CosmoKramer
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Stats lie.
He was propped up by Kyrie Irving at the expense of the offensive flow and that's crystal clear now.
We now have another "big" option for scoring and rebounding and BOTH have dropped significantly for TT. Explain that, please.
Stats lie? You called out TT's rebounding, he's fucking leading all PFs in total offensive boards at 228. His 3.3 offensive rebounds a game is tied with Anthony Davis and Zach Randolph, only people without a functioning brain (like that?) are questioning TT's rebounding at this point.
Propped up by Kyrie? That's quite the statement, have anything other than your personal bias against TT to back that up? I love Kyrie but at this point in his career he's excelled at creating scoring opportunities for himself more than others.
And the drop in points/rebounds coincides more with the return of Andy than Hawes. His per-game numbers were great in the first 6 games with Hawes in lineup (32 minutes, 14 points on 60 FG% 70 FT%, 10.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists). His numbers since Andy returned (27.7 minutes, 7 points, 5.2 rebounds, .5 assists) are not.
No, he hasn't developed if he's regressed to his rookie-year self for an entire month. It's easy to put up numbers on a shitty team when you're essentially the featured big, which he was with the hobbled Varejao and Zeller. With prime Varejao and now Hawes, guys who are physically able to do the same things TT ONLY does, TT hasn't looked like a player that deserves to be on an NBA court. Why isn't that more concerning to you?
Have you ever heard of a slump Ed? It doesn't mean a player's not developed in the time he's been in the league, it means he's playing poorly for a stretch of games. His minutes and usage rate are down and we've been playing tough defense after tough defense, that's why it's not overly concerning. These past 9 games haven't been great, but on the flip side his numbers from the 9 games before this stretch were outstanding. 15-12 on close to 58% from the field and 70% from the line? Seems like those games are a distant memory to you though.
You're right, nobody has ever used the word 'finesse' to describe TT but that's not because he's a physical player, it's because he's as mechanical and skill-less as any basketball player I've ever seen. He's a bulldozer that can't bulldoze.
This makes absolutely no sense. Are you seriously this blind to TT's physical play?
I don't care what he actually shoots at the rim, I'm sick of watching him miss 5 fucking shots a game from 3 feet away from the hoop that my 3-year old daughter could make. He does NOTHING else on offense other than clog the paint.[/B] He can't play on the perimeter so nobody guards him, he doesn't have a post game, he struggles to finish thru contact, he doesn't have court vision, so should we start him just because he has a 'push' shot? He needs to be able to do more on both sides of the ball to be a viable starter and up to this point, he's proven to be incapable.
I never said his push shot was the reason he should be playing, I used it to show he did in fact develop at the NBA level. The reason TT is on the court isn't for his offense, it's to play tough, physical defense and clean the boards. I realize that doesn't mean much to you, you'd much rather watch AB and that pretty jumper of his play matador defense on the perimeter and fail to box out anyone down low.
We drafted a Ferrari at PF and let him rot on the bench in favor of a fuckin lawn mower.....
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A Ferrari?! More like
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