Fuggles
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Your stubborn insistence on sitting on Tristan's lap.....(shrugs)
someone is projecting...
Your stubborn insistence on sitting on Tristan's lap.....(shrugs)
Your stubborn insistence on sitting on Tristan's lap is blinding your ability to see what is pretty clear out there for this team. :chuckles:
Thompson hurts Bynum, as he does any center who doesnt operate from 15 feet out.
Bynum never got going because Tristan was afraid to shoot from 15-18ft even though the defense allowed him to. By allowing him to (Millsap ATL, Bass Boston, Davis tonight) his defender is able to double off of him and not only shade to Kyrie to close his driving lanes, but also dig down on Bynum the minute he starts working on his man and making his basketball move as a post player.
If you just want to hate on Bennett, than start Clark. Did you see Clark tonight? Do you know WHY Clark had 3 open 3pointers when he first checked in?
I'll tell you, because Jacques Vaughn had not yet adjusted his defense to make his 4 man go back to playing honest defense. After Clark burned his ass a few times, Vaughn adjusted then, but as soon as Tristan came back in (with Bynum to end half) they adjusted again and went right back to roaming off TT whenever TT was in high post.
This is pretty easy to see. Just as easy to see as it was that Waiters and Irving needed to be staggered so both could play PG to start their times in the game.
If this current team stays healthy and intact (big IF with Bynum and Andy's health), starting a floor stretching PF in this lineup would make them the 3rd best team in this years Eastern Conference. (shrugs)
Speaking of easy to see, it's pretty easy to see Anthony Bennett shouldn't be starting for anyone anytime soon.
I didn't see this game, but there is so little reasonable argument to be had when it concerns Bennett starting. You don't start dudes that have been this damn bad unless you have no choice (Alonzo Gee). Not gonna argue it much.
And something needs to be said. But you go into threads and complain about how everyone tries to make it a "This guy vs. that guy" thing, but you do it as much as anyone. Timid Tristan. Sitting on Tristans lap. You can go ahead and say you don't hate on Tristan, but you do.
Difference is, I admit I hate on Bennett. Fortunately, I'm backed up by Bennett's play.
The funny thing is, I'm not even arguing that Thompson is the future or an All-star. If we had a better option, then great. I'm all for improving this team. Anthony Bennett, unfortunately for everyone who loves the Cavaliers, is not a better option.
I actually watched the game.
That makes all the difference in the world.
Try it, you would see the same thing and you would agree that whether its Clark or Bennett, there needs to be a floor spacing 4 as opposed to Tristan.
I am calling him Timid because he HAS been Timid. I am calling Dion Ayeee because he DOES say Ayeee every time he goes to the whole. I appreciate Tristans game, but I love my team more than any one player. And what the team needs most is a floor spacer at the 4.
(shrugs)
The "on Tristans lap" piece was a jokey joke.
Unless you really have a thing for him :chuckles:
Does anyone know how I can upload a picture directly to RCF? I turned on LP again and chose a random possession where TT is at the top of the key, and it shows the major spacing problems on the court when you have both TT and Gee playing. It's difficult to downright impossible for Bynum to play in the post with those two together sometimes.
Does anyone know how I can upload a picture directly to RCF? I turned on LP again and chose a random possession where TT is at the top of the key, and it shows the major spacing problems on the court when you have both TT and Gee playing. It's difficult to downright impossible for Bynum to play in the post with those two together sometimes.
Does anyone know how I can upload a picture directly to RCF?
Great grab Howler! Yep, that is what I am talking about and it happens quite often for the starters while they try to get Bynum established early. In turn, it affects the entire starting lineup's ability to get going.
I see a semblance of an offense consistently now, and it calls for that high low you see right there. ALSO, it calls for Kyrie to attack in transition every time we have numbers and off turnovers. But in the halfcourt, like pictured, it is absolutely imperative that the 4 man keep the defense honest.
For both Bynum and Kyrie's sake.
I was doing the same thing making screen caps. I'll let you do it so I can take my wife to Cheesecake Factory instead.
Rich, you know its not personal. I know you usually watch the games bro. I'm busting your chops mostly.
But seriously, you HAVE to see how Tristan shrinks the floor for everyone by not being respected on offense. You HAVE TO SEE IT.
Waiters was the difference in this game, but he doesnt become the difference if he didnt have the floor spacing to get going when he caught fire in the 2nd half. Simple as that. He went "Ball Hard D Waiters" and it was momentum that helped us build like a 11 point lead. Up until that point, Kyrie being Kyrie was what kept the game close because our starting offense had NOTHING going for themselves while Tristan and Gee were making it a 3 on 5 game.
I do see that he shrinks the floor. Everyone sees it.
I just don't think it's a big enough problem to then throw away almost everything else for a guy who can give them that ONE thing. Bennett starts playing better, then I'm all for it. But right now, for the sole sake of floor spacing, I just don't think it's a wise move.
And I wish our coaches would get in his ear and just start telling him to trust the shot. He seems like the type of guy who is terrified of making the wrong play, so much so that even when it's the right play, he'd rather play it safe.
Now, I'll take that over some goof like Nick Young, who doesn't give a shit about the right play ever, but he needs more confidence, and I have no idea why he lost it in the first place.
That said, the screen cap howler took looks bad to begin with. He's got two guys behind him, Kyrie and Miles, effectively eliminating two offensive players from the play, One of them, preferably Kyrie, needs to be heading down the corner and I have no idea why Gee is taking a step in-wards right at that point.
Of course, it's only one cap so maybe gee was about to run the base-line and Miles was gonna head to his corner. Dunno.