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After sleeping on it, although not well, a few observations No Pritchard when they’re playing zone, bad challenge, etc. and why in the world did he keep Smart on Butler?
Team needs some scoring vets off the bench
Probably last minute but... could we do a TP wager thing again with Game 7 lol Eh actually, maybe not. I'm still scarred from 4 years ago's ECF Game 7 lol
Quote from: Phantom255x on May 28, 2022, 03:33:41 PMProbably last minute but... could we do a TP wager thing again with Game 7 lol Eh actually, maybe not. I'm still scarred from 4 years ago's ECF Game 7 lol I seem to remember losing a bunch from that one myself.
Quote from: Mahk E Mahk on May 27, 2022, 11:58:01 PMQuote from: letsgoblue86 on May 27, 2022, 11:44:40 PMAny Marcus smart slander will not be tolerated. Because everyone criticizing him was crying for him to be on the floor the games he has missed.So just stop. It’s freaking pathetic.but he deserves the criticism for his play tonight; he was abysmal on both ends of the floor. the problem with this team is their ceiling is incredibly high but their floor hasn’t been raised and is still too low to be contenders. you can’t be in contention if your bad games are atrocious on a semi-regular basis. it’s a maturity issue that has plagued this team for years and it’s true of every starter, particularly jt, jb, and marcus.Yeah, I think you're right that the floor is really the issue, not the ceiling. We just don't play smart, confident basketball all that consistently, and a lot of times when we get punched in the mouth in games we let it heavily affect us. I wonder how much of that is due to our two best players being so young.
Quote from: letsgoblue86 on May 27, 2022, 11:44:40 PMAny Marcus smart slander will not be tolerated. Because everyone criticizing him was crying for him to be on the floor the games he has missed.So just stop. It’s freaking pathetic.but he deserves the criticism for his play tonight; he was abysmal on both ends of the floor. the problem with this team is their ceiling is incredibly high but their floor hasn’t been raised and is still too low to be contenders. you can’t be in contention if your bad games are atrocious on a semi-regular basis. it’s a maturity issue that has plagued this team for years and it’s true of every starter, particularly jt, jb, and marcus.
Any Marcus smart slander will not be tolerated. Because everyone criticizing him was crying for him to be on the floor the games he has missed.So just stop. It’s freaking pathetic.
Quote from: celts55 on May 28, 2022, 09:40:08 AMAfter sleeping on it, although not well, a few observations No Pritchard when they’re playing zone, bad challenge, etc. and why in the world did he keep Smart on Butler?When Pritchard is in there, the Heat attack him constantly as they consider him the weak link in the C's defense - which he probably is. He needs to make shots when he has his chances - I think he only took one 3 last night and missed it.You can definitely make the argument that he should have been playing more last night - though White stepped up nicely and that may have had something to do with it.
Quote from: Kuberski33 on May 28, 2022, 03:19:34 PMQuote from: celts55 on May 28, 2022, 09:40:08 AMAfter sleeping on it, although not well, a few observations No Pritchard when they’re playing zone, bad challenge, etc. and why in the world did he keep Smart on Butler?When Pritchard is in there, the Heat attack him constantly as they consider him the weak link in the C's defense - which he probably is. He needs to make shots when he has his chances - I think he only took one 3 last night and missed it.You can definitely make the argument that he should have been playing more last night - though White stepped up nicely and that may have had something to do with it.He might technically be a weak link due to size but he can also be a pest to their shooters. Can slip around those moving screens and stay under the shooters. So there's a tradeoff.If Smart isn't right physically then what are we really losing anyways? So much of the game is speed and energy, and Marcus didn't have it last night.
Quote from: jpotter33 on May 27, 2022, 11:59:56 PMQuote from: Mahk E Mahk on May 27, 2022, 11:58:01 PMQuote from: letsgoblue86 on May 27, 2022, 11:44:40 PMAny Marcus smart slander will not be tolerated. Because everyone criticizing him was crying for him to be on the floor the games he has missed.So just stop. It’s freaking pathetic.but he deserves the criticism for his play tonight; he was abysmal on both ends of the floor. the problem with this team is their ceiling is incredibly high but their floor hasn’t been raised and is still too low to be contenders. you can’t be in contention if your bad games are atrocious on a semi-regular basis. it’s a maturity issue that has plagued this team for years and it’s true of every starter, particularly jt, jb, and marcus.Yeah, I think you're right that the floor is really the issue, not the ceiling. We just don't play smart, confident basketball all that consistently, and a lot of times when we get punched in the mouth in games we let it heavily affect us. I wonder how much of that is due to our two best players being so young.I see it as a function of their games rather than their age / maturity ... meaning ... both guys are more scorers than creators for others. Scorers tend to have less control over the flow of the game. The tempo of the game. Whereas a playmaker like say LeBron has far more control of the overall than a scorer like Kawhi Leonard or Kevin Durant.Therefore, Tatum and Jaylen gotta rely more on their teammates to control tempo / flow of the game. This means the team needs a lot more guys on the same page so more opportunity for things to go wrong ... relative to a team led by a guy like LeBron who can individually control so much more of what happens around him than scorers like Tatum or Jaylen.