bushwick_bill
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HOLY SHIT DINWIDDIE AGAIN!!!
Mobley got his ass handed to him the whole first half. He's just too weak. Expecting a 20 year old to deal with Embiid is trying to squeeze blood from a stone.
Lauri made a mistake. Wasn't the only one. This is a loss from a young team missing wide open shots and making mental mistakes in crucial moments.
Yeah, one blown defensive play against Joel Effing Embiid, crucify him!
Pointing out an individual mistake, and a pretty clear one to diagnose, is not crucifying him.It was only the most important defensive play of the game to that point….no big deal…in fact…. just wing it in those situations I say!
We are undermanned and overmatched against Embiid, so I would wager if we played it exactly as you think we should they'd still beat it one way or another. Embiid was taking everyone's lunch money in the first half and JBB's adjustments somehow cooled him off in the second half while having nobody who can really check Embiid. I don't exactly call that a win, but maybe just a little.It was only the most important defensive play of the game to that point….no big deal…in fact…. just wing it in those situations I say!
We are undermanned and overmatched against Embiid, so I would wager if we played it exactly as you think we should they'd still beat it one way or another. Embiid was taking everyone's lunch money in the first half and JBB's adjustments somehow cooled him off in the second half while having nobody who can really check Embiid. I don't exactly call that a win, but maybe just a little.
I think me and Boobs were discussing the Lauri/Embiid play, not the DG failed steal attempt. And we disagree about JBB's use of Lauri in that exact situation. Maybe something different may have worked but I do know Lauri guarding Embiid and having Evan and Stevens switch onto him hard, sometimes trap, etc. somehow slowed him down and cooled him off.Pointing out an individual mistake, and a pretty clear one to diagnose, is not crucifying him.
I know that sounds crazy from the guy everyone think is so far up JBB’s asshole, but breaking down individual mistakes or even season long choices that we think need adjustment or correction over time is what we should be doing for all the players and all the coaches.
I don’t think there is anyone more high on Garland or full of praise for his skill set as IBWT so talking about that play is not turning on DG or crucifying Him.
DG is in a bit of a slump and is young, still gaining experience, he’s not even entering his early prime yet, let alone true prime. Even amongst the stars, almost everyone has slumps and almost everyone makes some dumb plays, especially amongst the younger players,
I agree with you that JB often falls way short in the snap crunch time decisions. I've agreed he needs to lengthen his rotation (which he did bigtime tonight, BTW). And I've gone on at length about how I feel JBB needs to get focus on less dribbling, more moving and passing no matter how awesome DG's handle looks sometimes.It’s moreso just what I see as consistently making poor late game crunch time decisions in games against top tier competition. It’s nothing new to see out of Bickserstaff and it will continue and was only one of many things he failed to do in the 4th quarter. Just an easy eyesore to point out to drive home the point. He’s not the dude for us long term.
What's the point of saying that? Should we expect Lauri to guard JOEL FUCKING EMBIID? Are you smoking some shit?Lauri would have done even worse if he got posted up all half like Evan did.
Right now Mobley is overnatched in the post. There's nothing to be done about that. He's not doing anything wrong he's just too skinny.
So giving that, to my eye, Garland and Markennen are just killing our 3 point defense. In ways that wasn't happening earlier in the year.
I'm trying to follow what you're saying here: Mobley gets overmatched in the post, so Garland and/or Markannen come to help, and for that reason they're killing our 3 point defense? And they're killing it in ways they weren't ealier in the year...when we were a top 5 3PT defensive team?