The main problem is the lack of motion in the offense. He did most of his damage going to the hoop for dunks. If the balls not movin the bigs can sit back and cut that off. Couple that with his knee and now been through most all the teams once and we get what we've been getting from him. A little of this is on him and a lot on the lack of ball movement.
He is being exposed defensively and he gets caught out of position with the reaching and he's getting in foul trouble so to the bench he goes. Dude has to learn to defend or no more flying dunks. Can't dunk from the bench when you in foul trouble. Carl has the worst foul rate on the whole team. Him and Scola have to learn how to reign it in a bit so they can stay on the floor more minutes.
Teams are starting to guard him, and he's not getting the ball as much. He's also just a rookie. At least he doesn't blow point-blank layups.
He's been getting into more foul trouble lately, but you have to admit that at least 2 of the fouls he was called for yesterday were ridiculous.
He's better than this...but i think people were giving him too high of expectations. He's coming off an injury and teams just figured out who the heck he is...he'll figure out how to score with defenses watching him.
For some Bizzare reason Adelman has been playing him with Hayes, and not with Scola, and this limits his effectiveness because teams could care less about guarding Hayes. I would like for Hayes to go back to the bench and be situational only...and get some more of Landry and Scola together. DD
Exactly he is not being involved in the offence which is his strong point for this season. Instead he is being used as fodder in the defensive scheme
weren't you the same guy who criticized tmac on a worse knee injury (a badder bruise than landry) but adelman said landry is just getting back into game shape. he's just back from injury. and he's a rookie. teams are adjusting to him a little bit and he's not responding. he'll improve. this year is just more for experience for landry so he can know what to improve in the offseason.
He need to stay out of foul trouble, he is having the same problem that Scola have at the beginning of the season.
Teams are scouting him. He wasn't going one on one all the time before the injury, he was being set up for dunks and layups. Now opposing teams are actually throwing defenders at him and it's hurt his productivity. You'll see him excel against teams that don't play smart team defense...ala Golden State. Against San Antonio and Boston the dunks aren't there.
Another example of people overrating players on the team. Whether its people talking about who we don't need cuz we got this guy or that guy. Landry is a strong finisher around the rim, but he had a injury history in college and teams don't want to roll off and watch him dive to the basket for dunks. Also, he's a rookie which means peaks and valleys. Plus he's a little hurt. One minute players are the greatest, the next times they're bums and shoutl be traded.
this is a combination of the injury being mental and RA has taken some of his minutes away from him. last game he played just 14 minutes i think, where chuck played 24 min. He is to nice of a talent to only give him 14 minutes, also it is really hard to get in rhythm playing little minutes. Really thnk our losing as of late has been to the rotation that has been happening, but to our coaches defense he is toying around the rotation getting prepared for the playoffs to what will and will not work
Landry was passed over in the draft's first round because of scouting reports on his knee injury. Could those scouting reports be accurate? Could it be that he is one knee bump away from Suraville? Could that switch our hunt for a tall, athletic SG back to finding a TALL, highly athletic PF-C? Inquiring minds want to know.
True this is one thing about Adelman. He will give more minutes to those who produce the most in recent ball games instead of going back to the way his rotation was when we was winning. Now i cant blame him its only fair to give minutes to those who produce lately. Sometimes though its all based on decision making and overall Landry would have been on the bench all season if JVG was coaching.
I highly doubt JVG wouldn't give him playing time, but he's gone so I'm not defending him anymore. One thing's for sure. We would never have such a long stretch of ****ty defense with him. As to Landry, saying the board had high expectations for him was an understatement. I've been saying best case he would be a occasional starter/sixth man.
Rafer/Bobby Shane Tmac Scola Landry we need to see this lineup more and I think Landry's production will increase
I thought about that then again i got to thinking before maybe they want to see what he can do in the playoffs before they ink him.
Landry hasn't shown that he can create for himself. His game was receiving a pass in a dunking position or a spot up mid-range jumper position. That's easy as long as the defense doesn't see you as a serious threat. He made noise, teams get to adjust. Until he demonstrates or is given the freedom to create shots for himself (driving or posting up), I personally think you won't see too much from him outside of hussle plays and offensive putbacks. I love the guy, it's just what I've observed.
