The starting lineups are also puzzling. Sure Smart, Brown, Tatum, Horford, Timelord might work against a select few teams that play two true Bigs like Indiana: Turner/Sabonis, Orlando: Wendell Carter Jr/Bamba, or Cleavland with Mobley/Allen, but That lineup isn’t going to work against 80% of the teams in the league. It certainly didn’t work out tonight with DeRozan going off for 37 and shooting 75% from the field. Just seemed like a really bad idea going into the game considering the Bulls were only playing 1 big in Vucevic. Shouldn’t the starting lineup change depending on matchups?
I think we did fine in the beginning of the game, your comments have nothing to do with the real culprit of this loss. Losing a 19 point lead, late in the game. Starting two bigs had ZERO impact on why we lost. Quite a few teams start the same guys, I would say more do than do not.
Some of the substitutions throughout the games are just puzzling, too. The small ball and unbalanced lineups where 3 or 4 players on the court are below average shooters. Ime does seem to do a better job when it comes to calling timeouts than Brad did, but other than that I’m not really seeing any positives. This is a talented roster with veteran players and two all-star wings. I’m starting to feel like the coach just doesn’t know how to manage the team and put them In a position to win
I do agree some of the lineups are puzzling.
I think Ime's after the time out plays (ATOs) are horrible. I also thought he did not handle timeouts well last night otherwise we'd might have shown more defensive fire after the timeouts.
Ultimately, I think this comes down to lacking talent. We have two all star wings. But this roster is not that deep, huge talent disparities when some guys come off the bench to replace the starters in many cases. I would point to the fact that deep teams with good role players have dismantled us thus far. We are not a talented roster and what looks good on paper does not translate well to the playing field always. The same day they extend Romeo, and Grant they lay a complete egg. I did think Grant played hard as hell, he just lacks size. Ainge did not leave us in a good state. CBS improved some flexibility financially, and added some parts.
When we were losing that lead in the fourth and having trouble scoring, maybe put in Parker? We were not getting stops, so his defense would not have mattered but at least we could have maintained the lead or put the ball in the hole. Instant offense, can't help you on the bench.
Udoka, I think is on the hot seat, as of last night. But I think he will be safe for quite a while due to the fact that he is a new hire. I think he is safe until the end of Dec as well. It is early still.
Look on the bright side. With a little bit of luck, we'll end up with a nice pick at the end of the season.
That would help out our talent deficiency.
You mean when is BS in the hot seat. BS was the coach and saw this first hand. If he didn't correct things from players on the team than he is more at fault.
I doubt it. Signing Shroder was a masterful move. He made moves to save the owners money and brought back popular Al Horford. I think Brad is safe.