woot!!! You gonna post it here?
[Game] Kings vs. Hawks 11/16/12
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woot!!! You gonna post it here?
PurpleHaze
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Remember at the end how worried Theus seemed and then now terribly stessed Westphal was right before both were fired. I don't detect any such from Smart yet but maybe we'll see something different in how Smart reacts to his utter debacle tonight.
It's disappointing. Sometimes when you get everybody back they're out of rhythm.
He's got to balance the roster out (whatever that means).
They all think they're all one-on-one players, but they're not.
Has to find the right combination to move the basketball.
DeMarcus was rusty.
Gotta keep working to get out of this team funk.
PurpleHaze
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Says team is in a slump - duh!?!
His job, players' job, is to ignore relocation stuff.
This is where character of who the team is comes out.
Liked the second unit's effort in the 2nd quarter, hoped that the first unit from the bench would learn from that, so he started them.
He's definitely going to tweak the lineup. It's not a functioning group right now.
This is where character of who the team is comes out.
Liked the second unit's effort in the 2nd quarter, hoped that the first unit from the bench would learn from that, so he started them.
He's definitely going to tweak the lineup. It's not a functioning group right now.
PurpleHaze
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Basically just said team is dysfunctional - duh!?!
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king07
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BOO this team!
Yes, because meanwhile in San Antonio Pop is going hmm my guys when put together somehow don't move the basketball. I need to find a LINEUP that moves the basketball. That would be far easier than just drawing up plays and GETTING guys to move the basketball as part of the offense.
God I f'n hate this coach. With the exception of the injury return stuff, the other things are totally created by him.
Got to balance the roster out: You mean not play guys inconsistent minutes, icing your own players or utilizing matchups that actually make sense
All think they are one-on-one players: There is no offense. No real sets. No movement. What do you think is going to happen?
Yup. Spend 8 preseason games "tweaking" your lineup, supposedly finding combinations that work. And here you are, 8 games in and you're still tweaking your lineup and finding combinations that work. Moron.
rainmaker
Hall of Famer
Why would he start the bench in the 3rd? No one does that. And the bench showed why they're bench players in the 4th. The problem is thinking the bench is going to win you games in this league by themselves.
the biggest problem is Smart makes no distinction between who's playing well and not. He just subs out entire lineups. Some of the bench should have played more. Some of it should have played less. Some of the starters should have played more, and JJ probably less.
Doesn't have a "point guard" except on certain plays. It's not a set-in-stone system that one guy is supposed to handle the ball in the half court.
Trying to erase bad habits, showing film, etc.
"I would boo this team right now. I would boo me right now."
Trying to erase bad habits, showing film, etc.
"I would boo this team right now. I would boo me right now."
Why should Smart be worried? He's already got a big fat paycheck guaranteed regardless of whether he's fired or not.
And answering with the same political bs
What is the system? I literally still can't figure out what kind of offense they are running. Honestly, I've never seen something like this is the nba that has basically not changed in close to 3 years.
HndsmCelt
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the line up that closed out the first half got us back in the game, to start the second half with them sitting down is what makes no sense. No doubt the whole sale substations are nuts but when the starting 5 were that ineffective they did certainly did not deserve to be restarted as a unit.
PurpleHaze
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I laughed out loud when I heard that one out of his mouth! Sounded like some high school coach instead of a real NBA head coach. Oh, I forgot he's not a real NBA head coach just pretending to be one.
Have to get to the point where the players believe that what they're doing is not working. If they want to continue the way they're playing then he's going to have to get some people off the floor.
More about balance and fitting it together.
"No matter how bad things are you've still gotta play." (about guys hanging their heads)
Teams that lose panic and think they need to make wholesale changes, and that's the wrong thing to do.
Has "several" guys he's looking at inserting into the starting lineup but he won't say who in case the Brooklyn Nets are listening.
That's it!
More about balance and fitting it together.
"No matter how bad things are you've still gotta play." (about guys hanging their heads)
Teams that lose panic and think they need to make wholesale changes, and that's the wrong thing to do.
Has "several" guys he's looking at inserting into the starting lineup but he won't say who in case the Brooklyn Nets are listening.
That's it!
We've tried this coach for about 10 games, can we try a different one?
rainmaker
Hall of Famer
You don't bench an entire starting unit to start the 3rd. The bench ended up showing why they're bench players in the first place. Unless I missed the lighting it up in the 4th.
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