HofstraBBall wrote:If you look at our roster this year, it is so much better than last year. (on Paper). The East is the weakest it has been in 15 years. Really expected a winning record at this point of the season.2016 Carmelo Anthony SF Willy Hernangomez C Courtney Lee SG Rose PG KP PF
Bench: Baker, Holiday, Jennings. Kuz, Ndour, Noah, O'Quinn, Plumlee, Randle, Lance, Sasha
2017 KP PF, Kanter C, Timmy SF, Lee SG, Jack PG
Bench: Mcdermot, KO, Noah, Lance, Beasley, Frank, Baker, Dotson, Burke
Everyone claimed Melo was a ball stop and hurt the team on defense, we have better defender in Timmy and Melo's replacement, Kanter, is a virtual double double of late.
Some claimed KP was being held back. Guess he was because as he is now an All Star. But still reminds me of a really tall kid that thinks he is a SG.
Lee is having his best year in quite some time. Not very good last year.
Timmy is having a good year seemed to step up to bigger role.
Jack has been a pleasant surprise. Rose was an unpleasant dissapointment.
The first guy off the bench is Frank (who Nix says stops everyone on defense). Our first guy off the bench last year was sometimes Sasha?
Our scoring off the bench is Beasley (Sometimes best player of the game), KO (Having his best year), and Buckets (Can hit open 3's and very active). Last year we had guys that are no longer in the league and Justin Holiday.
I thought without uncle Phil and the Triangle, the team would have less distractions. So why do we take a **** against decent teams and cant win on the road? Are these guys just pretenders? Look at the Boston game. KP was weak and the 7th best player on a floor without Smart and Irving playing. 7'3 and gets 3 F..n rebounds in 35 minutes? Lee dissappeared, as ussual in big games. (7 pts. in 29 min) Timmy went back to pre D league Timmy. (4pt. in 27 min) The only guy that showed up was Kanter. Frank is still developing (I know it will take at least 6 years) Beasley scored 12 in just 12 min? Burke got 5 min? In a game where we got blown out by 30. KO, Buckets, Lance did not make the most of their minutes.
Just dont get this team. Really thought we had a better squad. Is it heart?, coaching? or no leader? Have no idea what Perry and Mills are going to do. Hard to watch yet another year where the whole squad gets scraped. But after today, its hard to care.
I Tried to give JH and rambis the benefit, especially with the early success and no triangle. But I'm coming to the realization that we have a coaching staff that doesn't know wtf their doing. (which is why phil told him to scrap his system and run the triangle)
The rotation has been butchered, The use of KP, willy, frank, lee, lance, thj, baker, Bease, mCdermott and now burke, has been a joke, there has been zero consistency across the board, other then running the same inconsistent system and plays for kp that has him looking like a shot blocking SG
The development for willy, frank, dotson and KP(who became a all star for one month of all star play) has been butchered. Each and every one of our young players has gotten worse as the season progresses.
Then you have to go back to Perry( who did a downright awful job in orlando developing aybody) and put together a brutal KINGS team just this pass off season. Mills who has nothing on his resume indicating any kind of success, building a team, developing a team, or building a culture.
Those guys don't know how to evaluate talent, acquire talent, or use the talent they have.
And the noah Incident may have just sealed JH Fate