Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Momma told me there would be days like this...
Grizz appear to be a bad matchup for us. Allen takes Reke out of the equation, Gasol appears very comfortable against Cousins and is bigger than him, and really the key we would need is our third guy, Thornton, to really light up Conley. Has not been able to do that and so our top guys have all been neutralized and our bench contriubutions this season have been random to say the least. And our insistence on playing guards at SF makes us vulnerable against Gay as well.
Girls
Boxscore
Garcia ( C ) -- hit a three and some early hustle ubt was never going to have much chance on Gay given the physical disparity. Lost Gay on the backdoor to start the third. Some dumb mental mistakes throwing bad passes etc. at bad times hurt the cause.
Catrinel Menhia -- Romanian model
Thompson ( C- ) -- his positive roleplaying traits, hustle etc., are beginning to get overwhelemd again by the messy twitchy uncoordinated stuff that always holds him back. Made some nice hustle saves and the effort was there, but he just insists on flubbing plays for us on offense. The bad hands were on display, the fumbles and drops and bad touch on his flips blowing assists etc. etc. He tries to make up for it by going and getting his own misses, but when he's in this flailing every limb for itself going in every which direction mode it doesn't only throw him out of rhythm, but us as well. If he's given us a boost with dependable roleplayer play of late, this is the flipside that he can never seem to completely shed, and really, even though I snatched Speights up in several fantasy leagues after he got traded to them, there is no excuse for getting doubled up by him statistically.
Jill Wagner
Cousins ( B- ) -- numbers are deceptive here as his stats got padded up when we got another of those lovely throw your stars in during garbagetime and wait for the inevitable ankle sprain substitution patterns out of Smart. While the real game was still on had decent productivity, but the way it came about was more a display of his versatility than it was terribly impressive. Another big body inside in Gasol, and both the good and the bad of it that changes the entire way he plays The good of it is he's versatile enough to have an answer when he isn't the biggest and strongest guy on the court. The bad of it is that that answer is to retreat to the perimeter and shoot long jumpers, which he hit at a good clip. Nor was he even the best center in the game at that trait, as Gasol just started getting silly with his shooting after awhile and DeMarcus has no idea how to stop it. Wasn't a disastrous game for DeMarcus, but he got outplayed while it mattered, made some mental errors, and I think had something like 12 and 8 while the game was somewhat still on. Added some stats and a ncie pass in the late garbage minutes to complete the deal, and I'll let that bump him half a grade or so.
Carly Foulkes -- everybody's favorite T-Mobile girl
Grizz appear to be a bad matchup for us. Allen takes Reke out of the equation, Gasol appears very comfortable against Cousins and is bigger than him, and really the key we would need is our third guy, Thornton, to really light up Conley. Has not been able to do that and so our top guys have all been neutralized and our bench contriubutions this season have been random to say the least. And our insistence on playing guards at SF makes us vulnerable against Gay as well.
Girls
Boxscore
Garcia ( C ) -- hit a three and some early hustle ubt was never going to have much chance on Gay given the physical disparity. Lost Gay on the backdoor to start the third. Some dumb mental mistakes throwing bad passes etc. at bad times hurt the cause.
Catrinel Menhia -- Romanian model
Thompson ( C- ) -- his positive roleplaying traits, hustle etc., are beginning to get overwhelemd again by the messy twitchy uncoordinated stuff that always holds him back. Made some nice hustle saves and the effort was there, but he just insists on flubbing plays for us on offense. The bad hands were on display, the fumbles and drops and bad touch on his flips blowing assists etc. etc. He tries to make up for it by going and getting his own misses, but when he's in this flailing every limb for itself going in every which direction mode it doesn't only throw him out of rhythm, but us as well. If he's given us a boost with dependable roleplayer play of late, this is the flipside that he can never seem to completely shed, and really, even though I snatched Speights up in several fantasy leagues after he got traded to them, there is no excuse for getting doubled up by him statistically.
Jill Wagner
Cousins ( B- ) -- numbers are deceptive here as his stats got padded up when we got another of those lovely throw your stars in during garbagetime and wait for the inevitable ankle sprain substitution patterns out of Smart. While the real game was still on had decent productivity, but the way it came about was more a display of his versatility than it was terribly impressive. Another big body inside in Gasol, and both the good and the bad of it that changes the entire way he plays The good of it is he's versatile enough to have an answer when he isn't the biggest and strongest guy on the court. The bad of it is that that answer is to retreat to the perimeter and shoot long jumpers, which he hit at a good clip. Nor was he even the best center in the game at that trait, as Gasol just started getting silly with his shooting after awhile and DeMarcus has no idea how to stop it. Wasn't a disastrous game for DeMarcus, but he got outplayed while it mattered, made some mental errors, and I think had something like 12 and 8 while the game was somewhat still on. Added some stats and a ncie pass in the late garbage minutes to complete the deal, and I'll let that bump him half a grade or so.
Carly Foulkes -- everybody's favorite T-Mobile girl
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