Grades v. Grizzlies 01/10

[Ryle]

Adelman will always bring his starters in for the last 3-4 minutes of each half regardless of how they are playing and how the team is playing on the floor at that time. Same thing will happen tonight.

 

[gman23]

Here is what I don't understand....

Mike Miller came of the bench for Memphis tonight. He got hot and Fratello recognized it and started him in the second half.

Brad Miller started for us and was non existant. Skinnere was obviously doing better. Why RA didn't do the same thing and start Skinner in the second half?!

Same goes almost every game this year. If Peja sucks and his replacemnet is hot then have Peja come off the bench in the second half.

I guess I am missing something very obvious since I have nowhere near the basketball IQ required to be a coach.

Fratello has Better coaching skills. RA is a player's coach, he plays the starters no matter what.

 

[Rowdyone]

Our problems begin with defense. Much is made of our vaunted Princeton offense and it's various permutations but nothing is said of our defensive scheme. Who is in charge of that? Our defense always and I mean ALWAYS sags off their men to the paint and only if the ball moves to the other side of the floor will our guys go back out to guard someone and they are inevitably late for an open shot. Why, if we're playing man defense, do our players continually sag to the paint? I used to think it was the players lack of effort, staying with their men all over the floor, but now I think it must be the scheme we run because even our new guys, who played good D when they arrived, now do the same thing. So, we fall behind in the score which makes RA think he needs scorers on the floor to catch up, leaving the better defensive guys on the bench. Now, if there is little time to make up a deficit I can understand that logic, but he does it throughout the game favoring scorers with no D over lesser scorers with D. A defensive stop not only prevents a score but also is blow psychologically to the unsuccessful and creates easier scoring opportunities in transition which is something we seriously lack this year over years gone by. We also lack leadership and it's the coaches job to lead. RA does not lead.

 

[Kings113]

Adelman will always bring his starters in for the last 3-4 minutes of each half regardless of how they are playing and how the team is playing on the floor at that time. Same thing will happen tonight.

He didn't during parts of late last season, nor in 1 or 2 others this year (where it wasn't long gone).

 

[Padrino]

Adelman will always bring his starters in for the last 3-4 minutes of each half regardless of how they are playing and how the team is playing on the floor at that time. Same thing will happen tonight.

remember jason williams? in adelman's doghouse for most fourth quarters during his last season with the kings. but the kings had a capable backup in bobby jackson to put in. not so much from the bench these days...