Official Whine, Moan, Complain Thread 19/20-CLOSED "WE CHAMPS!"

Yeah. We were rolling before we caught the injury bug.

We will be fine once the team gets back in a rhythm.

 

my concern isn't the pace or record; it's that i didn't expect 6 game losing streaks this year, particularly against marginal competition. teams that aren't terrible find ways to scratch out a single win here and there when things get desperate. the phx game sort of looms large here.

as much as luke was standing up for his guys, i thought he got himself tossed out of frustration last night. the poor communication on defense has been inexcusable pretty much all year long. that should be fixable, but it hasn't proven to be. i don't expect this team to be a top defensive squad, but they shouldn't be, like, the absolute worst in the league.

 

There's a lot of miscommunication going on defense.

Switching that leads to mismatches that leads to someone leaving their man open. The constant switching also looks like it confuses who covers who when there's a rebound. Getting picked off a screen, Moz having to rotate over and the team not rotating effectively to cover everyone.

 

I don't watch every single game, but from the ones I do see, my complaint is that I only see marginal improvement from our young guys, if at all. And I'm not talking about BI (although his shooting has been disappointing). I'm talking about our sophomores and juniors like Randle, Clarkson, Nance Jr.

 

man we stink

 

The winning was misleading....we win riding young/lou.....that wasn't going to last

 

yeah i'm really not liking the development of our young guys (aside from ingram who just needs to start making his shots)

but to me, this is their rookie season (russ, randle, nance) there was no development whatsoever taking place last season with everything pretty much revolving around kobe

 

Is it me or does the team D feel like its even worse than last yr?

 

Its ok to lose with this young team if they're doing things right but other team is that much better but they're not doing much of anything right

 

The problem with this team is one thing and one thing only: FUNDAMENTALS .... Our defensive fundamentals, boxing out, communicating with switches, accountability, and then on offense we stopped moving the ball. Don't get me wrong our young guys are still exciting to watch, however lately we have been playing like last year's Lakers.

 

We haven't won yet in the month of December. We don't win in Philly I'd be surprised if we won one game the rest of the year.

 

We lost to some of the worst teams in the NBA :-(
I don't see a winning column getting "a bump" anytime soon...

 

We need to, have to win next game.

 

Well, I warned guys to be happy and enjoy the early wins we were getting because it wasn't going to be like that all season.

The current streak stinks but it's obvious to me that the injuries killed all the momentum we had out there. We've taken a step back in our development, but I still think we can turn things around and get back on track. We just need a win, period.

We've got to regroup out there, focus on D, and get back to having fun too. I saw sparks of it last night, but consistency was a problem even when we were winning.