Posted by Bippity10:
Posted by nixluva:
I saw this comment from Isiah and I think it's an important observation:
With so many players shuttling in and out of the lineup, it's been difficult for Thomas to cement a rotation. But that hasn't stopped him from getting something positive out of it.
"With all of our smalls being out, I think we have a pretty good idea of what it looks like if we can size up at a lot of positions and play bigger," Thomas said. "We're not as good offensively, but we're damn good defensively when we play bigger, as opposed to playing smaller."
The defense has picked up lately and I hope that continues. I've always felt that we had some capable defensive players and he's done a good job adding size to this team. We mentioned how versatile this roster is and now we've seen more of a BIG lineup and it's been effective. More rebounds and shot intimidation. Steph and Jamal have been able to be more aggressive with so much size behind them. Cato and to a lesser extent James have also added to that. We have had Curry, Frye & Lee out there and it's made a difference. Now we'll also have Jared so that's not bad. It's been a bit of good fortune that Francis was not able to play, cuz that ended the Steph and Steve experiment. He gave it a shot, but it just can't work on the defensive end.
This was obvious to some during the pre-season. NOt so obvious to otehrs.
Can't think of a single person besides Isiah who though 4 guards made a good lineup.
