The lineups weren't good, or even remotely balanced for large portions of the game, but with CJ down and Bennett being a flaming pile of garbage it was going to happen for stretches regardless.
I don't care who the coach is, what the offense is, or who is on the court. There is NO excuse for the way the starters played for 80% of the game. If we only have players who are going to play hard when things are going well, they can fuck off. Unfortunately, we seem to have a number of those guys. If they gave HALF as much effort as Delly gives every second he is on the court, this would be a decent team. But it's not, because they don't. I'm not having the excuse that they won't give effort because of the lineups or offense. If that's the case, we have a bunch of losers and we're going nowhere anyways.
Other notes:
- Clark needs to touch the ball as little as possible. His complete inability to dribble and stone hands lead to soul crushing turnovers on a consistent basis.
- Bennett is mentally done. I don't even know what to do with him at this point. It's sad and pathetic. I'm really trying to hold out some long term hope for him, but there's nothing there.
- Bynum is physically done. He KILLS the team on defense. Any remotely competent team is going to make him guard in space away from the rim and run circles around him. He's a statue out there. He doesn't bring enough on offense at this point either.
- Andy is a shell of himself. I don't know if he's still working himself into shape, or the injuries have just piled up, but he's worthless on defense around the basket. Even his rebounding has dropped off a cliff.
- We need a functional center and small forward. Real bad.