Posted by Rich:

When Isiah was hired, he was apparently directed by Little Dolan to attempt a quick fix. His plan was to pair Marbury with Houston and acquire Rasheed for the front court. Unfortunately, Ainge did what he could to block the acquisition of Rasheed, and as Martin said, Houston's physical decline was quicker than anticipated.

Isiah then realized that he needed to rebuild, but he has probably still been under pressure from Little Dolan to make the playoffs as soon as possible. That has caused him to make dumb moves like trading for Mo Taylor.

Now that Larry is here, he stuck with a PG whose skillset doesn't suit the coach's style of play, but his contract makes him almost untradeable.

exactly why you settle on a coach and a philosophy first before you start arbitrarily flipping the roster.

Ppl trty and bash West in Memphis but in the past 2 years they have won 50 and 47 and this season are amongst the NBA's best. He has made alot of personnel changes but with the coach in place and team philosophy in place. The transition from Hubie Brown to Fratello was flawless.

Cheyney to Lenny to Herb to Brown, each time the team has played with no true identity. Brown is trying to establish a pound em inside one but Frye's talents truly lie on the perimeter, Curry remains out of shape, and the guards save for the occassional Crawford alley-oop are mostly inept as to how to make plays for their big man. Q and Steph have no clue how to enter the ball nor how and where to move in response to the defensive scheme after it. Nate tries to make it happen but is too much of a soap bubble and Crawford can pass it but then he stands there instead of making a cut through.


[Edited by - McK1 on 12-14-2005 09:41 AM]