GustavBahler wrote:

mreinman wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

mreinman wrote:

GustavBahler wrote:

misterearl wrote:Who's Gunna Take The Weight?

GustavBahler - what tells you that Melo is not a vocal leader?

Melo ain't the problem. Uncle Phil is wise to lighten his load, not increase it.

We desperately need a 6'11 forward who can box out and play defense.

I watch the games Earl. Saying that Melo isn't a vocal leader isn't the same thing as saying he's the problem, there is room for improvement in that department. Not like doing extra paperwork, just want him to be more vocal when the team is faltering.

He was vocal when he told Woody to "just fukkin coach the game"

LOL, if Melo could be like that on the floor more often, we would be in business.

Agreed but how often do you have to deal with a tool/bizzaro world coach like Woody?

I thought Woodson was a good coach at first, more involved. Ready to call a TO when he saw something he didn't like, made adjustments that worked. Eventually he put the team on autopilot, stopped yelling at JR when he was fing up, took it out on Shump. Made a joke of his accountability mantra.

effin enabler ...

Not helping felton on the picks which killed us ...

End game play designs were Kevin Gilbride bad

And, not playing Cole was retarded but a blessing now.

misterearl wrote:Who's Gunna Take The Weight?

GustavBahler - what tells you that Melo is not a vocal leader?

Melo ain't the problem. Uncle Phil is wise to lighten his load, not increase it.

We desperately need a 6'11 forward who can box out and play defense.

Who do you have in mind? It's one thing to identify a need and yet another to solve the problem. I would guess that Phil is pondering this question right now. There area a few guys still available. Some have already been signed off this list.

Player	                HT	WT	Pos	FA  FA Status	YOS	Age	
Daniel Orton	        6-10	256	C	U   N/A          4	23		
Viacheslav Kravtsov	6-11	254	C	U   N/A          2	26  
Dexter Pittman	        6-11	285	C	U   N/A          4	26   
Andris Biedrins	        7-0	250	C	U   N/A          10	28	
Greg Stiemsma	        6-11	260	C	U   N/A          4	28
Hamady Ndiaye	        7-0	235	C	U   N/A          3	27
Greg Oden	        7-0	273	C	U   Non-Bird     6	26
Aaron Gray	        7-0	270	C	U   Bird         7	29
Ryan Hollins	        7-0	240	C	U   Early Bird	 8	29
Jason Collins	        7-0	255	C	U   Non-Bird	 13	35	
Nazr Mohammed	        6-10	250	C	U   Early Bird	 16	36	
Andrew Bynum	        7-0	285	C	U   Non-Bird	 9	26
Byron Mullens	        7-0	275	C	U   Non-Bird	 5	25	
Aron Baynes	        6-10	260	C	R   Early Bird	 2	27	
Bernard James	        6-10	230	C	U   Early Bird	 2	29	
Jermaine O'Neal	        6-11	235	C/PF	U   Non-Bird	 18     35	
Emeka Okafor	        6-10	255	C/PF	U   Bird	 10	31	
Anthony Tolliver	6-8	240	C/PF	U   Non-Bird	 7	29	
Greg Monroe	        6-11	250	C/PF	R   Bird	 4	24	
Solomon Jones	        6-10	235	PF	U   N/A          8	29
Earl Clark	        6-10	225	PF	U   Non-Bird	 5	26
Glen Davis	        6-9	289	PF	U   Non-Bird	 7	28
Charlie Villanueva	6-11	232	PF	U   Bird	 9	29	
Channing Frye	        6-11	248	PF	U   Bird	 9	31	
Andray Blatche	        6-11	260	PF	U   Early Bird	 9	27	
Kris Humphries	        6-9	235	PF	U   Bird	 10	29	
Kenyon Martin	        6-9	240	PF	U   Early Bird	 14	36		
Elton Brand	        6-9	254	PF	U   Non-Bird	 15	35
Jordan Hill	        6-10	235	PF	U   Bird	 5	26
James Johnson	        6-9	245	PF	U   Non-Bird	 5	27
DeJuan Blair	        6-7	270	PF	U   Non-Bird	 5	25
Patrick Patterson	6-9	235	PF	R   Bird	 4	25
Ed Davis	        6-10	225	PF	U   Bird	 4	25
Chris Singleton	        6-8	230	PF	U   OPT-Bird	 3	24
Ryan Kelly	        6-11	230	PF	R   Non-Bird	 1	23
Jan Vesely	        6-11	240	PF	U   OPT-Bird	 3	24	
Trevor Booker	        6-8	240	PF	U   Bird	 4	26	
Mike Scott	        6-8	237	PF	R   Early Bird	 2	25	
Grant Jerrett	        6-10	220	PF	R   Non-Bird	 1	21
Jason Maxiell	        6-7	260	PF	U   N/A	         9	31	
Josh McRoberts	        6-10	240	PF/C	U   Bird         7	27	
Jason Smith	        7-0	240	PF/C	U   Bird	 7	28	
Drew Gooden	        6-10	230	PF/C	U   Non-Bird	 12	32	

misterearl wrote:Keeping It Real

Kyrie Irving, Steph Curry, Chris Paul...

which one is Calderon or Larkin slowing down?

and I love the acquisition of Jose Calderon.

We need another fluid, tall, expert defender up front to compensate.

Kyrie Irving, Steph Curry, Chris Paul...
which one is dragic or bledsoe or tony parker or kyle lowry or blah blah blah slowing down?

misterearl wrote:Cartman718 - you funny.

Let's go to the videotape

i'm just saying. you are bringing 3 of the top 5 point guards in the league and asking a question like who is calderon and larkin going to stop?
it's about exploiting their team's weaknesses sometimes, not always stopping their best player.

like phil said (and insinuated), we have a bunch of average guards which we might want to trade. but if we cannot, we still have workable pieces... just not ideal.
hell it's all an upgrade compared to felton no defense and toure murry no offense. no?

EnySpree wrote:First off Melo is no longer considered a bad defender. He's Proven that over the last 2 seasons. Dude is guarding all 3 front court positions and banging with guys bigger than him.

Amare scoring well has nothing to do with defense. He can't rebound either.

Bargnani is a very good man on man defender. He's a horrible team defender.

Toure hardly played last year to even say he was a factor in defense.

Shump is definitely a mediocre defender. Bargnani had stopped more people than he has. Ask Dwight Howard.

I just want to say some of you guys are media clones just repeating what's been said in the past. You guys suck

Whaddya expect? We're all laws school/CPA dropouts!

Cartman718 wrote:

misterearl wrote:Keeping It Real

Kyrie Irving, Steph Curry, Chris Paul...

which one is Calderon or Larkin slowing down?

and I love the acquisition of Jose Calderon.

We need another fluid, tall, expert defender up front to compensate.

Kyrie Irving, Steph Curry, Chris Paul...
which one is dragic or bledsoe or tony parker or kyle lowry or blah blah blah slowing down?