this team badly needs a shake up. we have no edge, no fight.
kidd is simply too old to play this much. we need to limit his minutes in the next few weeks to give him some extra rest before the stretch run. the guy's just got too many miles on the tires.
felton has been brutal. maybe his finger is still affecting him, but for the month of february he's a 13 point 5 assist 3 turnover point guard who brings 0 to the table defensively (lowry had 7 ast/0 to tonight).
both of these guys need to take a seat. start prigioni for felton. prigioni at least brings energy on the defensive side, he sets up guys just as well, he can hit the open shot, he plays under way more control. i'd also move copeland back into the starting 5 at small forward. shump is still not at full strength, lets at least play him at his natural position. copeland brings energy, he's averaged 14/5 in starts, and he gives us a nice size advantage in the front court.
this is a veteran team, i don't think its necessarily going to rock the boat to move guys around. play felton 25 minutes off the bench instead of 34 minutes as a starter. bump kidd's minutes down to 15 for the next month just to conserve a guy a bit -- i have a feeling if he knew he was gonna play only half the time we'd get a lot more out of him in the minutes we do play him.
oh yeah, if MELO wants to be considered a top 5 player, maybe he could figure his game out and stat hitting some shots. jeez louise, he's 3-20 from 3 in his last 3 games.
2/23/2013 12:06 AM