Wow. That loss sucked. Roy sucked. I disagree it had much to do with Bell's defense -- a healthy Roy can overcome Raja Bell. Roy missed plenty of good looks, and Bell wasn't guarding him at the free throw line. Roy's hammy had to have been bothering him more than Bell. Anyone can have an off-game, but for Roy and Nate to fail to recognize that Roy could not carry the team in his condition, and to continue to call Roy's number down the stretch when he was struggling so bad, sucked. Share the frikken ball. I would have rather seen Sergio at the point and Bayless at the SG.
The thing that surprised me most about this thread is that no one called Roy out for shooting the ball with 10 second left in the game clock. Luckily he got baled out. I seem to recall a heated debate on here when Travis made a game winner recently under similar circumstances. Had Travis or Sergio taken that shot, there would have been hell to pay on this board.
If it weren't for Rudy, we'd have lost convincingly. I do believe the called play at the end was for Rudy to take that shot. He was the only chance we had to make a three. As for his quick release and the fade-away -- that's just how he shoots. Nate may have also been thinking like some of you, that the Bobcats would be focusing on Roy or Travis. Unfortunately, Rudy was blanketed. A few seconds left on the clock gave us a chance for a rebound. It wasn't Rudy's miss or Sergio's pass to him that lost the game -- free throws did.
This Sergio vs. Bayless pissing contest is misplaced, IMO. I was happy with Sergio and Bayless last night. They bring different things to the floor. Sergio is a real point guard (who needs to continue to improve his shot) and Bayless is a SG (or at best a score-first PG) who we hope can develop a point guard mentality. Frankly, if he doesn't have a pure PG mentality by now, he never will. He is what he is, and I thnk even Maris agrees that Bayless is a damn good player who will get better. I would have liked to have seen more Bayless (and Sergio) and less Roy in the fourth quarter.
attacking Sergio. No more attacks, no response from me.
