Did you watch the game on mute? Because bill and matt tend to brain wash you when it comes to battier. Always making lame excuses for him and how good he is and how great of a guy he is. Saying words like capable,intangibles,needs to rest cause kobe tired him. Did he marry bullard daughter or something?
yeah at this point i am with u,we need to be more patient than before,but since there is a big chance for us to get some decent players in exchange of t-mac,we hope our team could do that deal as soon as possible.
I don't think Lowry start over Brooks. Can you imagine the lineup of Lowry + Battier + Ariza + Hayes + Scola? Who can score except Scola? Scola would be doubled all the time.
I can alomost guarantee that if brooks had budinger and landry in the starting lineup vs hayes and battier, this wouldn't even be up for discussion. Brooks is clearly the better player any way you want to slice it. replace brooks with lowry in the starting 5 and the rockets are getting mauled to start the game. now if lowry was playing a transition game like the knicks, he could do what duhon is doing. By the same token, the team would also be losing alot.
We lost this game because of poor shooting. If our team didn't consist of so many offensive duds, we'd win alot more. Yao is not the answer, he is not consistent enough. We need some scorers on this team stat. A couple of extra 3s from the gagillion we missed, and we might've had a closer game. Frustrating.
And no team in the NBA has ever been successful (I'm exaggerating) with a starting lineup consisting of such offensive powerhouses as Hayes and Battier. Battier made his first shot in the 4th quarter? Seriously? We won't beat the Lakers that way, hell, pretty soon we won't even be beating the Thunder or the Grizzlies. And Hayes, I'm not gonna bother looking at the boxscore but I don't even remember him making one shot.
seriously i don't think so,budinger is more depend on the assist from teammates,he can't create his own shot,if u throw budinger with brooks together I promise u chase will totally feel lost~~~~
Anyone wish T-Mac would have gotten those 7 Min. instead of Budinger, Im not at all a T-Mac fan but I do know Matchups play alot in a game like this, and He is a legit 6'8 so He could have actually got some good shots, Maybe got some fouls on Odom going to the hole making Phil sit him down. I just noticed that when we got close to the basket, we couldnt do anything. I know that T-Mac is not the same player anymore but doesnt mean that the lakers wouldnt have respected his abilities.
I wish someone had gotten Ariza's minutes, anybody. He has become a serious offensive liability. Adelman MUST reign him in; this is not a slump, he can't shoot, he can't dribble, he can' handle the ball. Battier and Ariza should not be on the floor at the same time. This team's toughness can overcome Chuck Hayes, it can overcome Battier, but nothing can overcome Ariza, Battier, and Hayes on the floor at the same time.
What's all the crying about? We lost to the best team in the league. We were in the game the whole way. Bynum and Odom's length beat us. We all know height and athleticism are our two weak spots. No matter how hard our guys play, when they are matched up against a team like LA, that is also playing hard, the odds are against us. They competed. LA knows us very well now and they know they have to bring it. We not sneaking up on them anymore. This is what was expected this season from this group. We will lose some close ones due to not having a 'ideal' roster. We got a 6'5 scoring challenged C, and non-athletic PF, and a scoring challenged SF all starting.
Absolutely, the truth! I have been saying the starting lineup is seriously flaw (no genius, lol), and needs some tinkering. You can only ask the bench to rescue the starters so many times.
I couldn't agree more. This is just ridiculous. Not only is Ariza a bad shooter, he is a turnover machine. This is guy is worst than TMac in one leg. Sometimes I wonder why our starting lineup really is our starting lineup. There are only 2 real scoring threats between those 5 players: Brooks and Scola. You can't play well when 3 out 5 players on the floor basically are offensive liabilities. Time and time again, the bench saves their @ss. Based on his prolonged recent performance for the past month or so, Ariza should definitely be on the rading block. Unfortunately, both Adelman and Morey consider him to be some prodigal savior of the future.
This is right...there is a reason the first and third quarters are struggling....Morey tweeted about it last night. It is because of Battriza and Hayes.....we need more offense of a change in the lineup. DD
Adelmans substitutuions are poor. he is slow to to react when a change is needed! Sort of gets stuck in the mud!!
Sounds petty to say this, especially after a loss, but as good as a coach RA is, that right there may be the reason he doesn't have a ring, to-wit: the games within a game. ps. I know somebody will post that Jordan in the 90's and the referees in the early 2000's prevented RA from being a champion, but have we forgotten how wonderfully potent the Trailblazers and Kings were? If you are that good, you will overcome a lot of obstacles, just like the Rockets did in the last game against the Mavs, when the refs threw everything but the kitchen sink.
