he always stays on the bench and has no time to play in the court,it's playoff now,that's the reason i think he cannot play WELL
Cook is just too weak to guard Pao Gasol, and his performaces were also far from passive last night. I think James White would even do a better job on Gasol even though he plays SF as his profession.
Let's not blame Cook. Let's blame the decision to play him in the role we are playing him. I don't know if he normally plays like he did yesterday, but he reminded me of the Luther Head of big men There are better alternatives: Artest, Scola at the 4 5 Landry, Scola at the 4 5 Artest, Landry at the 4 5 Artest, Hayes at the 4 5 Landry, Hayes at the 4 5 Scola, Hayes at the 4 5 Whoever, Dorsey at the 4 5
If Hayes could stay out of foul trouble, our best combo is Scola/Hayes at the 4 and 5. If Hayes is in foul trouble, then it should be Scola/Dorsey. If Scola and Hayes are in foul trouble, then it should be Lanrdry/Dorsey. Like I said, Cook is trash and I wish we had another backup C from free agency.....heck, I would take Othella back for some inside muscle!
Geez you guys are acting like we are benching Yao to play Brian Cook. Our big men are injured. We don't have a choice. You think RA likes playing Cook????
I am suprised. He really looked useless. He is really a pretty good shooter from deep so I am suprised he went 0-5. He really played like TRASH. On the defensive end he can't even try to play defense. I tought he is strong. And if he can't make open shots, sorry. Good bye Brian.
I'm not sure why everyone's banging on him. He's not a good player at this point, everyone knows it. But at this point, we really don't have many good options left. Of course Cook's going to get massacred - he's defending one of the best PF/Centers in the league and he's a scrub. He did as well as could be expected. Besides, thanks to him, we have Lowry, and I'm sure everyone's happy with that.