He's gonna have to do something. You take away LeBron's ridiculous Game 2 winner and this team is down 0-3! Three games played, three games outplayed. Brown doesn't really have the depth to bench Ilgauskas or Varejeo. With Ben Wallace being Captain of the "I Suck Boat", Joe Smith and whoever Darnell Jackson is are their only remaining 4/5's on the playoff roster. I've always been a fan of J.J. Hickson but I suppose even that's not an option.
Coaching has to be fluid though. They have lost alot of games to this team the last 2 yrs, so the mismatches must be in their favor. Coach has to do something to make the matchups better. He should only play either varejo or big z and move sasha in and activate hickson. Whether he likes it or not, if he doesnt do something about the matchups, he's going to be at home and james will be questioning his coaching on the cool.
Agreed on all accounts. Are you allowed to activate Hickson? If so, I didn't know you were allowed to do that -- I thought it only applied to injury related cases. Anyway, at least Hickson has an NBA body with some decent strength and athleticism to boot. He's capable of playing 15-20 minutes against Dwight and that's a small adjustment worth trying. Like I said earlier, I'm just astonished that Ben Wallace is really this worthless. So you have a muscle player like Dwight that likes to bully his way around the basket and overpower/overwhelm everybody with his athleticism -- how do you counter that? CERTAINLY, not with another muscle player that's made a name for himself by backing down from nobody and absolutely owning the key defensively...right?!
mo williams, delonte west, and even ilgauskas just have to hit thier shots. they have to step-up on the offensive end, its that simple. they are shooting HORRIBLY mo williams tonight: 5-16 delonte west tonight: 5-11 ilgauskas tonight: 5-11 game 2: mo williams: 7-21 delonte west: 4-7 (respectable, i guess) ilgauskas: 5-13 game 1: mo williams: 6-19 delonte west: 4-13 ilgauskas: 5-11 that is unacceptable. lebron should not have to drop 50 points a night for this team to be competitive.
Kobe has Odom and Gasol. Odom, if by talents, is a borderline all-star. Gasol is an all-star. LBJ has Mo Williams. Mo Williams was a 2009 all-star, which is a joke. Williams got picked by Stern as a replacement for injuries mainly because the result of the Cavs and LBJ, not Williams' personal performance. The Cavs frontline (4/5 positions) has no real post player and is non-athletic and slow (except Varejeo). That's a main weakness in the Cavs roster. Anyway, Mike Brown should start Szczerbiak/Pavlovic over Delonte West and let West come off bench and give the Cavs' bench some scoring punches. The Cavs bench has been pathetic in this series so far.
I think the funniest flop by Varejeo was in Gm 1. Varejeo probably got a bump from Pietrus shoulder. Then Varejeo just went ahead and flopped to the floor. When no foul was called, Varejeo started to put his hands around his throat as if he choked and that lasted for a whole minute. Probaby, Varejeo was too embrassed to get up on his own since no refs bought his flopping.
Where were you when Cavs win 66 regular season and 8 in a row in playoff? All of sudden nobody in cavs was any good except LBJ. Isn't LBJ supposed to make them better? How can LBJ make them better (and so get the MVP) and now they are bad again? Shouldn't LBJ be hold accountable for something?
EXACTLY Dumb Basketball people and the media will always have an excuse for Lebron.... and i really don't see why? stay original
how can you be accountable when your team is just sucking in this series? lebron should not be the only one that scores? when lebron sits out the offense goes down south. is lebron supposed to put up 50 a night for this team to be competitive?
actually game 2, when he scored the lowest was the game they won. haha but yah man i see your point... So what nobody was b****ing about how bad Lebron's team was in rounds 1 and 2. I just don't get why Lebron has to always get the benefit of the doubt.
i picked the cav in 5 because if mo williams and delonte west had DECENT games then i feel they would run through the magic. even with terrible games by the two they still aren't losing by large margins. so you have to feel good if you're the cavs in that sense but man they HAVE to step-up on the offensive end lebron just needs SOME help imo
i picked Cavs in 5 also. don't get me wrong, what Lebron is doing is insane (excluding his fourth quarter last night). but for real, the rest of his team is playing really bad this series. Gotta give some credit to the magic
Well... that's certainly arrogant. It may come back to haunt them... It seems like he maybe over confident. It might something to bring his team up from though, since they haven't been playing well. I still stand by what I said, I see Orlando going up 3-1, and Orlando taking the series in 6 games.
