Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
1) I missed the first couple of minutes, and then was on an important phone call for a chunk of the first half, so saw it, but was distracted and did not get a great feel for stretches. So going to keep the remarks mostly short, and admit to a little fuzziness on the grades.
2) Think maybe its possible we are learning what Mike Bibby really means to this team.
Artest ( C ) -- set others up pretty well, but shot poorly (on one trip getting blocked not once, but twice, at the rim by Rashard Lewis I think it was), and had limited defensive impact.
Thomas ( F ) -- well...pretty much played like crap. When your fouls (5) and TOs (3) outnumber your points and rebounds (2 and 3) and you shoot 0-5 on top of it...Just slept walked through this one, even blowing wide oipen point blank layups.
SAR ( B- ) -- rebounding effort was better tonight, and scored pretty well in the earlygoing (mostly from the line). On the other hand still plagued by TOs and of course not much of anything was stopped inside.
Martin ( A- ) -- good start, then was fairly quiet for much of the game, scoring well, but not spectacularly. But then went on a nice scoring run in the late 3rd/early 4th which helped us at least make a kinda game of it (all over the pathetic Mickael Gelabale). That run was ended when he turned into Earl Watson and knocked out one of his teeth, simultaneously opening up a cut on his elbow. Pretty one dimensional once again, but our best performer.
Price ( B+ ) -- scored well -- very well (shot 6-7, and 3-3 from 3pt land) but in some ways kind of step back in his PG quest -- no assists (although a few opportunities were missed by the shooters), got trapped a few times, and really not much of anything but the shooting. 15pts 1reb 0ast. Our backcourt starters shot and scored well, but that was really it. Earns the + for being Ronnie Price and the shooting %, but not the numbers you need out of your PG.
Salmons ( D ) -- thx a lot John for illustrating my claims about your streakiness to the max. A night after a quiet beating at the hands of Chirs Paul, was really invisible in this one.
Taylor ( D- ) -- Mo must know he has it made, because here was another nothing effort from him. Didn;t even matter enough to earn the F.
Hart ( B ) -- passed well, and was pesky on defense. On the other hand gave bricklayers' everywhere a bad name with the junk he threw up, and his one turnover was a bad one where he just handed the ball off to the Sonics. In some ways really did all that you can ask Jason Hart to do -- pass, and play defense. But 0 pts in 24 min is taking that a bit far, and not as if he was keying an explosive offense tonight.
Corliss ( B+ ) -- played hard in his minutes, which included yet another terrifying stint at center. The way he's played he deserves PT, but if that means at C and PF in the regular season we're going to wish we had a realtive traditionalist liek Adelman back by the time December rolls around.
Garcia ( C+ ) -- hit some outside shots, but also threw some really bad passes for TOs. One of those games where he hurt as much as he helped.
Williams ( INC ) -- looked ok in there and made one nice dump off pass to Admundson for what should have been a layup (he was fouled instead, leading to the horror of Louis FTs).
Douby ( INC ) -- forced shots and was ineffective in very short minutes
Admundson ( INC ) -- grabbed a couple of solid boards, still cannot convert inside, and then provided the comic relief with a couple more of his patented "free" throws. Chris Dudley must be off somewhere getting a good chuckle -- its a victory when he even touches rim.
Muss (N/A) -- well, a back to back on the road, and still without Mike and Brad, and we got handled pretty easily. All of a sudden looking like we have no real answers at PG with Mike out. Not a real shocker, but always a concern. We can fake it with various ballhandlers as backups while Mike sits for a few each game, but the offense has ground to a halt here as our cast of thousands tries to fill the void for a full game.
2) Think maybe its possible we are learning what Mike Bibby really means to this team.
Artest ( C ) -- set others up pretty well, but shot poorly (on one trip getting blocked not once, but twice, at the rim by Rashard Lewis I think it was), and had limited defensive impact.
Thomas ( F ) -- well...pretty much played like crap. When your fouls (5) and TOs (3) outnumber your points and rebounds (2 and 3) and you shoot 0-5 on top of it...Just slept walked through this one, even blowing wide oipen point blank layups.
SAR ( B- ) -- rebounding effort was better tonight, and scored pretty well in the earlygoing (mostly from the line). On the other hand still plagued by TOs and of course not much of anything was stopped inside.
Martin ( A- ) -- good start, then was fairly quiet for much of the game, scoring well, but not spectacularly. But then went on a nice scoring run in the late 3rd/early 4th which helped us at least make a kinda game of it (all over the pathetic Mickael Gelabale). That run was ended when he turned into Earl Watson and knocked out one of his teeth, simultaneously opening up a cut on his elbow. Pretty one dimensional once again, but our best performer.
Price ( B+ ) -- scored well -- very well (shot 6-7, and 3-3 from 3pt land) but in some ways kind of step back in his PG quest -- no assists (although a few opportunities were missed by the shooters), got trapped a few times, and really not much of anything but the shooting. 15pts 1reb 0ast. Our backcourt starters shot and scored well, but that was really it. Earns the + for being Ronnie Price and the shooting %, but not the numbers you need out of your PG.
Salmons ( D ) -- thx a lot John for illustrating my claims about your streakiness to the max. A night after a quiet beating at the hands of Chirs Paul, was really invisible in this one.
Taylor ( D- ) -- Mo must know he has it made, because here was another nothing effort from him. Didn;t even matter enough to earn the F.
Hart ( B ) -- passed well, and was pesky on defense. On the other hand gave bricklayers' everywhere a bad name with the junk he threw up, and his one turnover was a bad one where he just handed the ball off to the Sonics. In some ways really did all that you can ask Jason Hart to do -- pass, and play defense. But 0 pts in 24 min is taking that a bit far, and not as if he was keying an explosive offense tonight.
Corliss ( B+ ) -- played hard in his minutes, which included yet another terrifying stint at center. The way he's played he deserves PT, but if that means at C and PF in the regular season we're going to wish we had a realtive traditionalist liek Adelman back by the time December rolls around.
Garcia ( C+ ) -- hit some outside shots, but also threw some really bad passes for TOs. One of those games where he hurt as much as he helped.
Williams ( INC ) -- looked ok in there and made one nice dump off pass to Admundson for what should have been a layup (he was fouled instead, leading to the horror of Louis FTs).
Douby ( INC ) -- forced shots and was ineffective in very short minutes
Admundson ( INC ) -- grabbed a couple of solid boards, still cannot convert inside, and then provided the comic relief with a couple more of his patented "free" throws. Chris Dudley must be off somewhere getting a good chuckle -- its a victory when he even touches rim.
Muss (N/A) -- well, a back to back on the road, and still without Mike and Brad, and we got handled pretty easily. All of a sudden looking like we have no real answers at PG with Mike out. Not a real shocker, but always a concern. We can fake it with various ballhandlers as backups while Mike sits for a few each game, but the offense has ground to a halt here as our cast of thousands tries to fill the void for a full game.
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We don't have Bibby and Miller. So we use our benches as starters. ... and I agree with you that we have very thin bench.
