Posted by fishmike:
Posted by Pharzeone:
Posted by fishmike:
Raja Bell and Harpring are better then ARiza and Crawford. Both have actually played winning basketball in their career on top of that.
Spare me the long drawn out pseudo-statistical breakdown documenting the potential of Crawford and Ariza over those 2 guys.
Raja Bell better than someone?
I can rest assure knowing this statement has never ever been posted anywhere else in the known universe.
yea... and we need more guys like this. Our defense is joke, every night. I like Crawford and Marbury but they givith and the taketh away. We need some guys like Raja Bell, Ira Newble, Earl Watson, hell... John Starks.
Isiah has upgraded the talent over all, but he's counteracted that with ZERO balance and ZERO identity. We dont really play defense as a team and we arent explosive, we dont dominate on the boards, some days we are uptempo, other days we are half court.
Thats pretty lame considering he traded for this whole roster. But I'm sure he will fix everything this offseason.
Fish, I don't think that's totally fair. He's assembled a team that plays a fantastic offensive game and a wretched defensive one. And while it's not good enough, it's at least entertaining while the team loses to get in position for an important draft in a deep draft year.
Ariza is far better defensively than either Bell or Harpring. He needs to get stronger, but he can probably become a Posey-level player, who is underrated. He's no Pippen, but he's a core player.
Jamal's defense is bad. There's no way around that. I'd love to draft a long, rangy two guard who can slash and play D.
I think a ton of our defensive problems can be solved by a shotblocker who will challenge shots, alter shots and make slashing guards think twice. I loved the brief Dikembe Renaissance we had.
