[Chron.com] Battier picks AB as Co-Captain, RA blames AB for screwing up on Blake's 3

AB was caught watching the ball and sunk down to low. Adelman is trying to correct something beyond this game. If AB is ball watching we will give up more open shots. We can lose one game... I hate losing to the lakers you have no idea... but correcting the behavior is much more important.

Yes if we made layups we might have already won the game. Adelman can not control that. He can put people in the spots... but if you miss the lay up or dunk it happens.

Yes AB needs to not play 38+ minutes a game. But without Kyle he is going to have to iron man it as Ish is just not ready at least that game.

But all of that is October 26th news.

This is the 27th and we have the warriors to beat tonight.

Redemption comes quickly if we get it done.

Bleed Red Rockets Red

Fierguard.

 

You know what they say, when you are the best player on a team, you are going to get the blame, especially if you screw up on missed assignments.

 

Okay after that stupid statement I will take any negative comment you make about Adelman with a grain of salt.

If you dislike the man just say it. You don't have to lie.

 

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How is that a stupid statement?

Generally speaking, Adelman's out of bounds plays have been garbage. They have such a low success rate. I think I recall like two working...ever

One was the Brooks alley-oop play and the other was the yao turnaround jumper against the blazers.

Can you name anymore?

 

AB did okay, it was the fatigue that got to him. This team tends to unravel in the 2nd half without Mr. Kyle Lowry.

 

This is like the episode of Cheers where Woody, Sam, Carla etc all wanted a raise but instead Rebecca convicned them they wanted a title instead.

 

They seem to have a low success rate because we don't have an obvious go to guy out there. Brooks has been turning into one and towards the end of last season he was doing fairly well at that role.

Also, Martin + Brooks = amazing. When Brooks was forced to play without Martin he was guarded closer and wasn't able to produce the same way.

 

Team defense? THIS team? This looks to be a team that's designed to outscore an opponent, not stop them. With AB running the point, you have a consistent defensive liability due to his lack of size. Lowry is the better defender but the Rockets' guards aren't physical enough to be defensive stoppers. The front line still lacks size and athleticism. When Yao goes out, he takes what size they had on the low post with him. Miller has size but I see him as more of a soft, high post player who lacks speed. I don't think much of Hill as an answer defensively at all. I can see where this team get better defensively as the season rolls along but I can see them having major problems with teams that possess size, physicality and athleticism all through the year.

 

Well, everyone keeps talking about getting back to the defense that made the Rockets of 2008 so great. Obviously, we don't have Artest anymore, and he was a big part of that. But other than him and Landry (who wasn't a great defender), we have a lot of the same pieces.

 

We need to pick up the defense.

 

Lie about what? I like adelman as a coach, but that doesnt mean i have to duck my head in the sand. It seems like larry brown,stan vg,even doc rivers get better looks or design better plays out of bounds. Adelman on the other hand seem to design plays just to get the ball in bounds. Maybe ch or durvasa can check the numbers on that.

 

I just watched that play over and over it did 100% what it was designed to do...get an uncontested backdoor layup for Brooks.

AB blew it though, he cut too late on the baseline, he should have been about 1 foot further away and he could have shot without even dribbling.

It was perfectly designed, and poorly executed by AB.

Adelman is fine....

Some of you need to go check out the other games and how often last second shots work...the answer.....HARDLY ever.....

DD

 

It looked like Blake was going to hit that no matter what. I don't care about that. What I did notice was Brooks taking a few shots instead of giving it to a set Luis.

 

The guy got hot. I didnt see the coach draw up a play to stop him.

 

Someone tell me why Yao can't be captain? Cuz he's Chinese?

 

Draw up a play to stop Steve Blake? That'd be a first.

 

Exactly, you don't need to read it in any blog if you just watch the play on television.

I mean it worked PERFECTLY......AB just got too far under the basket, if he makes his cut about 1 foot shallower, he could have caught it and gone right up for an uncontested layup.

What you are basically saying is that some people on the internet are too stupid to understand how basketball works.

You could not nail it more than that.

DD

 

A hot shooter must be stopped. A good coach draws up defense to negate the hot shooter no matter if his name is Moochie Norris.