Well, this is what happens when their is a youth movement that is in place. By the time the team "masters" this, then you can take solace in knowing that on some fan on a Pistons messageboard will be posting the exact same thing.

The world doesn't go in a straight-line. It goes in a circle.

You can quote me.

Posted by crzymdups:

#1 problem with this team right now is that its best player is injured. They would have easily won in Chicago and at least been competitive tonight with Marbury.

# problem is inconsistant play from our 2 wings, Q and Craw. Q has actually been consistantly bad, so I can't even say that. Craw has shown flashes of greatness, followed by sputtering. He's hot and cold. If he averaged a true 15 every night, and not 30 one night and 0 the next, we would have won many more games and we would be a much better team.

worst problem on team? no two way players. isiah is going to have to realize we have poor balance. nate robinson is a 4th G crawford and Q cant be on the same team, we need a real 3 wait tayshaun prince with another wide open 3, we need a shot blcking big who can intimidate the lane.

this team has a lot of work to do--some of the guys isiah may have thought untouchable may have to be reconsidered for balance.


hidden in that 6 game win steak was porous D

also we dont know how to help.... either there is no help.. or EVERYONE helps and leaves the entire perimiter open

... so true!

Other problems/needs:

1. Curry needs to transform himself from a "black hole" to a STAR. I wanna see his assists go up.

2. Curry and Taylor or Frye and Davis should seldom be on the floor together at the same time. Not that Frye's rebounding is that bad but I think that's the most important thing he should be working on right now and defense.

3. Q needs to get back to his semi-old self and play 30+minutes (all at SF)with Lee taking the rest. Our rebounding numbers are good at the SF position but our scoring is the lowest out of all the positions. If Q plays 30+ minutes we can still maintain our rebounding and add to our scoring at the same time. Q can post/shoot according to need.

4. Marbury, Crawford, Nate, Q and Lee need to get down rotating on defense like it's breathing.

5. Crawford needs to stay in FRONT of his man, that's the first thing I was taught when I started playing basketball. I don't understand why he can't do this.

6. They need to REALLY stick to a 9-man rotation... Curry, Davis, Frye, Taylor, Q, Lee, Crawford, Marbury and Nate.

On a side note... Ariza needs to get sent down to the NBDL and work on his PHYSICAL game and then come back and work on his MENTAL game with LB. He needs to go down there and play 30+ minutes a game. I love Ariza but I think he needs to do this and he is only 20.

Nate's a 4th G? now there's a revelation... i thought he was a PF... how are there no 2 way players? a week ago you were raving about Nate's defensive skills & his ability to penetrate to the hole & score off his energy alone... his 3 pt. shooting has been more than adequate... Mo T's scoring off the bench was lauded just a few days ago & you all were praising him for his new penchant to draw charges on help defense... David Lee was supposed to be the "answer" at SF, defending & making smart decisions w/the ball on offense, all while knocking down that little jumper that was money during that little winning streak they just had... his jumper wasn't falling last night, so all of a sudden he's not a 2 way player anymore?

are we all jumping off the bandwagon because of last night's humiliation at the hands of the best team in the East w/our best player Marbury & best post defender AD not on the court? come on people... i hope none of you expected this team to be even close to being on the level of title contenders... this team is still young, they're getting better, & at times, they look great & are fun to watch... what more did you expect at this point? there are no miracles that will vault this team into the NBA Finals this year... a few less T/O's & they easily could have won the games against the T'Wolves & Bulls... then instead of a 4 game losing streak, we'd be talking about the Knicks having won 8 of their last 10 games.

in truth, we need Marbury to come back healthy & playing the way he had been playing before he got injured, protecting the ball & not making stupid boneheaded passes like the Knicks were doing all last night... we need the young kids to communicate on the floor on D, the way AD & Malik Rose do when they're playing... we need Channing Frye to stop being so gun shy & to start shooting the ball the way we all know he can... we need David Lee to start hitting those open jumpers again the way he had been doing all last week... & we need Nate to stop trying to do too much by himself on the floor when he's running the point & let the game come to him... now if they do all these things, are they going to be a title contender? of course not... but they'll be the team that we saw during that 6 game winning stretch, & for now, i'll be more than happy with that.

typical copout response

[Edited by - TMS on 01-20-2006 09:45 AM]

#1 problem on the team, i cant really say there's a problem that towers over another problem.

i think we are the only team in the league that not only starts 3 rookies but give them significant minutes. WE ARE BOUND TO HAVE PROBLEMS!!!
about the crawford comments: last night he displayed absolutely no desire to win. he had trouble getting the team into set plays.

maybe the horrible season is taking a toll on him, he almost seems depressed...

Posted by martin:

Posted by TMS:

typical copout response

[Edited by - TMS on 01-20-2006 09:45 AM]

typical internet pansy taunting.

oh i forgot, it's not allowed to call out BRIGGS on this forum... my bad.

& how is that internet pansy taunting? i gave you a good explanation on why i think BRIGGS is off on this one, & he comes back w/that garbage... hey martin, sorry if i offended your pretty boy poster, but let's call a spade a spade here shall we? all the flip flopping is getting old... i think even you can agree to that... unless you're just too far up BRIGGS' ass to notice.

Posted by TMS:

Posted by martin:

Posted by TMS:

typical copout response

[Edited by - TMS on 01-20-2006 09:45 AM]

typical internet pansy taunting.

oh i forgot, it's not allowed to call out BRIGGS on this forum... my bad.

& how is that internet pansy taunting? i gave you a good explanation on why i think BRIGGS is off on this one, & he comes back w/that garbage... hey martin, sorry if i offended your pretty boy poster, but let's call a spade a spade here shall we? all the flip flopping is getting old... i think even you can agree to that... unless you're just too far up BRIGGS' ass to notice.

Briggs gets special treatment for a reason and it has nothing to do with posting skills!