Would Rudy T go with a small lineup during crunch time ?

When Mo starts learning the word REBOUND, then i'll think about that.

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Oh and think of this. Williams guarding Duncan? Garnett? Wallace? i dont think so!

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I guess you failed to read his post or watch many games last season. Walt played PF for VERY long stretches of those games we won at the end of the season over the likes of Portland and Utah. That being said, I don't think we'll see much of that lineup this year. IF you play small like that, it is a MUST to have a shotblocking force at center to go along with the smaller forwards. (Hakeem or Cato) Crunch time you'll most likely have Steve at the 1, Cat at the 2, Shandon at the 3, Taylor at the 4, and Dream at the 5. Basically our starting lineup with Cat inserted for Walt. I don't think we'll be seeing much of Walt at PF this year.


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"Taylor's rebounding average has increased every year. So I think he can average more than 6.5 rebounds next year. "


That is still not very impressive for a starting power forward.



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Yes, but he is also one of the main reasons we lost 48 games.

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DJ,

I completely agree...

IMO, if Rudy does the small lineup at crunch time to get his best scorers on the floor, Cato will sit. Mo will be the 5th player, and that is our best offensive team, no doubt. Note: often last year KT played with the fab four, even in the 4th quarter. So, I expect to see Mo and Fab Fo, often.

How about let's change the question slightly to ask: when can't Rudy go with the Mo Fo lineup.

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[This message has been edited by heypartner (edited September 16, 2000).]

 

Walt played the 4 because we had noone else. It was Bullard or a slumping KT, or Walt. So Rudy went with Walt. This year we have a quality 4 who can also shoot, so look for this to be our lineup at the end of the game:

C Cato or Dream
PF Taylor
SF Anderson
SG Mobley
PG Francis

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What was the question?

If the question was along the lines of 'should we use a 4-guard set', then the answer is "yes, when we can make good on at least one mismatch'.

Will Rudy use that in the future?

Yes.

The real question here is how fast and how long/hard can Mo run. Can he keep up with the run 'n gun offense? Speed & endurance...

If he fits in there, then I'd like to see what that 4-guard offense can do.

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I agree with treeman. I also think Taylor can handle the fast pace. Should be fun.

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A reason we ran it a LOT last season is that we had a severe lack of big men due to injuries.

Of course that's not to say that Rudy won't go with it again! Defensively the Rockets play quite simply. They double down on the big man trying to take advantage of the mismatch and see if the outside shooter can beat them!
And down the other end the Rockets MUST have a mismatch there somewhere!!

Beautiful in it's simplicity, yet hard to figure out just how to beat.

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We never had that lineup heypartner, at least at crunch time.

I guarantee it

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sure we did...but I never really said anything about crunch time, only the 4th quarter. In fact, I saw Bullard out there once with the Fab Fo in the 4th quarter. I wouldn't make something like that up. Miller rarely ever played the 4th quarter, Cato never played all of it, and Dream sat April. Who does that leave but Kenny Thomas.

NewGuy, you won't get any argument from me to never do that again. But, back to topic. Will we do it with Mo?

 

This lineup was common in the 4th quarter:

KT
Walt
CM
SA
SF

Now we have Mo to put in there as the 5th player. I expect great things from the Mo Fab Fo. Mo will be able to abuse most all centers in the league, to the point they will have to go with a small line-up as well.

Guarding Walt through a bunch of double picks is not a pleasant thing for a PF to be doing. Few of them are used to running around like that, and it hurts their offense.

I am not making this up. That is exactly the reason Rudy gave for starting Bullard at the 4. He said, if I am going to have to go with Bullard because of injuries, I am going to feature him with Francis and run the opposing PF to death. If it doesn't work, you'll know within minutes, and you go traditional.

I feel we should and will practice DJs lineup with Walt and Mo and make it a scoring threat. I think DJs lineup can work in key moments of the game against any opponent, and a lot against many opponents.

Here's another way to look at it: the mere threat of the Mo Fab Fo lineup can get opposing coaches to spend precious practice time on something other than stopping Francis. And that is always a good thing.

[This message has been edited by heypartner (edited September 17, 2000).]

 

u have to have maurice in there. the west has a bunch of big power forwards and walt cant defend them

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I've definitely seen Bullard out there with the "Fab Fo". I remember it because I was thinking to myself, "ok, Bulls in, we're going to need to help him on D, now who's our big man backup.... oh my!!"

Not sure if I saw it in the 4th or in the 2nd quarter though....

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