NBA is all about match up, but all match up are relative. Why superstar is a superstar? Because he causes the match up problem for most teams. If you can abuse your defender, then you can hold the ball and do whatever you want. You either score or draw the double team which opens your teammates. That's why most superstar demands the ball. However if you cannot gain the advantage, you should not hold the ball. Otherwise you stopped the ball movement and became a ball hogger. That's why a star player not in the good shape often becomes cancer in a team. What is the cure? As I said, all match up are relative. There are very few players in the League who can always abuse the defender anyway. As you are holding the ball and stand there, you may not have the advantage. But you still can cause match up problem when you move, because of your speed, your strength or your length. A great player must be a smart player at first. To be specific, Ron and Tracy are not always gain advantage now. If in a game they do, they should expose it to the extreme. It will greatly lift their confidence (as Ron in Utah game). If in a game they do not, they should encourage the ball movement and trust their teammates. They still can gain the advantage lately. It's all about smart and trust.
i don't ever see ron abuse his defender, he takes really hard shots. he makes that jumper often, but it is not an easy shot and it is defended damn well. he doesn't even get easy layups, we CAN win without him, but if we could get a more athletic scorer i would be okay with letting him go...i mean we do have von wafer, maybe he should just play more.
being a mis-match is one thing, how to take advantage of that is another. yao is always a mis-match just because of his sheer size (plus his post moves and shooting touch). every coach will try to take big advantage of that. and that's what jvg and adelman have tried to do. mcgrady used to be a mis-match most of the time due to his talent and length. but now we see this mis-match less and less often due to his losing of physical abilities. ron could be a mis-match at times due to his strength and physicality. but he obviously doesn't know how to take advantages of it often times.
Ron sometimes did abuse his defender. Remember last season against us? Remember Utah game, the double overtime? Wafer has potential, I project he may reach rudy gay level, if he keep his confidence. But he is not enough for the team to compete now.
What is ironic is we got Ron for offense, not defense. We were already good on defense, but needed someone to create his own shot etc. As it turns out, we have players having career years (Wafer, Brooks, Scola), and dont need Ron to put the ball in the basket as much. What we need from him now is just defense and rebounding, and every now and then, a few baskets. He'll need to play like a bruce bowen for this team. If we're to go deep this year, Artest should just <b>not </b> worry about his offense at all. Do what he does best. D. Shut out others, get steals, get fast break points.
That's the problem, when he does abuse them and go ISO the rest of the players stand around which cuts the flow of the offense. What we should really do is use him as a 6th player or the main focus on the 2nd unit so because he is capable of carrying the offense himself.
Allstar puts up good numbers to help team win games but superstar takes over in clutch no matter who is on them. "It's all about putting the ball in the basket [in the fourth]" cough cough kobe bryant
Okay, let's match up our big three with the Wizard of Oz characters. Lion (no courage) Scarecrow (no brain) Tinman (no heart) I'd say TMac = tinman (no heart) Artest = scarecrow (no brain) Yao = lion (no courage)
Big Three?What big three? Rafer,Yao,Wafer?or Scola,Yao,Battier?I don't think T-Mac and Ron deserve the Big Three spot given the performance they put up the past 2 games.They didn't try to fit into the offense,instead they killed the motion offense every time they held the ball. No cure if they can't get their heads straight.They ain't thinking straight right now,maybe Rick should use his voodoo power to control these two guys on the floor.
HERE IS THE CURE!!!!! Since All-Star Weekend is in Phoenix I say Artest and McGrady travels with Yao to support him. While there I say All 3 of them go and visit the Suns' medical staff . Look what they did with Shaq and Grant HIll. Make wonders happen plz!!!!!
It makes some sense temporarily, but eventually we need our Big Three. NBA game is all about stars. This is especially true in the playoff. As an example, Ginobili is clearly in the Spurs big three, but he only averages ten shooting attempts a game. Being smart and trust your teammates, that's the real cure.
100% im a big t mac fan, u can tell by my name.. but adelman deserves players that are gonna run his offense and do it the right way.. mac and artest should seek another team that best fits them and let adelman finally get a ring with yao as the centerpiece
The BIG THREE concept has only really worked last year. Historically, teams had always fared better with a BIG TWO with very SOLID role players. Just think back to the Lakers (Shaq & Kobe), the Rockets (Hakeem & Drexler, the Bulls (Jordan & Pippen). The Rox themselves should've learned from the Hakeem, Barkley, Pippen experiment. We can easily get 2 SOLID 2nd-tier players for EITHER McGreedy or Artest. I would lean towards Artest cuz he plays both sides of the ball. A wise man once said: Too many chiefs, not enough Indians...
