Rafer and Rick

rick is a bonehead because?

 

Man we're the only team in the league than can't set up a last shot of the game seriously we have yet to have one game winner and i don't think its rick's fault he can make the best plays in the world but its up to the players to execute it.

 

This was a bonehead post. Finish your thought.

 

because he puts too much faith in rafer and he allows him to make last second plays.

 

Because he lets his players do what they want. He doesn't get on Tmac for goofing off, he doesn't get on Artest for breaking games, and most of all he doesn't mind if Rafer Alston keeps on shooting even if Von Wafer had been shooting lights out. Most coaches love coming out of time outs because they can properly set up a play and score, however out of timeouts we perform exactly the same way. That to me is a sign that Adelman doesn't really do any coaching once the game starts. Apparently he does all his work before and after the game (installs the system, makes a rotation plan etc), then just wants to sit back and enjoy the show during the game. Seriously, when are we trading Rafer Alston's ass out here? How can this guy justify his 7+ million salary? We may not win a ring without a healthy tmac, but we certainly won't get anywhere with Rafer "Brick to my lou" Alston leading this team.

 

topic should be changed to Rafer and Brick

 

i dont understand why the hate for rafer, thats why we dont depend on him late in games. when no one wanted to step up and take the shot, he tried to make something happen. he did the right thing and got fouled, but missed the two freethrows. doesnt make him a bonehead... just not a GO TO GUY

 

Both guys need to realize that when Rafer has the ball at the end of a quarter, half or game, Rafer MUST GIVE THE BALL UP EARLY or the other team will simply cut off his passing lanes and force him to shoot. I don't know how many times at the end of a quarter, Rafer will wait until 7 seconds left before even trying to make a move. By then, it's easy for the other team to force him to shoot because that's EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT! If Rafer is at the point with the ball, the play should start with about 12 seconds left. That's just the way it is when such a poor offensive player has the ball in his hands.

The last 2 plays by Adelman were horrific. On the first one, the Lakers did all they could to make Rafer take the shot and the result was he threw up a garbage shot and was lucky to get the rebound. On the 2nd, I have no idea what Adelman had in mind or what Yao was thinking. Major choke jobs by both guys.

On another play with about a minute left, Rafer had Wafer wide open for a 3 but instead forced it into Yao for a miss. Same song 100th verse.

 

You guy's don't watch the game carefully. The play wasn't design for rafer,The defense took the rockets away from the first option. They denied all the passing lanes.


In order to even get a shot off without having a turnover,Rafer had to do something with the basketball to avoid a shot clock vilation.


You think as hot as von was they were going to just let von have the basketball. Rafer had no choice,Where rafer messed up was at the free throw line.

 

They denied teh ball coming in from out of bounds. They also denied the go to guy wafer.Shot clock was at expense,Rafer had to do something with the rock.

Where rafer messed up was at the free throw line

 

Lol what? He didn't DO the right play-the right play would have been to give it to the minimum wage player having a career night. We didn't have to depend on him for late games-Wafer was there to seal the deal for us. He decided to make us depend on him by taking the shot, missing the shot, missing the free throws then giving it to Yao Ming for the attempted 2 Rafer Alston should be benched in the last 5 minutes of the game, plain and simple. And whoever is the coaching assistant should take over from Adelman last 5 minutes as well. All he does is shake his head anyway, he can do it while the assistant coach sets up plays for the team

 

Phil Jackson teach a lesson for RA how to use your franchise player in the last min

 

at the end of that game i said to myself.....coach, you lost this game!!! yao taking a 2? rafer alston.........this guy makes me very sad that he plays like this for the rockets. 2 free throws? c'mon is that really happened? he missed BOTH free throws? wow i agree with this thread title.....rafer and rick......and ill finish it with.....ARE IDIOTS!!!

 

I emphatically disagree, Rafer's court vision is trash. He had multiple options and made a 'boneheaded' drive to the lane. Rafer is garbage.

 

both of the RAs sucks!!!!

 

Rockets expected Lakers foul and it seems they didn't prepare anything. That's Adelman's fail.

But... the 2 free throws, the last shot by Yao... Oh man, what a team, I want to take it over with sense of humor.

 

Rookify thread potential = 78%

This could go in the game analysis.

DD

 

Teams have been denying go-to players the ball in crunch time since basketball was invented. You aren't supposed to play dead and take what the defense give you. Alston is the freaking point guard, he's supposed to give the ball to the right player at the right time no matter what the defense tries to do. And Rick Adelman as the coach should give Alston the right play so Rox won't end up depending on the one of the most horrible shooters in the team for the most important shot of the game