fishmike wrote:djsunyc wrote:how could it not be d'antoni?
I just read about how he shoulders the blame for this start.DAntoni has done nothing to inspire any defense. But after 10 years I am sick of blaming coaches. I can name about 50 NBA player in this league who are going to play their asses off every night because if they are on the floor playing a game of basketball they want to WIN that game. From Marion to Gilbert Arenas. From Kobe to Deron Williams. From Jameer Nelson to Rip Hamilton. I could go on and on about it. I am talking about guys who dont care what kind of coach they have. They are there to play and there to win.
I only see two guys on this team that look bothered by the score at the end of the game, Douglas and Gallo. The other rotation guys like Lee, Duhon, Hughes, Harrington, JJ, Chandler just seem to shrug their shoulder, mutter oh well and hit the showers.
Who is going to get in Lee's face and tell him they are sick of watching him get pushed around? Who is going to get in Al's face and tell him they are sick of watching him force up turnaround jumpers in traffic while Gallo is open?
The one good thing about next offseason is regardless of who signs or doesnt sign here I know most of these losers will be looking for a new job.
I don't know if I would say Lee doesn't care.
I was at the Warriors game and honestly, Lee looked like the only one who was the most pissed off at the end of the game. And it didn't look like it was because of his stats.
I do agree that he has been disappointing at the defensive end. He seems like he is trying to avoid foul trouble because that would put his ass on the bench. Honestly though, it is difficult to blame him too much. He is being asked to guard bigger guys and if he tries to contest every single shot, he will be in foul trouble very early in the game. I think David's reasoning is that he is our best offensive big and if he collects fouls, he won't be able to help us out on the floor (didn't he even say something along these lines last year?). Don't get me wrong, he definitely realizes that he has to be on the floor if he wants that big contract. However, I don't think that is the sole motivation here.
If Lee was playing this kind of defense on PFs, I think we could put a ton of blame on him. But because he is being asked to play out of position, I don't think blaming Lee entirely is correct. I definitely wish he gave more of an effort defensively, but I don't think he is the main reason we are losing right now.
I think we are losing because our offense is even worse than last year, while our defense is just as bad. Our offense has been terrible and I think the two main guys to blame for that are Chandler and Duhon. Both are not shooting the ball well and Chandler is taking a ton of awful shots in the process.
"This is a very cautious situation that we're in. You have to be conservative in terms of using your assets and using them wisely. We're building for the future." - Zeke (I guess not protecting a first round pick is being conservative)
11/17/2009 10:13 AM