Head Coach Discussion: Canned Ham, Who Is Our New Coach?

Good grief, the guy hasn't played a game yet, and people already whining, about some potential lineup, that they haven't seen. SMH

 

You KNOW it’s coming … 3 weak defending guards with Bron and AD.



He told us.

 

Shrug..might be the best lineup at the end of the day. We'll see soon enough, some folks don't like Prince, or Rui, closing either.

 

Nobody is playing any defense in the NBA today anyway. The way the game is officiated these days, doesn't encourage it.

 

Yeah. I’d prefer us to play big but we will see how those lineups look and how Ham uses them.

 

Hey.. I'm a bit biased on the subject, but I think AD, is one of the few two way superstars, in the League. I've been begging for years now, to put some live body bigs, out there with him, Vanderbilt and a banger that can run the court.

On the flip side...spreading the floor with 4 ball handlers, guys that can facilitate and knock down shots, that's an ideal small ball killer IMO. Especially with our squad, because of Lebron.

 

Yeah. This makes sense.

 

5-0 with the starting line up we have been clamoring for from the start. Dumbest coach in the league. Great thing we got Kurt Rambis policing coaches

 

Just one game but that’s basically what I thought would happen if we play big.

 

Darv I got to know, was it because you were in Utah and felt pressure from the crowd?

Windler got scorched on back to back plays and crossed either the next one or two plays later. I know we're short handed but damn! Mays is at least a NBA non garbage time player. Maybe give him those 6 minutes.

 

Great job all but shutting Rui down in the second half- halting him from a 40 point game.
I’m convinced Rui must have run over Hambone’s dog.

 

The only thing that held Rui back was injuries. Yasuke is a baller.

 

Meh..he can't start if he's injured man. On another note, starting Rui and Lebron together, leaves no offensive punch off the bench.

 

He waited awhile, too long, after he was back. Ham is notoriously late to what everyone else is noticing as far as adjustments especially if it involves the Golden Child. There were these odd minute reductions for Rui post-return that didn't apply to any other players coming back from their injuries. Lakers are historically cryptic when it comes to medical information, so maybe there was validity to it, but it just seemed odd.

Players were calling for it and getting frustrated that the top 6 players from the end of season run and playoff run weren't getting minutes together much less starting together. If there was consideration for each Vando, Rui, and Prince to get the SF gig coming out of camp; when things aren't going well you need to get at least a 5 game sample of each on tape as soon as health permits. Instead we rode with Prince for half the year.


With Dinwiddie in the fold, he can take that role as bench scorer. It's much easier for a ball handling guard to get into a flow off the bench because the ball is constantly in their hands. Whereas backup Rui and starter Rui look like two different players because he needs those minutes to get into a rhythm.

 

But then he was there for weeks after he came back and in real need for more minutes and consistent minutes so he could get his game back. Ham was oblivious to that or didn’t consider it important. He was pleased as punch continuing to start Prince.

 

As I said above...I don't think Rui and Lebron should start together, especially if D'Angelo and Austin start too.

 

Without Lebron..yes. With Lebron...no.