Nalod wrote:The rotation that made us hot going in, was the rotation that we went in with.
What was the “elf problem”? We don’t know do we? We have speculated only.
I am not going to argue something as obvious as how bad it was for us to have Elf as our starting PG all year. If you can't see that Elf being in the rotation was a problem that we should have tackled before the playoffs you and Mark Jackson have something in common.
Nalod wrote:Thibs adjusted but it was “too late”. I saw ATL was deeper than us.
Perhaps kudo’s to Thibs for wringing all it out to get that 4th seed instead of what he did wrong.
People only seem to remember when I criticize a player or coach. I literally said I
love Thibs in the same sentence I said he is not perfect. I also said I love Quick but he is not playing well right now and somehow I am freaking out for suggesting giving Grimes a chance at playing time during Quicks slump. The fact that Thibs benched Elf in the playoffs proves that he should have done it when many fans were asking for it in the regular season. Doing it in the regular season would have given our players time to adjust to new their new roles and positions on the court.
Nalod wrote:And………While thibs did admit when taking the job he has changed, we just assume he is the same old guy always.
This year he unleashed dome MDA kind of ****. Thats a new look. He is adapting.
I agree. I don't know why you added this in your response to me because I never said anything to disagree with your point here. I
LOVE all the player and ball movement in his new offense. The only problem I have is them relying too much on ISO Randle in the clutch. I am sure people will forget I also said I loved his new offense now that I gave a criticism.
Nalod wrote:Grimes and IQ do different things on the court. IQ future is as a playmaker from what I can see from summerleague. He is not “Kemba Quick, or Trae Quick either” He is 6-3 without outstanding athletic gifts. If he can’t be a Mark Jax type guard he might not make it. Lou Williams had a silky game and created well. Quick is not like that. The foul line thing has been limited by new rules. He has to adjust. Lets give him more time.
The way I see Quick being a good player is by embracing his role as a secondary guard. He is not athletic so he has troubling breaking down the D as a PG. However, he has a gift of attacking a defense that is scrambling because Rose already broke down the D. Like I said in earlier posts even though this is where he excels he has not done it well this season because his shot has been so bad. At the time of the original post he was shooting 30% overall and 25% from 3. Since then those numbers have dropped to 28.6% overall and 22.7% from 3. IQ is an offenseive player and when his shot is so off he is not going to help us much. What is the crime in seeing what Grimes can do? It would be hard for him to do worse than 28.6% and 22.7%. Remember grimes also plays defense so he already has that over quick.
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