Posted by VDesai:

BTW- 45% on Q's 9 shots a game is 8.1 ppg- which is better than what Q gives you even with his 3 point shooting! My number doesn't even include 3's! And this is not adding the fact that anyone who plays 30 mpg should be getting to the line more than 1 time a game and hitting better than a 50% clip.

Simple math tells you another guy could give 10 or 11 ppg easy with the opps that Q gets and guess what 3-4 extra ppg a game would make a clear difference in our record.

Posted by TheGame:

Posted by Bippity10:

We added a 23 and 10 player to an offense who's core has been together for 3 years and somehow we got worse. The value of finding players that can adapt and that know how to play is over-rated.

A big part of the problem is Q. Q missing his 3s really hurts because he is often the guy left open and without that threat teams are doubling Curry, who as we know is not the best center in the world at effectively handling double teams. The other problem over the past couple of games has been Randolph missing a bunch of easy shots. He has no lift and on shots that most PF would easily dunk, he tries to flip the ball into the basket and has been off more than expected lately. Not sure what is going on with him but we need him shooting at a higher percentage.

Fred Jones running the point provides more defense, but it also has hurt the offense because he is slow in getting the team into its set and getting the ball in the right hands. Not really his fault b/c he is not a pg, but I think this is another reason our offense cannot seem to score over the past few games.

Bottomline, this team has lost its confidence. There is no way these players should not be able to compete every night. In 8 of the 20 games, we have gotten down by 20 or more points. THat is insane. Kenny Smith mentioned yesterday that no NBA level team should be down that much in so many games. The mental state of this team is poor and until it improves, we are going to continue to see inconsistent play. We really need to find a strong leader to guide this team on the court. Until we can find someone that the other players can really rally behind, this team is going to continue to be a rudderless ship.

I remember musing all summer about why Isiah was not targeting a PG that could distribute the ball and true jumpshooters to spread the floor. Those types of ideas were seen as going against Isiah. They were not well received.

Posted by Masterplan:

Posted by Cosmic:

I'll let stats speak about how I feel for this offense/defense thought.



At 6-14 we'd have to now go 35-27 (.565) to break even.


We're also...

24th in scoring
24th in points allowed
28th in FG%
30th in FG% allowed
29th in shooting efficiency
29th in assists per game
22nd in assists allowed
28th in free throw%
20th in rebounding
13th in rebounds allowed
17th in rebounding differential
30th in blocked shots
29th in blocks allowed
22nd in steals per game
20th in steals allowed
23rd in turnovers
29th in forcing turnovers
27th in turnover diff
29th in turnover/assist

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

weird, those numbers didn't get any worse after i did that.