I think This last 2minute defeat was more on JVG than anyone. Yao, TMac and Battier got us back from that 16 points deficit. We even took a lead with 7 minutes to go if I am right. But JVG got totally outcoached after that. All our players were clustering the paint, which is typical in JVG's end-of-match defensive gameplan if you know it. Sure Sloan knew it so his gameplan lead Deron dished Okur to shoot 5 open 3s in last 3 minutes, making 2 of them and getting all those long rebounds! This is called OUTCOACHED! We got killed not by JVG's coaching, plain and simple.
You guys are absolutely right about this. If Yao played Okur, no way Okur could attack the basket the way Boozer can. Yao playing Okur would make more sense. The argument against that would be the inside defensive presence. Yao has never been a tremendous shot blocker and many guards who go into the paint often drive right past him anyways because he's too slow to pick them up. Also, that would save Yao the energy to focus on his best attribute which is offense. You cannot have a slow 7'5" center guarding a quick talented PF. It's like asking a Linebacker to cover a WR, not going to happen and just waiting for disaster.
They are a weak JUMP shooting team, they shoot a high percentage due to all the PnR and back cuts for easy layups. They have guys on their team in the starting lineup that are not good jump shooters from distance, play a 2-3 matchup zone, and never let Okur free.... Force them to beat you over the top, at least part of the time. JVG should be throwing TONS of new wrinkles over a 7 game series, but he did NOTHING....no trapping of the PG on the PnR......no backing off the screener and bringing in a weakside help defender on the PnR. Nothing. JVG sucks ! DD
Not from distance they aren't........ Hell funnel the ball to Kirlenko, make him be the shooter.....do like other team's do to us when they force Rafer to be the open man. DD
JVG's play book is so boring and predictable, there is nothing new in his roster move and offense. Defense do win the Championship, but JVG's DEF is not leading to Rocket to anywhere...
for real yao is SEVERELY limited athletically by his body structure. it's nothing he can control, but either way he's limited
It seems I agree with you a lot lately. Still, I agree with you. I am not a JVG hater; in fact, I love some of his coaching and some of his qualities. However, I do think it is the time for him to go! JVG had developed Yao’s low post skills, now it is time for another coach to utilizing Yao’s other skills.
Kirilenko is just one player, but even if he gains confidence he'll start hitting outside shots. Look at thier lineup: Fisher, Williams, Okur, even Boozer will step out to about 17 feet and hit.
Both Tmac and Yao did not step up. Maybe it's time to make a decision: either we fire JVG which I think will only make things slightly better, or we send one of the Duo away, or even both. But presently I don't any of these would happen. The Management just doesn't have the Heart. The only consolation is that thank God I am not a Mavs fan
But better they shoot 17 footers than layups at the rim, right? And you can contest the shot in a zone defense as well. You just have to mix it up in a 7 game series, you can't let the enemy get comfortable with what you are doing. JVG never made an adjustment and that is inexcusable and unprofessional. DD
I' am not trying to make excuses for JVG. I think he could have made some adjustments. I' am just responding to you post in which you say that Utah is a weak jump shooting team. Which I still disagree.
Well, you play a zone and they are going to get layups, as well as open jumpers. Again, good passing, cutting and good jump shooters will pretty much destroy a zone. A basketball expert like yourself should know this. Our D was good enough to beat them. We closed well on their shooters. Yes, we did give up alot of back cut layups, but thats going to happen. We lost this series on rebounding and Boozer ISOs on Yao.
For people who are defending JVG, Please enlighten me on what adjustment did JVG do in this series? (on both offensive and defensive ends) I am sure I can't remember any!
What adjustments did Sloan make? None. His team executed their plan better. They beat their plan into the ground even when it lost them Games 1 and Games 2. They kept running their same offense and doing the same things on defense. They didn't change any matchups (besides putting Kirilenko on T-Mac more). Not excusing JVG. Just pointing out that IMO, it comes down to execution of your team's bread & butter, rather than adjustments, unless you are just getting clearly beat by a certain scheme or matchup. JVG could have made an adjustment on Yao v. Boozer, but honestly, he probably would have had to bench Yao because Boozer is probably Yao's best matchup on D (and I say that with a straight face knowing Boozer murdered Yao almost the whole series). Besides that, I didn't see a scheme or matchup where we were clearly being beaten.
Are you sure about it? It's not really that difficult to find it out, right? Boozer joined the NBA one year earlier tsunami starting watching NBA games
