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ClutchFans Game Thread: Mavericks @ Rockets 10/18/2007 (PRESEASON)

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Clutch, Oct 15, 2007.

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Fuse said:

Hayes played great team defense last year... I'm not sure if we were watching the same game. He also did a pretty good job on Okur.
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hayes also did a great job on boozer for the few possessions he was in there. one time i remember he blocked the hell out of boozer when he thought he could post up hayes.

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That's a bunch of good 'one on one' guys, though. What the coach has to do is place players who best 'fit' with one another. Francis/James/Bonzi is a horrible unit to have on the court at the same time, there will be absolutely no ball movement at all and no chemistry. I still think the best fit would be the following:

Starting unit: I would put James in there instead of Rafer, because James' strength is shooting the ball and with Yao/Mac he is a great fit; second unit he's unimpressive.

Second unit: I would put Rafer with this group because he's the ONLY guy that can do a decent job of distributing the ball. If Rafer can run the second unit with T-Mac out (let's be honest, we have only two ball movers on this team, and T-Mac is it on the first unit), they will be much more efficient with the ball and the offense will run smoother.

So I still think that's the way to go. It's not about who's "better", it's all about who fits best with whom.
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I agree... we just need to mix and match with the first team. Inserting all those players at different times in the game with one or two of Yao/T-mac/Battier/Alston will make a huge difference. I'm not saying we should just play that 5-10 unit out there by themselves.

#542 Fuse, Oct 18, 2007
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jlwee said:

That is a very small lineups:

Scola
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Head
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Francis
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What a monster 2nd unit of Bonzi, Francis, James, head, and Chuck is.....other teams should really fear that
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except that four out of those 5 are sg's

#543 DudeWah, Oct 18, 2007
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And 1 from Steve Francis !!!

His new pair of Ante must have given him new spring and strength !!!

#544 pryuen, Oct 18, 2007
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Fuse said:

I agree... we just need to mix and match with the first team. Inserting all those players at different times in the game with one or two of Yao/T-mac/Battier/Alston will make a huge difference. I'm not saying we should just play that 5-10 unit out there by themselves.
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Yeah it's pretty silly that people are focusing on how the entire bench will play at the same time...we're not going to be doing mass line substitutions.

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Bonzi...where have you been man...he's looking good.

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doublehh03 said:

hayes also did a great job on boozer for the few possessions he was in there. one time i remember he blocked the hell out of boozer when he thought he could post up hayes.
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Unfortunately... it was too little too late. We only switched Hayes on Boozer towards the latter parts of the game.

Our second unit is closing the game out as we speak.

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is that Deke in there???

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How good is mike james?. great shot on him. plays great defense. what a player.

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Crazy layup after layup! IM LOVING THIS

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Nice move, Stevie...

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tmac and rafer the only ball movers ?? Under this new system, Scola, Yao, and Bonzi are also ball movers.

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Novak! Novak!

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hamza said:

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What a monster 2nd unit of Bonzi, Francis, James, head, and Chuck is.....other teams should really fear that
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except that four out of those 5 are sg's
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Golden State style. Dallas has trouble against that.

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Look at Francis. That's the right place for him. He'll fly in Houston

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44 points off the bench. james 17, wells 11, francis 7 ARE THE STANDOUTS

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tmac and rafer the only ball movers ?? Under this new system, Scola, Yao, and Bonzi are also ball movers.
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Sorry, bad choice of words. I meant they're the only two guys that can set up the offense; that's what they excel at, especially in the case of Rafer, since that's pretty much his only strength.

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Its always interesting to watch who is perceiving the glue on the ball(im looking at you MJ) and who isnt.

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Anyone would still want to trade for Kobe?

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44 points off the bench. james 17, wells 11, francis 7 ARE THE STANDOUTS
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Last year I did not belive it could ever happen...

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