Imagine if Dames last second shot vs the Spurs goes in (or they collapse), or if the dude from Philly misses his last second shot. A lot of close games havent gone there way so far.
I cannot get into many conversations right now. Missed most of the GS game and all of the Clippers game. Don't have time to sit and watch them after the fact. But i'm hoping to be able to catch tonight's game.
Yeah.... That was what it was. Sure.
This feels different typ of struggle this year though. This year there's no ball movement at all it mainly iso ball and the PNR just non existent without Nurk. You take the PNR out you took one of Stotts main offense out of the game. There only one quarter they try screen away last night that third quarter the best quarter. This why we miss Nurk and Zach so much. Nurk is great PNR and you always see Zach screening away for other and both of course are good rim protectors and defender. This team has no energy at all there another reason we miss those two guys both of them brings energy to the team.
I just telling how both gets there shots.
Nice!
Might work?
Honestly I didn't mind all 4 of them leaving. But the writing was on the wall with Aminu due how he was use in the playoffs and Olshey wanted Zach to start. The other 2 Olshey wanted someone fill in for Nurk until got healthy and that's Leonard and Harkless left. Turner trade for Bazemore that to me wash they both drive me crazy sometimes. Your right new people need to adjust with the old and vice verses.
Yea but actually they design there defense against Dame more then CJ. There more straight up with CJ and Dame they run 2 players at him to get the ball out of his hands and CJ not so much. Simons when playing with Dame going get open shots and does what he supposed he shoots it where catches it and when he takes someone off the dribble in nothing fancy but he goes straight to the hoop he stop for mid range or takes to the hoop. Cj occasionally will do catch and shoot but majority of the time he he has to dance around until he get to his spots and sometimes it comes out good and sometimes it allows 2 or 3 playerscollapse on him and takes tuff shot.
So youre fine with a player ignoring the hot hand who's wide open for 3 so that he can shoot a contest mid-range pullup against a double team?
He struggled in the 1st half, got hot in the 2nd. That play was in the 2nd. It was a poor play by McCollum, even if Simons was cold.
The 4th quarter problem was their defense all the talk about who shot what shots, they gave up 37, points were committing bad fouls got in the penalty super early (some of thats debatable if it was their fault), but they lost cause the 3 guard line up was dreadful defensively.
If it was only 1 play, I wouldnt be harping on it. McCollum has a tendency to make this type of play far too often. And just because Simons has taken more shots doesn't mean CJ should ignore him when he's wide open just to shoot a double-teamed mid-range jumpshot.
