Please stop blaming Stotts for no bench production (1 Viewer)

[Mediocre Man]

I don't blame Stotts for our lack of a bench. However, I DO blame him for our horrific defense.

In all honesty, to me, the defensive rotations and sets looked fine to me. I think its more personnel than system. Tibbetts is a Damn fine defensive coach

 

[Reep]

In all honesty, to me, the defensive rotations and sets looked fine to me. I think its more personnel than system. Tibbetts is a Damn fine defensive coach

Do you think it is just a matter of more experience in the system, and more effort for it to work? I'm not sure, but we do have a lot of young/new players compared to San Antonio. I could see any system working much better with another year of experience behind it--getting to the point where you don't think, you just do it. That is why I would like to see some stability in the coaching ranks.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Do you think it is just a matter of more experience in the system, and more effort for it to work? I'm not sure, but we do have a lot of young/new players compared to San Antonio. I could see any system working much better with another year of experience behind it--getting to the point where you don't think, you just do it. That is why I would like to see some stability in the coaching ranks.

No. Aldridge and Lopez are the only decent defenders on our roster

 

[BlazerCaravan]

No. Aldridge and Lopez are the only decent defenders on our roster

So much this. I'd put Barton in the "not embarrassing" category along with "Batum when he's paying attention".

Even Lopez is really in the "not embarrassing".

 

[Mediocre Man]

So much this. I'd put Barton in the "not embarrassing" category along with "Batum when he's paying attention".

Even Lopez is really in the "not embarrassing".

Could be right. Batum has always been a poor defender in my eyes.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Could be right. Batum has always been a poor defender in my eyes.

He's pretty good (imho, obviously) when he gets a specific assignment and carries it out. He's not so good when he's just playing defense in a normal game.