My rotation is thin, and it is tenuous, but I would contend that it is serviceable, and its not going to hold me back from getting the first seed.
Sorry guy but I completely disagree. Not only are the Bulls not going to get the #1 seed in the East, they aren't even going to win the Central. There's just not enough surrounding Lebron to get that job done.
Jennings is a below average PG that had a nice six week run to start his career but showed little thereafter. Mike Miller might be the easiest second scoring option in the league to guard. Noah is great defensively and on the boards but is basically a garbageman when it comes to offense. Ilyasova, Allen and Maynor are very very poor offensive players.
There you have it. A team that defensively will regularly keep teams under 90 points and will struggle to score 80 because teams will take away everything but LeBron and LeBron will have to average 50 points a game so that his team can score 90.
Hm, I respectfully but completely disagree with you. My starters alone averaged roughly 80 points, and thats with their production last season, without LeBron's "bump" that he typically gives players.
I guess you're entitled to an opinion, this is America. I'd just contend that you're plainly wrong.
Jennings is far from a below average PG, both defensively and offensively, and on top of that he performed well enough to place 3rd in rookie of the year voting. He hit the rookie wall regarding his scoring, plain and simple. He also went from taking 19 FG's per game to 11,12, and 13 per game in February, March, and April, respectively. The guy just got exhausted by the grind of the NBA; its a problem for a lot rookies that only living through it, and learning the lesson about off-season conditioning can cure. He'll be a year older this season, and in that year he saw just how hard surviving an NBA season can be. I don't see anything in his past that would make one believe he can't bounce back better this season.
Mike Miller might seem like the easiest second option to guard ever to you, but I'd contend (and the numbers support me here) that the only thing limiting him from moving from scoring 10 points per game to scoring 15-7 ppg is his FG's attempted. His FG% has been pretty consistently good for a guard (not dropping below 46% since 2004), and the last time he attempted more than 10 FG's a game, he averaged 16.4 points. I think, and I'm not alone here, that the main thing holding Miller back is that he's played for sub-par teams the last few seasons, which has made him lose a bit of his fire. I, among others, believe that fire to return this season in Miami when he's playing with LeBron.
I'd like to hear more about why you believe Ilyasova to be a poor offensive player. His true shooting % was roughly the same as players like Antawn Jamison, Taj Gibson, Elton Brand...he can slash to the hoop with the ball, he can shoot from outside (35% as a starter from 3 at the PF position), and all indications are that he should continue to improve after a year in the league.
Tony Allen is not a good offensive player when he decides to play outside his limitations. I will not disagree with that.
Eric Maynor is not a very very bad offensive player. He's far from very very good, but as a distributing point guard for my second unit, I think he's far from the bottom half of the backups.
Simply put, I refute everything you're saying.
Also Nick, I hate you for your timing....I don't have the time at work to answer them fully in one go, so I keep stop and going..I just clicked "post" and I missed 24 replies!
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