thinking no.

 

I don't like it. That's too much time trying to make one of two centers play PF.

 

I think Dwight started out as a PF

 

Just think of Dwight as Greg Smith. Except. Like better at everything

 

CÖach and MÖrey are just planning to shÖwcase Ö for Asick trade.

 

I think Omer's playing time will be dependent upon whether or not the opposing team's 4 can shoot outside.

 

Not so fast.

On the contrary, I think our success can be defined by how much we make the opponents 4 shoot from the outside. That's what JVG would say.

Bring IT! Beat us from the outside with your stupid stretch 4s

 

They would just double Dwight and sag off of Omer since Asik will be standing close to the rim anyway. Neither can shoot jumpers and both are bad free throw shooters.

On defense, we will have a problem with teams who will use a strech 4. Who will guard the perimeter, Dwight or Omer?

Again, i just don't see how this can work. Unless one of them suddenly develops a decent mid range J. Otherwise, it just presents too many problems on offense. Yes, we will be really good on defense/rim protection and rebouding but someone has to defend the perimeter once the other team uses a small lineup.

My prediction: Omer gets traded during the regular season. To whom? Ryan Anderson, Thaddues Young, or Jeff Green. Of course i would prefer Kevin Love or LMA but that's a bit of a stretch.

 

I was watching a game on youtube recently, Rockets v. Atlanta. Josh Smith was having a great game apparently against the other power forwards and so in the fourth quarter of a tight game McHale had Asik guard Josh Smith. Asik shut him down. Smith dared not go inside; and then Asik with his long arms got enough in the way also of Smith's jump shots. Defensively Asik can hang with most NBA power forward, even the shooters. Against Portland for example Asik guarded LMA almost exclusively, and did a great job.

 

I just hate to see them stoop to this just to get Omer to stay. You would think that he sees the potential in this team to win this year with him on board behind Howard.

 

I didnt know Omer was the GM.

 

Asik isn't any worse an outside shooter than DMo, or Greg Smith, or Tjones, so heck why not?

 

Good one.

 

But that makes Hack-A-Shaq difficult. Which one do you foul. The opposing guards will have to look at the bench...

"This one coach?"
"no. what? this one?"

And btw, if you foul both at the same time its a technical. Yeah, look that **** up.

 

If your coaching philosophy is to put your "best players" into the starting lineup...then yeah, Asik should start. In some of the other threads discussion has revolved around whether a "role player" or a "star player" would fit better into the starting lineup as the power forward. Asik is not the best "fit" at the 4 but he is certainly one of the best players on the roster outside of Harden and Dwight, so...

 

Not so simple. Have you ever considered that part of being a fan is yelling at a Coach for not playing the unproven kids, because "how else will we know until we (the fans) see them play."

Of course, no one said that about Parsons as a rookie. Because Coach knew he could play and played him, before we knew.

weird how that works.

 

This would be a good argument if it weren't for one thing. Neither one of Howard/Asik are PF's. Even better, let me prove to you why this is true.
Look at the majority of early posts and you'll see phrases like "I hope this works" or "We'll see what happens". Even McHale's quote in the title tells you that they are still trying to figure it out. They know that at any time that they are on the floor together, that one fact that neither are a PF will stand out like a sore thumb. Possibly the entire time they are on the floor together.