You're not right a lot, but you're right now . Basically its the same thing except they used to do it to tracy. The problem is now is they only have 1 triple threat guy and that's brooks. Playing lowry vs the kings minus evans is one thing vs playing him against a legit sg is another. Teams will back off lowry and dare him to shoot aka rafer alston, then we will have this over again. I would think highly about playing chase vs shane. I say that because shane is a standstill player which makes him easy to locate and he's not going to beat people off the dribble. Those are 2 things chase has shown he can do this season. Also, as much as I like chuck, late games, landry should also be in. Again, its like the chase v battier arguments. Landry can face a guy up at the kick out and get to the rim and finish. When u have chuck and shane in the final minutes, you're really asking for a scoring drought.
I agree with both of you guys. especially about Chase needing to get more of Shane's minutes at the 2/3 spots. The more pt he gets the better his defensive instincts become. I mean did you see the block and out of bounds save he did. That is only a tease of what he will be able to do on the defensive side of the ball. His length and vertical are going to allow him to alter and bother shots. Shane needs to be limited to 25 minutes a game and only used during key moments when we need a stop. I love Shane but he is the oldest player on this team at 31 years old and he is being asked to play a pace that is faster then he has ever played his whole basket ball career. We need to tailor his minutes to maximize his remaining strengths. If we cant do that effectively we owe it to him to trade him to a team that can.
Particularly with Landry/Scola vs Hayes, its a matter of offense or defense. I've been wanting to see both Carl and Chuck on the court more often, but Adelman doesn't seem to like that combination for whatever reason. Budinger looks to be a pretty decent defender for a rookie, and offers so much more on offense that I would like him to get more of Battier's minutes.
My coaching style would be just pick a player and tell the team "Here's your go-to guy" Bring some decisiveness into it instead of letting them take months to figure it out on their own, letting it take half a season for someone to emerge. Landry is really showing late game closing material. He's got ability to shoot, face up, and can aggressively attack the rim aerially to draw fouls, then convert. He's simply pouring in buckets and has an "extra gear". Lowry also shows some extra gear, along with the talent. Scola's also a capable, but sometimes he might fumble the ball or get a traveling call, or do too wild a spin. Landry's game is more "compact". Brooks and Scola are gamers but too erratic at times. Ariza can finish well off other's playmaking, but not by giving him the ball to create for himself. Battier and Hayes are simply too limited. Its asking a lot of Budinger, but he's showing he has versatility and catch-and-shoot ability you can count on.
Kyle Lowry is about an inch taller and 40 pounds bigger than Brooks, he'll get beat up driving inside but not to the degree that Brooks will. Lowry also needs to develop somekind of jumpshot. That said, his ballhandling skills are much better than Brooks and his turnovers are fewer but not by much. Lowry should still come off the bench and he needs to close out a fair amount of games this season.
I should also note that he turnovers are different than Brooks'. I'd say a majority of his turnovers are in the fastbreak/transistion not the half-court
we need both guys throughout different point in the game, and i agree that both on the court at the same time presents unique challenges for the defense. as they both become better shooters over their careers, they'll be exciting to watch as a tandem. until then, they both need to rely on their aggressiveness, which i love. they attack, but lowry seems to get more calls - maybe he's better at drawing that contact, or selling the foul, or whatever, but he also seems to get the And 1 to go more often. Also, I think they're both good playmakers, which is why having them both in can be good sometimes. The fact that he's less turnover-prone and a better defender makes him my de facto choice at the end of a close game, but if AB is tearing it up the way we know he can, then play him in or put both of them in. as an aside, it must be fun to mix and match the different combinations we have at our disposal. with lowry, ariza, hayes and battier we have above avg defenders at 4 positions. we can also go all out offensively with scola/landry, DA, Cbud, and AB when we have to.
First off, Brooks has been playing on a bum ankle. I'm confident he'll turn things around soon. Second, Lowry didn't start the season off that great, but man has he come on recently. Third, I'd love to see both of them in at crunch time. I'd like a small lineup of Brooks, Lowry, Ariza, Battier, Landry at the end of some games.
