Olbrannon wrote:Nalod wrote:Dlee was great. He outplayed Pau. HE don't have the height. Lakes with Pau and Bynum up front are huge.Knicks played great last nite. JJ Played great defense and Kobe was a killer when he had to. We hung with them the whole game against the best team in the NBA.
He did assert himself. He did come right back at Pau when Pau blocked him on consecutive attempts.He did exploit his speed and beat Pau down the floor. But Pau took him to the hoop at will. It's a trade off. He is undersized for the position and you really kind of compare apples and oranges here.
Some of you guys are looking too closely at individual matchup stats and not at the big picture. You can just compare Lee's numbers to those of his "opposite" and have make a judgment on who had the edge without looking at all the other dynamics of the game. Those open looks the Lakers were getting and capitalizing on were there because we are unable to play man to man against certain teams like the Lakers, and when we played zone yesterday to compensate for our weakness, the Lakers punished us from outside.
When you have to double-team someone because your guy cannot guard that man alone down low, you end up paying for it elsewhere-in this case, 52% from downtown. When you have to have a big man guarding PG because your PG can't do it, you pay for it elsewhere.
We played a very good game yesterday, but once again, our weakness in the paint was exposed and exploited.
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Id rather keep Lee. We have to replace Jefferies Duhon and see what is available in refurbishing the bench once there is a mass exodus with FA But I think we have a real nice core--it's very encouraging. I don't want to lose Lee. He's a modern day Dave Cowens--minus some D but perhaps a better offensive player. To me I still can't believe I see D Lee isnt that good or his D scks get rid of him now for a pick etc..