Lets take a simple look at what is happening with our roster now.
We all know we went into this season having four specific weaknesses that could be cured and not necessarily require four players: A lack of height; perimeter wing shooter off the bench for when we go small with KG at center; depth at the wing for Paul to get rest; a good ball handler when Rondo is on the bench. Danny openly said the roster wasn't complete at the end of August but he was done for the time being.
One possibility to cure the wing depth problem was Tony Allen improving. Not only did this not happen, he has had at least two injuries that have affected his play and now put him out.
As far as wing shooting, the simple truth is that a small miracle took place and as the season went along, Brian Scalabrine was filling in that role. He was positioning himself on the court as if he were Posey, and shooting 38% from the three. But now Brian is hurt too. And this is a very serious deal in that only time can fix him and if he gets hit in the head again when he seems fine, he will likely concuss on the spot. I suspect he is done for the year, but maybe the info we have is not complete.
At long last to fix length and ball handling, DA makes two pickups. Its too early to say how it works out and I am hopeful, but each pickup has big issues. Even an optimist wouldn't say a lot good about Mikki and dealing with Marbury is like trying to handle nuclear material. Note that I didn't say nuclear waste....yet.
On top of this KG is out.
So for the time being our 4 problems are way, way worse than at the start of the year. Whatever we think of Scal, he was a big cog for this team as constructed right now. That website which shows our most effective lineups shows Scal was in the lineup for the top two. No surprise for anyone watching our games. He's gone for awhile and he was helping with depth and shooting. Tony can't even come in to give rest to PP. And the two new guys will try to get woven in asap but it will be a struggle for a little while.
We need KG back right away, and we have to depend on Doc to get PP some rest. Even Doc lovers have to know that Doc is just awful with rotations and we CAN'T count on him to handle this well. Other than that we just need time. If we were healthy can we win it all?
Perk, Moore/Baby
KG, Baby/Powe
PP, Scal, TA
Ray, House
Rondo, Marbury
I think so. That's pretty solid. But 4 of those 12 are question marks now NOT counting KG's knees. Or Pauls endurance.
Its frustrating to watch but the reason we look so disorganized in spurts is because we are.