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

Can't be said enough how bad we need a backup C. Brandan Wright, bring back Tarik Black, hell just get someone who can rim protect and dunk.

Kuzma at C is something Byron would do...

 

DId anyone else notice the defensive butter fingers? There were multiple occasions where we jumped a passing lane beautifully but bobbled the ball right back to Portland. Same thing with some defensive rebounds. We boxed out and got hands on the ball but fumbled it.

 

How can our front office and basketball talent evaluators choose Frick and Frack



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At the very, very least Brook should have been here and McGee and Him sold on the "team" mantra with starting and minutes determined by matchups and size of opponents' front lines. Horrible decision. Negates so much good the scouts do. And so much easier to evaluate guys who are already in the f****** league with track records.

 

really poor defensive effort (except Mcgee)
dont box out
stagnant offense when they cant get on the break

 

As bad as the 3 pt shooting was, that's not the only type of shooting. We made 7 threes and 4 mid range jumpers. Everything else was dunks and layups. That's pretty impressive, actually, that we're getting that many easy looks. But let's not pretend bad shooting only means 3 pt shooting. We need to hit midrange shots too. We hit 4....

 

I don't read too much into the three-point shooting since it's not like we're going to go 0-15 to start every game. That's an anomalous night even for a crappy three-point shooting team. Maybe chalk it up to young guys playing with opening night butterflies in a very tough arena.

What bothered me more than anything was watching our players (the ones not named LeBron) constantly driving into traffic and forcing up shots against multiple (and in most cases, taller) defenders. That's just bad decision-making, and it makes me worry about our coaching.

 

The two are partially related in this case. Since we couldn't shoot, they packed the paint. We lost confidence in our jumpshooting and instead forced up shots in traffic like you said.

 

Yep, and Lebron doesn't work best like that. I really hope this doesn't take Luke 20 games to figure out...

 

It baffles me that we still suck at making free throws. There are other pressing issues, but to me, this is/should be the easiet to correct.

 

Hmmm...I feel like the media is being pretty kind considering everything they said would happen happened. Most are showing restraint, probably afraid of jinxing it.

 

Who knew that this guy was right after suggesting 4 on 5 defense so you could outlet pass to a man down at the hoop. Nick f***en Stauskas. Nick rocks, as does any player given that much room.

 

Too soon?

 

Yes.

 

13 made jumpers. 5 midrange, 8 threes.

Lebron at center was worse than kuz. We need a backup big to play. Put in Zu maybe?

 

For the love of everything, play McGee down the stretch Luke.

We need size and a reliable outside shooter. That statement surprises no one at this point.

Play McGee Luke!