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Houston is giving us a lesson on how to run the PnR.
 
So we go from 96 - 98 to 96 - 107?

We're just not playing smart at all.
 
Jesus, the Rockets are beating us like they did last year....we didn't learn a fucking thing by going 1 and out last playoffs.
 
Outlaw sucks.

We didn't go to LMA enough.

Roy's defense was horrible.

Rudy blew it.

Andre Miller can't shoot.

Season over.
 
Oh, and Oden's horrible. Time to admit we should've drafted Durant.
 
Brandon Roy




Lamarcus Aldridge

















































Everyone else.
 
Oh and Blake sucks too. No more Blake. Start Miller. Use Bayless off the bench.
 
Buzz Killington said:
nah, Durant would have made Roy and Aldridge worse by taking their shots.
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That's ludicrous. As you can see tonight, we need a third scorer. LMA and Roy can't do it by themselves. That's why we lost to the Rockets in the playoffs. Unless we have a good game from either Outlaw or Rudy, we can't win. With Durant, we'd get that good game more often than not.
 
KingSpeed said:
That's ludicrous. As you can see tonight, we need a third scorer. LMA and Roy can't do it by themselves. That's why we lost to the Rockets in the playoffs. Unless we have a good game from either Outlaw or Rudy, we can't win. With Durant, we'd get that good game more often than not.
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Its not a 3rd scorer we need, we need better perimeter defense. We lost to the Rockets because we couldn't defend their jump shooting, just like tonight. We don't need 3 guys to put up 20+ points per game...Roy and Aldridge played great. If Durant was in there, there would be 15 less shots for them.
 
DUB said:
That's more like the KingSpeed we all know. :tongue:
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That's the first time I've ever said that. I've been in denial.

Look at Oden's offense. It's actually worse this year, even after all that work with Bayno. He averaged a career high 9 ppg last season. What has happened this season? I keep waiting for Oden to break out but it's not gonna happen. Yes, he's tall and can grab rebounds and yes, he can block shots. But he commits more fouls that blocks and we often concede the score on those possessions anyway.
 
KingSpeed said:
That's the first time I've ever said that. I've been in denial.

Look at Oden's offense. It's actually worse this year, even after all that work with Bayno. He averaged a career high 9 ppg last season. What has happened this season? I keep waiting for Oden to break out but it's not gonna happen. Yes, he's tall and can grab rebounds and yes, he can block shots. But he commits more fouls that blocks and we often concede the score on those possessions anyway.
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Its not all about Oden's offense. The problem is we do not have a backup forward when LMA's resting and therefore the defense collapses on him (he will get better offensively still)
 
Buzz Killington said:
Its not a 3rd scorer we need, we need better perimeter defense. We lost to the Rockets because we couldn't defend their jump shooting, just like tonight. We don't need 3 guys to put up 20+ points per game...Roy and Aldridge played great. If Durant was in there, there would be 15 less shots for them.
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We need both. We need a third scorer AND we need better defense. 15 less shots for them? NO. 15 less shots for Rudy and Outlaw.\\\

Also-- look at Pierce, Allen, and KG. They each took less shots and won the championship. They'll probably do it again this season.
 
KingSpeed said:
We need both. We need a third scorer AND we need better defense. 15 less shots for them? NO. 15 less shots for Rudy and Outlaw.
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No, the shots would come at the expense of Roy and Aldridge. Durant is a primary offensive scoring machine who takes a lot of shots...he would be the first option, making Roy 2nd and Aldridge 3rd. You want a 3rd scoring option, Durant is a first scoring option.

You want a 3rd scoring option, you trade for Gerald Wallace.
 
Buzz Killington said:
Its not all about Oden's offense. The problem is we do not have a backup forward when LMA's resting and therefore the defense collapses on him (he will get better offensively still)
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That's ridiculous. Excuses, excuses.
 
KingSpeed said:
We need both. We need a third scorer AND we need better defense. 15 less shots for them? NO. 15 less shots for Rudy and Outlaw.\\\

Also-- look at Pierce, Allen, and KG. They each took less shots and won the championship. They'll probably do it again this season.
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What caused you to turn on your boy Outlaw?
 
Using Nate's logic, the starting 5 that "got us 54 wins" has gotten us off to a 1-2 start, with the potential of being 1-3 in 24 hours.

And with 2 home games that are potential losses, and a 3rd one that with the way the team is playing, isn't a lock for a W either.

You can't blame this on Batum getting hurt, but the team just playing lazy defense, and not having any sort of flow on offense.

It obviously too soon to throw in the towel, but they need to do something soon otherwise this season could lose any momentum from fans real quick. God knows we're a fickle bunch.
 
Less shots equal less points so if you want Greg to score more points perhaps you should get the team to give him the ball in good position, run the pick and roll with him, and lob it to him like we did in this game and he can get more shots which will equate more points.

He commits more fouls because we have a ridiculous switching defense on pick and rolls and our perimeter plays suck absolute balls on defense half the time. Why do you think our other bigs are in trouble, too?

What this team needs is to stop settling for jumpshots. Drafting Kevin Durant would not have helped this issue at all, at least under Nate.
 
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