Got GTA. Got Sochan. Got Mo extra minutes.

martin wrote:FO did its job at trade deadline plus.

Got GTA. Got Sochan. Got Mo extra minutes.

Leon for President. What we need to win a chip? Jeremy Sochan.
Our depth is absolutely crazy.
Brown is the perfect coach for Leon’s WING FACTORY.
Love this team. Talk about going for it.

ramtour420 wrote:

jskinny35 wrote:I like that Brown is trying to get Brunson more off the ball but what I'm not sure Brown possesses is the willingness to get in Brunson's face (as the captain) and tell him he sits if he doesn't move the ball and quit with the "I cook and my teammates get scraps" approach. Problem is Kolek is weak defensively as well - but I'd still use him to make the point as we are simply going to struggle against physically defensive and tough minded teams like Detroit and OKC. Hoping Alvarado has some playmaking abilities because we've all seen the ball move more without Brunson (despite us needing Brunson's iso/hero ball at times as well).

It's the same story as we had with Melo.When Melo played like he always played ( ISO King) we were in the playoffs, like first or second round. He would have a stretch of games where he was DadMelo( distributing) and the team was just unreal when he did that. Unfortunately, in the playoffs he always reverted to isoMelo.

I have more faith in Brunson's ability to see the big picture than Melo who was reliably myopic about being the hero all the time.

Melo never gave me the feeling he cared enough about doing whatever was necessary to win if it took the focus off him. It is one of the reasons I never liked watching him play. And for a guy who always wanted to take the last shot he had a remarkably low success rate as a clutch shooter. Brunson by comparison is a demi-god in that respect.

I never felt the excuse he lacked surrounding talent to be a compelling argument, because I would have never tried to build a team around a guy like Melo. As good a scorer as he was, he was not a franchise player. He was firepower you add to a good team to put it over the top, not the other way around. Melo was too selfish to lead a team and be its best player. He should have been second fiddle to a Lebron or some other better player when he was still in his prime.

I'd like to believe Brunson is a wiser man and will make some judicious adjustments in the playoffs about when to freelance vs. being a proper floor general when the team needs him to lead.

Brunson suffers from ball hogging tunnel vision at times and it is a perfectly valid criticism. TBH, some of our best ball of the season was when he was on the bench watching. But he is capable of shifting gears and I want to believe he'll make better choices because I think his hunger to win is great enough to let someone else be the hero.

BlueKnickers wrote:

ramtour420 wrote:

jskinny35 wrote:I like that Brown is trying to get Brunson more off the ball but what I'm not sure Brown possesses is the willingness to get in Brunson's face (as the captain) and tell him he sits if he doesn't move the ball and quit with the "I cook and my teammates get scraps" approach. Problem is Kolek is weak defensively as well - but I'd still use him to make the point as we are simply going to struggle against physically defensive and tough minded teams like Detroit and OKC. Hoping Alvarado has some playmaking abilities because we've all seen the ball move more without Brunson (despite us needing Brunson's iso/hero ball at times as well).

It's the same story as we had with Melo.When Melo played like he always played ( ISO King) we were in the playoffs, like first or second round. He would have a stretch of games where he was DadMelo( distributing) and the team was just unreal when he did that. Unfortunately, in the playoffs he always reverted to isoMelo.

I have more faith in Brunson's ability to see the big picture than Melo who was reliably myopic about being the hero all the time.

Melo never gave me the feeling he cared enough about doing whatever was necessary to win if it took the focus off him. It is one of the reasons I never liked watching him play. And for a guy who always wanted to take the last shot he had a remarkably low success rate as a clutch shooter. Brunson by comparison is a demi-god in that respect.

I never felt the excuse he lacked surrounding talent to be a compelling argument, because I would have never tried to build a team around a guy like Melo. As good a scorer as he was, he was not a franchise player. He was firepower you add to a good team to put it over the top, not the other way around. Melo was too selfish to lead a team and be its best player. He should have been second fiddle to a Lebron or some other better player when he was still in his prime.

I'd like to believe Brunson is a wiser man and will make some judicious adjustments in the playoffs about when to freelance vs. being a proper floor general when the team needs him to lead.

Brunson suffers from ball hogging tunnel vision at times and it is a perfectly valid criticism. TBH, some of our best ball of the season was when he was on the bench watching. But he is capable of shifting gears and I want to believe he'll make better choices because I think his hunger to win is great enough to let someone else be the hero.

I'm not sure Brunson can adjust enough after watching last night. My post AS-game optimism evaporated after one game. Last night showed us who this team is.

The rest of the season is a test of Brown's ability to push the team to play the game correctly, ESPECIALLY Brunson.

If Brown fails to get buy-in and he fails to install plays that get KAT, Bridges and even OG shots in rhythm when Brunson is on the floor then he will go down in flames.

Brunson is not as bad as Melo was, but I'm starting to feel he may ISO us out of more games in the future. Riding his hot hand will not get you very far.

Going to assume Jalen/Kat/OG will all function mostly normal but can't have the 2 guys above be net negatives.

Of course ain't going anywhere without bench guys playing above pay grade.

Guess as I type this - we only have a shot if entire unit (1-10) are functioning at a very high level.