- i'm not worried about the turnovers. it was expected as it will take time. counter argument could be milwaukee. they have 4 new starters from last year and seem to look VERY comfortable together. is this a result of a simplified offense, of having a great pg, or of things just clicking for whatever reason? who knows but it looks like it will take time with us.

- crawford looked nervous and i was suprised to hear how upset he was about not starting. he was one of the best players in preseason and he was told he wasn't going to start 90 mins before the game...so i guess he should be upset. maybe it was how lb handled it but i hope he can move past this and that lb isn't playing any mind games with the young guys.

- what happened to going inside out? seemed like we abandoned that early.

- the big game is just disgusting and i wouldn't be surprised if he's ENTRENCHED on the bench within a month.

- i thought marbury had a very good game and was trying to fit into lb's type of game. his defensive effort was VERY good. but ultimately, he did miss a lot of free throws (along with curry) that cost us the game in regulation.

- rebounding is a big red flag. where will it come from on a consistent basis? is this something that needs to be learned or is it more of a personnel issue? time will tell.

- which brings me to why the hell did frye not play? almost all other lottery picks got minutes except for frye. even nate got minutes. i don't buy the bring him along slowly routine b/c he was drafted based purely on the fact that he can go now. he needs to get minutes friday or i will be concerned.

frye really is my only major question from last night's loss. i thought we played ok, and some played scared. i thought we were trying but it looked like we played with pressure on us. is the pressure from lb or from the media? i'm not sure but they sure didn't look comfortable out there. and despite that and all the missed ft's (the real reason we lost), we did tie it in regulation and push overtime - something that DEFINITELY wouldn't have happened the past 2 years.

oh well, one game down, 81 more to go. i don't think friday is a must win but it would suck to go on a 6 game western trip with a 1-2 or 0-3 record.

MORE MO TAYLOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

no reason why frye wasn't in there, crawford better snap out of it or I have no problem with him being shipped out of town for a quality SF...a carmelo type of pierce for that matter.

Other than that, Boston's home opener...we took it to overtime.

Same thing happened to phoenix, only they lost at home.

Boston is going to be tough, but in reality, they won't be, they are a two man team right now.

On the flip side, Jersey got blown out.


[Edited by - rvhoss on 11-03-2005 10:21 AM]

Posted by Allanfan20:

I can understand Mo T playing 20 minutes last night b/c he was decent, but the rebounding was still terrible. I thought AD was playing decent, but he just can't play 33 minutes. He's 37, and doesn't even want to play here!

Mo had 5 rebs in 22 minutes. But beyond the numbers i thought Mo T brought an attitude and confidence with him. He looked fluid. Barnes and Q did as well.

-where was frye? rebounding was an issue, but is he worse than guys like mo or JJ? injury, possibly?
-where did you guys hear crawford was really upset about not starting?
-turnovers... i don't expect it to continue, our team play and decision making should get better soon as the season goes on and errors will be cut down. but it hurt.
-rebounding also hurt. our frontcourt was nothing special in that respect (play frye and lee! and butler!) but our backcourt really hurt too. our bigs contested the shots, their bigs grabbed boards and got putbacks. some of it will get better, but there's a limit to how much our rebounding can improve solely from practice and coaching- some has to be working on basic fundamentals, team D and rebounding, and committment to hustle.
-curry needs to get in shape. he had some good plays early, and hit the boards and D OK, but he seemed out of it after a certain point, things he was doing were not as effective later on. he and JJ need to pass more.
-i was pretty happy with the defense. we were relying on some young guys who will only get better, need to learn to avoid fouling. crawford and marbury i thought did good jobs, i think ricky davis actually did the least when marbury was on him.
-i like ariza and barnes. they're cool. got some learning to do, some jitters to get out (god, ariza, it was an open dunk!) but them along with Q is pretty good at the 3

anyone here think frye can put up 8 and 5 with a few blocks, steals, assists thrown in in 20 minutes? i would hope so. don't care for mo or rose.

I agree that Frye should get Rose's minutes. But if you want to trade Malik, you've got to showcase him a little. AD's minutes should come down. They'll have to anyway, he can't maintain that PT for the whole season.

I was impressed by Mo. Or I should say, he's not useless. He'll be good against other second unit PFs