WMC 24-25: Seasonal Highs And Lows!

most of my wmc last year was actually meta, tbh.

 

My two biggest issues with the team last night: FT shooting and rebounding. They only had 5 more rebounds than us, if I didn't look at the box score and just went off what I saw, I would've guessed they outrebounded us by double digits. Often we had no one anywhere near the paint and we got beat to the ball repeatedly. You'd think we were the smaller team.

The rest will come and work itself out.

 

since this is the WNC, AD is such a beta, he won’t go for this great idea

 

Then we are going to continue to lose winnable games as we "figure it out".

 

Fasho. fasho

 

Just thinking how awesome this potential roster would have looked like:
AD/Dwight/Lebron/Ariza/Hield/Bazemore/KCP/Caruso/Rondo/THT. Best defensive team in the league hands down and you can't really leave any one open either.

Plus a team with guys who would have played together for years so know each others tendencies and could execute complex schemes and defensive rotations because of years of trust built up

 

That is an awesome lineup.

 

You're trading Kuz for Hield straight up? Not sure if it would work, I think KCP had to be there. Also think Kuz contract only kicked-in this year, don't know the mechanics of it.
I also don't believe the Kings would do it.

 

My have lost KCP but all reports indicate that the Kings and Lakers were about to get the deal done when the Westbrook trade pivot went down. Looks like Kings/Hield were blindsided a bit at the last momemt

Even without KCP strongly prefer that lineup to what we're seeing right now. I don't think the season is doomed and I respect people pointing out that Westbrook traditionally has come on strong in the second half of seasons. It just requires almost a complete rethink of the team and how ti plays (Westbrook as screener, AD at the 5 exclusively with Westbrook) that I don't think was worth the risk considering this team already had a championship formula built into ti with a culture to match

 

For sure. And KCP isn't a necessary piece anyway. Hield/Bazemore/Caruso/THT is a great backcourt when LeBron is running the show, and Rondo can give him a break from playmaking duties as needed. And Dwight & DeAndre are more playable at C next to AD when you have shooters in the backcourt and don't have opponents sagging off of Westbrook bc he can't shoot. If Nunn, Monk, etc sign anyway, the roster would be:

Nunn/Caruso/Rondo
Hield/Bazemore/THT/Monk
LeBron/Ariza
AD/Melo
Dwight/DAJ

 

Russ called Ariza, so that move might not have happened otherwise.

 

Its game two and the team is already starting to crack

 

Starting to crack assumes there was a whole at some point. There wasn't. Not since the title.

 

we're looking at another play-in game most likely

 

Game 2 and I'm already tired of AD and LeBron taking turns taking plays off.

Westbrook and Carmelo are super flawed at this point of their careers but at least they play like they give a damn.

Between AD going at Dwight (a terrible look btw) and a bunch of weird actions by a few players, it really looks like this team's chemistry is in the toilet.

 

2012, I’d rather they be 2004,until they were screwed in the Finals

 

Refs were trash.

Our response to the bad calls was worse. We pretty much quit in the second and the Suns took advantage.

When we look bad we look really bad and it’s tough to watch.