what was our plan on D, stop KD and let the other guys beat us, or let KD have his but don't let the other guys? seemed like chaos

and when we shot 30% against the likes of Seth Curry and Cam Thomas something weird is happening

And as much as I like to criticize Julius I will say that early in the game i do think he tried to bring some energy and get others to do same.

But last night was embarrassing. There is just no excuse for that lack of energy and effort on national TV against your rivals. I'm hearing too much 'they played harder then us' bs from the players. Too early for that! Fatigue should not be an issue! This falls on the HC and the leaders of the team to have this team ready to go every game!

Give the Nets credit. Vaughn has been a shinning light for that team. He has them playing together and playing hard. And of course KD makes the game easy for everyone. All those wide open threes in the first quarter were because of KD and his greatness.

But Brunson needs to play harder on defense! No excuse letting Edmond freaking Sumner torch you and violate you like that! And piss poor job by Brunson running the team to start the game! Too much one on one and it starts with him. There is no Luka here! You cannot 'let the game come to you'. There are no games off!

And I know everyone is frustrated with Randle (I am too!) but if it wasn't for him, we would have lost this game by 50!

I really hope we can make a trade soon cause this .500 bs sucks!

Right now we are a bunch of stat padding selfish players.
I watched Obi, our PF responsible for rebounding. leave the defensive side to break out for a fast break several times. Are we just basket hanging now when down 20? Him leaving led to offensive rebound and Curry three.
Cam is back to his clueless drives.
IQ still cant shoot and does not look for anyone.
RJ still has his blinders on and only sees the basket.
Randle still thinks he can dribble. Do not mind him bringing ball up to help JB with pressure but he needs to know he cannot dribble for **** in traffic.
WE NEED a SG!! Emphasis on SHOOTING. Hopefully Grimes gets healthy.
What is wrong with Rose? Playing like he is on a 10 day.
JB is playing like he has been watching a lot of Donovan Mitchell highlights.
Hart is good but not good enough to beat any high tier teams.

Other than that, I was happy with our performance against the Nyts.

Nalod wrote:Had a business dinner and got home at 10. Put the game on. realized I’d crash early, fast fowarded it and it got real ugly.
Took all of 30 min. I was asleep and missed the **** show in its entirety. if we made a huge comeback i’d catch the reply today.
No need. Easier to follow a .500 team this way. I know its cheating but If late I’ll do the same thing if we have a big lead.
I’ll fast foward and see if game gets close then slow it down. Need sleep!!!!
More often than not I do the game about an hour after it starts and can fast forward thru the time outs and breaks. Blow thru Half time and commercials then catch up in real time. West coast games are impossible. Can’t stay up to 1am.
League pass thru youtube TV is great! on the road can either use fire stick in hotel or at the beach house. Picture on my new Airbook is really quite good with airpods is a good set up.

I made it through half of first quarter and it was one of those nights that the recording features of any show really kick in for a possible win-win. First win cause I turned the game off and didn't waste my time with the rest, and just in case they come back, it'll be a second win by watching it late. Only one win for me tonight

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SergioNYK wrote:I'm trying hard not to get too emotionally invested in this team this season because it is what it is. When you're a .500 level team, there are going to be up's and down's. I honestly think watching a .500 team is way more stressful then being a terrible 20 win team and of course a 50 win team. You just don't know what team will show up on a game by game basis.

But last night was embarrassing. There is just no excuse for that lack of energy and effort on national TV against your rivals. I'm hearing too much 'they played harder then us' bs from the players. Too early for that! Fatigue should not be an issue! This falls on the HC and the leaders of the team to have this team ready to go every game!

Give the Nets credit. Vaughn has been a shinning light for that team. He has them playing together and playing hard. And of course KD makes the game easy for everyone. All those wide open threes in the first quarter were because of KD and his greatness.

But Brunson needs to play harder on defense! No excuse letting Edmond freaking Sumner torch you and violate you like that! And piss poor job by Brunson running the team to start the game! Too much one on one and it starts with him. There is no Luka here! You cannot 'let the game come to you'. There are no games off!

And I know everyone is frustrated with Randle (I am too!) but if it wasn't for him, we would have lost this game by 50!

I really hope we can make a trade soon cause this .500 bs sucks!

Love your post. But the next to last line got me.... If we can lose by 25 with Randle then i'm ok with losing by 50 without.

There is no universe where Randle leads us to even the land adjacent to the promised land so the sooner we get off his contract and free OBI the better.

Tired of this thinking. One in which we are suppose to trade proven players and trust unsupported hope. This is the reason why we have sucked for so many years. Years in which fans are waiting for draft picks and hopefuls like Chandler, Hardaway, Frye, Fields. Hill, Frank, Knox, Obi, Grimes, IQ and every other unproven dream to materialize. How about we just build a team with players that have shown they can play in the NBA and not just in fans dreams? And allow players like Obi to continue to prove he is one of those before we propel him over others that have. Randle is not going to "get us to the promised land" but the mindset of accumulating and developing proven players will get us closer to that than a bunch of unproven fan favorites that have yet to prove anything.

FYI, you may want to check the stats for the last 4 games before you go calling for trades. That is if you want to be constructive.

BigDaddyG wrote:

HofstraBBall wrote:

Sambakick wrote:

SergioNYK wrote:I'm trying hard not to get too emotionally invested in this team this season because it is what it is. When you're a .500 level team, there are going to be up's and down's. I honestly think watching a .500 team is way more stressful then being a terrible 20 win team and of course a 50 win team. You just don't know what team will show up on a game by game basis.

But last night was embarrassing. There is just no excuse for that lack of energy and effort on national TV against your rivals. I'm hearing too much 'they played harder then us' bs from the players. Too early for that! Fatigue should not be an issue! This falls on the HC and the leaders of the team to have this team ready to go every game!

Give the Nets credit. Vaughn has been a shinning light for that team. He has them playing together and playing hard. And of course KD makes the game easy for everyone. All those wide open threes in the first quarter were because of KD and his greatness.

But Brunson needs to play harder on defense! No excuse letting Edmond freaking Sumner torch you and violate you like that! And piss poor job by Brunson running the team to start the game! Too much one on one and it starts with him. There is no Luka here! You cannot 'let the game come to you'. There are no games off!

And I know everyone is frustrated with Randle (I am too!) but if it wasn't for him, we would have lost this game by 50!

I really hope we can make a trade soon cause this .500 bs sucks!

Love your post. But the next to last line got me.... If we can lose by 25 with Randle then i'm ok with losing by 50 without.

There is no universe where Randle leads us to even the land adjacent to the promised land so the sooner we get off his contract and free OBI the better.

Tired of this thinking. One in which we are suppose to trade proven players and trust unsupported hope. This is the reason why we have sucked for so many years. Years in which fans are waiting for draft picks and hopefuls like Chandler, Hardaway, Frye, Fields. Hill, Frank, Knox, Obi, Grimes, IQ and every other unproven dream to materialize. How about we just build a team with players that have shown they can play in the NBA and not just in fans dreams? And allow players like Obi to continue to prove he is one of those before we propel him over others that have. Randle is not going to "get us to the promised land" but the mindset of accumulating and developing proven players will get us closer to that than a bunch of unproven fan favorites that have yet to prove anything.

FYI, you may want to check the stats for the last 4 games before you go calling for trades. That is if you want to be constructive.

Because the salary cap doesn't really allow for that. You need to make decisions on players and manage accordingly. I a perfect world, you can sign vets and wait for the younger guys to takeover. I the real world, a mediocre teams with 4 players making close to or more than $20M just means a deadend.

Agree with that. But what should be the barometer in deciding which players should be kept. Randle is reasonably priced for his level of production. Especially when we have other players who we may not be able to say the same of. Were the extension for RJ and MR justified? How do we get rid of those have not worked out? ie EF?

And btw, I am not saying to trade or give up on kids like IQ, Grimes, Obi, MR or RJ. My favorite players are IQ and Grimes. Both who have potential but have proven very little. I am saying that you cannot trade your best player without having an alternative. And "lets give my hopeful a try" is not good enough for me and what I have eluded to. Is Obi more than that? Showing he may be. Obi has has improved and playing more complete. But we cant say he has proven that on a large scale. So what's the rush? He still has a lot of things he still needs to work on. Do agree he should get more time and leniency to do so though.

I know you don't agree with me but Randle is not our biggest concern. Yes he can be frustrating to watch. Cannot stand when he dribbles the ball and tries to make something happen. Can't stand his lack of composure at key times. However, he is a physically tough PF, decent shooter, showing good effort level, very good rebounder and is willing to be here, change and improve. Do I want a better player? Absolutely. But where is he? I had no problems including him for DM. I'll take Jeremi Grant for him. But can we be sure these are guys that would put us over the hump? Are these guys that have propelled their teams to more than playoff losers? Are they guys that would change our current roster to playoff contention?
They may be guys that like Randle, would not be enough and we would be blaming for all our failures.

Feel decisions will be made in due time. After last night, it does not look like anyone we have is a difference maker or worth keeping. Maybe the package for DM was the move, Who knows. Just another reminder of how hard it is to put a solid playoff team together and how we are not looking like we are close to that.

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Rit is a genius.

I mean why not post a reel of the 5 for 26 brick laying exhibition? Nah, lets focus on Randle not passing out immediately to one of those who was shooting so well.
Typical Randle scapegoating.
Let me put together some clips on everyone's decision making mistakes last night.
I hope I can find just one that was not Randle. Since everyone else played so well.