Game Debrief: What Went Right And What Went Wrong?

I'm going to ask you directly then. Who are the guys that are supposed to hit those shots? If D'Angelo and Rui aren't playing, where is the 3pt shooting supposed to come from?

So..put WHAT players in position to succeed? Our two best perimeter players,Lebron and Austin? If folks want Max to play more, doesn't he have to knock down open looks too?

That's not coaching

 

Not a single person had concerns about our roster prior to the season. What has changed? Injuries only? Those are excuses. You adjust your game plan to your personnel and play to their strengths. We just don't see that. No team should shoot 4/30 from 3. Was it the defense? Was it not getting open looks? Was it the 24 second clock winding down? Was it the wrong people taking the shots?

Occasional stinkers are understandable, but when you string them together, you have to move to the more obvious issues. The common denominator. What do you feel that is?

 

Ham is not a coach and never was a player unless you consider 2 points a game as a player . Maybe he is good at assistant job like wash a jersey or sweep a floor in a locker room after the game

 

i was on the bucks subreddit a few weeks back and there was a post wondering if ham played a key role in their 2021 finals win. i laughed so hard

 

Giannis said his impact would be missed, so there's that. And they haven't won since he left....

coincidence?

 

I'm starting to wonder if I need to reserve fireham.com like I did with fireluke.com lol

or maybe customize a gif like this with Porky Ham's face:

 

I don't get some of the stuff that Darvin is doing, but he can't make the guys knock down their shots. The uneven offense from Lebron, Austin, D'Angelo, and Rui, this season has been the main issue IMO.

Is it the offense? Idk..AD has blossomed under it, and our best players have been getting good looks.

We were 5 games over 500 , ten games ago. We are 2-8 and Lebron has just been out of sync, in most of them. I expect this to be a temporary thing, but if it lingers, we have plenty of problems.

 

I'm sure no changes will be made through the trade deadline, but if we make moves and are still sucking air, management may be forced to go to a temporary coaching situation to finish the year.

 

Nah..Rob is absolutely going to trade somebody first.

 

oh I agree 100%, but I'm saying if that doesn't trigger improvement, I do think his days are numbered.

 

What went right:
AD's D and basic strong play. That play where AR hit him on the wing and he cruised into the paint and hit the shot was breath-taking.

What went wrong:
I don't have the time to list it all. None of y'all do either. 21 TOs, a lot of 'em just lazy d****** passes. Not a lot of hustle. Lack of crisp passing. We're not moving the ball. We're not hitting shots. Wow. I hate this team right now. I thought they'd come out strong: home for a bunch of games, been playing like crap and need to get back on track. Stunk up the arena. Eff this...

But man o man. Wrong? Something is really wrong. It's obvious. What's with Taurean losing his man, who ends up underneath the basket for the easy bucket? What happened to Taurean's corner 3? What happened to Cam being able to handle the ball without throwing it away? Does anyone have a shred of hope for Hood-Schifino? I don't see anything there. In his mins tonight he didn't look like he belongs in the NBA. Not even close.

FOUR for 30 from 3. After coming home, rest, MIA w/o Jimmy. I think I was wrong: we effing suck and I'm not really sure what needs to be fixed first, but maybe just fire Ham? I mean: why can't you get the team ready to begin games? Our 1st Qs haven't always been lousy, but they've been horrid more often than not.

This was one of the worst performances I've seen in a long time, given the situation. Yea, Lebron is ailing. Yea, Rui and D-Lo are hurt. But a zone defense totally defeated us. How we go so high to win the IST to immediately looking like the Pistons could beat us? WTF happened to us?

 

Please don't have the Pistons on the schedule any time soon. One can only handle so much.

 

Awful showing, painful to see.
There's 0 flow on offense, just passing around in the perimeter, no movement. It's just not working

 

Flow..with who? You face a zone without 2 of your best shooters. Who picks up that slack? Vanderbilt, Reddish, Max or Prince? Lebron scored 12pts against Miami playing Love and Jovic at PF, they scored 25pts. WTF is up with that?

 

If you're not hitting 3s you don't just pack up shop and go home when the team is playing zone against you.

You A) push the tempo and get buckets before they set up. We tried and failed that, too sloppy and the Heat had great activity and their hands were everywhere. B) find ways to get guys an easy bucket or FT (can go hand in hand with point A), because often when a shooter slumps they just need the ball in their hand. The feel. And to see something go in.

We didn't do that.

 

We tried that too. Lebron had the ball in his hands all night. He was the problem, Max and Christian outscored Lebron too. He just had a terrible game.

 

I think Reaves was solid but yeah. We can't have Lebron stink it up like that especially with the lack of offensive talent on the team in the first place.

 

Piss off, Sreaming A.