Posted by nixluva:
Posted by Bippity10:
I don't think our shooting is pathetic or horrible or even bad. I think the problem with our shooting is that it is inconsistent. A "dead-eye" shooter is a guy that you can never leave open. A guy that may shoot 39% from the field but does that every night. A guy who if left open will definitely go 5 for 6 or thereabouts. WE have good shooters. The problem is on any given night we don't know what They will give us. Craw can go 9-10 one night and then miss his next 8 wether he's left open or has 6 hands in his face. This isn't to knock these guys at all. It's meant to analyze the needs of the team. Honest analyzation is not negative or positive. It's analyzation.
I feel with Curry and Zach we need a Kerr type that can make you pay everytime you leave him. Can Nichols be that guy? Hopefully. We are all hoping for this. We have to make a spot for him on the roster. WE have to find time for him on the floor. But even still, until he does it on an NBA floor we really don't know what he can provide. At some point we have to stop relying on what a guy can do if he gets better and start bringing in guys that have already proven they can get it done. This is Isiah's flaw.
These are some great points. I think there is an element of inconsistency with our shooters.
In terms of Isiah adding a known sniper, he had a chance to do that this year. I think he passed because he wanted guys that could not only hit the 3 but do even more out there. In Chandler and Nichols, I think he feels that he's got guys that can give you more than a Matt Carroll or Jason Kapono. With the limited space we have, it may not have been feasible to fit another pure shooter on the team that didn't really do much else. It's risky, but I think he is confident in his talent evaluation of Chan & DNich.
I agree with you 100%.
This is how the normal building workflow goes:
1.) Find a centerpiece for years to come(through the draft, trade or free-agency this doesn't matter)
2.) Find a complimentary starting line-up to build around that star. 3 of those 4 should be adequate-good 2 way players. This helps to establish a style of play and gives you a more defined plan and strategy as to what types of players you need to target.
3.) Start to replace your aging vets that aren't a part of your building future. Mentoring time.
4.) Find role players and specialists to fill in the gaps and eliminate your weaknesses.
Now of course it never goes exaclty in that order. Guys retire, guys get hurt, guys don't meet expectations, opportunities arise, that type of player isn't available etc. Adjusting is part of it and that's what good GM's do. Isiah has been okay to horrible at adjusting. All the while every move whether it's a move of opportunity or a well thought out planned one, has to meet with your original goals.
Here has been Isiah's workflow:
1.) Take over an aging team without a centerpeace. Target a centerpiece(Marbs), not to build around, but to lead an aging incapable group to a mythical title/fill the seats
2.) Injuries cause Isiah to scrap original plan. This happens. Isiah instead of targeting two way players to fill the roster around Marbs instead targets one way and flawed players strictly on the basis of athleticism.
3.) Quickly realizing that Marbs isn't a centerpiece and that he has no reliable 2 way players he revamps the line-up again and gets a new centerpeice(Eddie Curry).
4.) Now we have our centerpeice. Because he has no energy on the roster he is forced to forgo any thoughts of targeting the future starting line-up and is instead forced to go after anyone and everyone that can provide some energy. In otherwords energy specialists or role players(JJ2, Balkman, DLee) I have nothing against any of them and like them on the team, but it just shows how out of order we went. These players were acquired not because they were a fit for our centerpiece but because they provide energy to the line-up. Once again we were left not knowing who would even be in the line-up 2, 3 or 4 years from now. We still only had one known future starter to groom and a bunch of role players.
5.) Makes a move for a second centerpiece(Zach). Now he finally has established a style of play to build around. For the first time in 3 years it is obvious what type of players we should be targeting.
6.) Now has to target two way players because for 3 years we have ignored this
7.) Will need to rid the roster of both wastes of space and good players that don't fit that we really want to keep in order to start targeting specialists and role players that can open the floor.
Isiah's "plan" is disjointed. It's not that we are doomed, it's that there are so many obvious moves that should have been addressed years ago. He has not been pro-active(see Jerome James). With Curry and Zach we need a PG of the future. We have to hope Mardy is that guy or else we are going to be starting over again at this position two years from now. Then we will be forced to target a free-agent market and take what is available instead of being pro-active and using all our resources to find the guy that fits.
7/26/2007 10:11 AM
