It would seem that without Demarcus this team is pretty much back to being in full-time suck mode and finding any way they can to lose.
Malone isn't helping. He's the best coach they've had since Adelman in a while and he does have some positives in his coaching ability........his coaching with the lead and coaching in the 4th quarter leaves a lot to be desired. You give him a lead in the 4th quarter and he always finds a way to leave an ineffective group of subs in for too long. The sad thing is that he will come out and trash the players again tonight and they certainly shoulder a large part of the blame but so does he.
Last thing is I've seen enough of Rudy Gay now myself to find out exactly what Memphis and Toronto fans have said about him, he is not a winner. It's sad to say but it's the truth, some guys have knack for winning and Rudy just doesn't. Rudy is a guy that puts up big numbers on bad teams if he is your best player or maybe even second best player.
Watching McLemore bust his ass on defense down the stretch and make key hustle plays it's starting to look like Ben might actually have some of that winner's mentality. I think going forward in another year or two, Ben Mclemore might need to be this team's 2nd best player in order for them to ever get the hump and be a playoff team. Rudy might be better as the 3rd option at that point. I've just watched enough of Rudy to see that he's not suddenly going to will his teammates to win.
Malone isn't helping. He's the best coach they've had since Adelman in a while and he does have some positives in his coaching ability........his coaching with the lead and coaching in the 4th quarter leaves a lot to be desired. You give him a lead in the 4th quarter and he always finds a way to leave an ineffective group of subs in for too long. The sad thing is that he will come out and trash the players again tonight and they certainly shoulder a large part of the blame but so does he.
Last thing is I've seen enough of Rudy Gay now myself to find out exactly what Memphis and Toronto fans have said about him, he is not a winner. It's sad to say but it's the truth, some guys have knack for winning and Rudy just doesn't. Rudy is a guy that puts up big numbers on bad teams if he is your best player or maybe even second best player.
Watching McLemore bust his ass on defense down the stretch and make key hustle plays it's starting to look like Ben might actually have some of that winner's mentality. I think going forward in another year or two, Ben Mclemore might need to be this team's 2nd best player in order for them to ever get the hump and be a playoff team. Rudy might be better as the 3rd option at that point. I've just watched enough of Rudy to see that he's not suddenly going to will his teammates to win.
