Posted by Killa4luv:

1. Craw, Steph, Q, Lee, Balk, Nate, came to play.
2. Stayed in this in spite of the whole Curry helped us to build.
3. We showed that we have a legitimate "pressure d lineup" that works.
4. We didn't quit and walk away.
5. That Nate dunk was one of the best of the year.
6. Balkman has a jumper.
7. I see what Isiah means when he says he sees some Rodman.Artest in him. He was guarding Yao and doing a damn good job at it. Thats impressive.
8. 2 good game sin a row from Craw.

Bottom Line:
1. Need to find a way to keep up that defensive intensity in parts of the game that arent the 2nd half of the 4th quarter.
2. Offense needs tweaking, we were having problems scoring when Steph or Craw or QW weren't doing their own thing.

Posted by bigbeast:

I agree with everything you mentioned. After screaming at Isiah for not doubling Yao, he made a risky yet affective move by putting a quicker Balkman on Yao to disrupt him.

Craw showed up in the 4th Q. Lee was awesome as usual. Tip-ins, rebounds, heady passing......Frye on the other hand is having major mental issues. And his post game is still pathetic. On the play when Frye spun and pump-faked in the post before Yao threw his shot to half court, Frye made a fundamental error. Why would you spin to your left (away from the defender) only to shoot with your right(which brings the ball right back to the defender you just spun away from?)

I dont want this to sound like Im jumping the gun, but we need more than a Reggie Evans or Etan to play next to Curry. Curry is a role player. He might excell playing next to Garnett or someone that can draw some defensive attention. Curry plays best when he can catch the ball on the move or if someone penetrates and dishes to him for a stuff.

[Edited by - bigbeast on 11-10-2006 11:17 PM]

[Edited by - bigbeast on 11-10-2006 11:18 PM]

Posted by nixluva:

The reality of our situation is that right now we can't run our offense THRU Currry and Frye. We have to have them be secondary options to our guards. They are our best players right now. When we try to feature Curry and Frye it slows down the offense to a dead stop and we just fall behind. These 2 are much better when the focus isn't on them directly. They will be better when they can get easy baskets off our guard penetration and pick and roll plays. Once Curry went out all of a sudden you saw motion and passing and some more fluid basketball. I'm not saying to totally go away from him, but to limit the amount of early pure post ups. Let him get into the flow off of some easy catch and stuff type plays.

As for the good from the game:

1. Isiah actually did a good job with his use of the bench.
2. We have some defensive players who when mixed in with the starters give us a much better presence. The overall defensive effort was good. Except for Curry and Frye
3. Steph seems to be coming on, but not forcing it. He's letting the game come to him.
4. Lee and Balkman are a very good tandem for D.
5. Still in games at the end despite our offense being totally out of synch and our frontcourt not giving us much.

I get the feeling that this team is gonna be good once we put it all together and get healthy. This team shows signs of what it can be once we learn to harness the strengths we have. Isiah is learning something new about this team with every game and that will be valuable down the line.

Posted by Ira:

Does anyone still feel that the trade for Curry was a good one?

Posted by oohah:

Posted by nixluva:

Once Isiah starts to see more of these players he's gonna make asjustments based off of what he sees. He can't panic and do drastic moves this early. He has to let this team play thru some of this. Frye does worry me and i'm sure that he is close to losing his starting spot if he doesn't snap out of it. Curry tho just got schooled by a VERY solid fundamental player who has the advantage of being more talented and skilled and BIGGER. He has to learn how to THINK his way thru games like this. He didn't vary his offense at all when he found that he couldn't just power thru Yao. Stupid flip shots and putting the ball straight up into Yao was a sign that he had no mental aspects to his game tonight. He also stopped playing hard as he got frustrated.

Yao is coming into his own. He is going to do this to other players.

All this talk about LeBron and Wade, I think Yao is more of a franchise player than either and he's only getting better.

oohah

He's not more of a franchise player than Lebron or Wade but he is becoming scary in terms of dominance

Posted by Nalod:

This one is not on eddy. he did ok considering Isiah had him guarding him one on one. Eddy on his best day can't stop him.

Isiah seems like he is all alone on the bench and has that look like he just figured out how Phuched he really is.