We need length

[UKRAINEFAN]

Who are you talking to?

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

You must be one of the dozens who can't see HCP quotes. HCP recently requested that Sly list everyone who has him on Ignore, which Sly did, but HCP of course can't read them so he doesn't know.

@THE HCP owes me now; I flushed one out for him!

 

[THE HCP]

@THE HCP owes me now; I flushed one out for him!

Well that’s 1......

 

[tlongII]

Did someone say long?

 

[Tince]

 

[KSF-ERIC]

While the team has a LOT of issues, one of the apparent items is that the two great defenders we brought in this summer thrive in zones/off-ball and the rest of our defense does not. I think this problem is compounded because our guards are small. It seems apparent that Olshey is committed to Dame/CJ/Simons, and also that Gary Trent is going to make bank, will want to get to a big market (clutch) and would thrive playing with a real PG.

This makes me wonder if a natural move would be to pair Trent/Collins for someone long that thrives in off-ball defense. I think a natural fit would be Boucher TBH. He's come back down to earth, Toronto desperately needs backcourt help and shooting, and he'd be playing with two PGs (and a coach with an offensive system) that can feed him the ball more effectively than our guards and system.

If we added Boucher we would no doubt lose some more scoring, but our steals/blocks/transition offense would grow by leaps and bounds and we could commit to playing zone for significant stretches, which would be a good way to get more out of Jones/Covington and hide CJ/Melo/Kanter on defense for longer stretches.

Lillard/Simons
McCollum/Hood
Jones/Boucher/Little
Covington/Melo/Little
Kanter/Covington/Giles

if Nurk comes back healthy and Hood doesn't step up we could have a playoff rotation with a lot of size and defense.

Lillard/Simons
McCollum/Jones
Jones/Boucher
Covington/Melo
Nurk/Kanter

Lillard isn’t a real point guard? Jesus....

 

[KSF-ERIC]

What about 2007?

 

[Orion Bailey]

I didnt see it yet or i missed it so ill say it now.


Thats what she said!!!! We need length!! And girth!!

 

[Orion Bailey]

Lillard isn’t a real point guard? Jesus....

Pretty sure he meant that Trent comes off the bench and typically plays with Simons, the PG, who isn't a true PG. He never said Lillard wasn't a true PG.
Notice he has Dame as our primary PG in both sets?

 

[Tince]

What about 2007?

What about 1990? Yes, it happens. VERY infrequently.

Question is: Do you want your strategy to rely on repeating something that happens infrequently or is the norm?