I'm putting my team up for criticism/positive feedbacks for everyone.
Atlanta Army Ants:
PG - Rajon Rondo
pass first/assist machine
can create open opportunities for teammates
can't make jumpshots
SG - Caron Butler
good scorer
can make outside shots and drive to the lane
coming off an injury and a little old
SF - Gerald Wallace
GREAT man and help defender
tough and gritty on both ends
has tendency to fall in love with jumpshots, which he's not as good.
PF - Andray Blatche
Big and athletic
has a solid mid range game
poor defense, decision making and WAY poor maturity issues
C - Jermaine O'neal
Tenacious interior defender
Solid post game
Fragile and lost a step or two (or four)
G - Jamal Crawford
can score in bunches
can create own shots
chuckler and tends to shoots ill advised shots
Bring it guys.
I don't know if this has already been brought up, but how is the spacing going to work with your starting lineup? Neither Butler nor Wallace are a threat from 3. We already know Rondo's reputation as a space-killer, and that's with two of the best 3pt shooters (including THE best) in the game next to him.
How are Butler and Wallace gonna do what they do best with the defense packing the paint?
Caron will play spot up. He can hit threes. Not like Ray but he can. Jamal can come in and do the same. Caron has solid mid range, he can just step a little closer inside the arc and make a shot after Rondo draws the defense. Blatche the cancer has a decent mid range too so as JO so they can pick and pop. Gerald can hit shots outside too. Again, not as good and consistent as Ray and other shooters, but decent enough to give attention.
Outside shooting after a kickout pass is not big of a problem for this team.
I agree with others. This team is set up to crash and burn.
There is no space for Rondo to do what makes him great.
JO, I pray he makes it through a season.
Blatche, least favorite player in the league since he is wasting his talent by being soft and refusing to play defense.
There are some pieces here, but I don't think enough to ever recover from the Gay trade.
I can understand that Caron plays like a slasher. But he still has a mid range game and can shoot threes so how can he not stretch the floor for Rondo? The fact that he's older and maybe slower will make him play that role on this team.
Wallace can make 15-19 footers as well. And Jamal, need we ask his outside shooting? So how come this team can't stretch the floor?
Blatche, as soft and defensively poor he is, he can still make contributions to this team. He's a 16 pts - 8 reb guy. He's ahletic so he can run with Rondo and Crash on fastbreaks. He knows how to place himself inside and get open for Rondo to find him. He can and will rebound even if he's lazy on defense. And he can hit 10-15 ft jumpers too. His defense is indeed a problem but JO and Crash and another big man I'll select later in the drafts will help him to cover up that assignment, and then go for the rebound after JO, mystery big and/or Crash makes some dude miss. He could be a nutcase but let's remember that he was a candidate for most improved player last year and has shown consistent improvement every year.
And oh, let's not forget JO's solid 15-18 ft jumpers. How can that not stretch the floor for Rondo to move?
Wallace and Caron both CAN hit 3s, but typically only when they're hot. Defenders can play further away from them than they would a player with a consistent 3pt shot. Normally that's not a huge deal if paired with other more competent shooters, but you're building around Rondo, whose man is pretty much a free safety on defense.
Mid range jumpers just aren't gonna cut it when the defense can pretty much play a zone. Slashers need at least average shooters to give them space to drive, it's tough to put 3 only-slashers on the court at the same time.
I can use Jamal to stretch the floor if Caron won't hit shots then. He's a 35% shooter i know but he's known as a threat downtown and he'll be able to have defenses commit to him. If Caron and Wallace gets HOT as you say then it's more trouble.
My thing is they can shoot there. And if they're ice cold, I still got someone who, although not efficient, is still considered by most defenders as a guy who CAN make shots from 3 out.
Then with Blatche, malignant as he is, waiting in the block with Jermaine for a drop pass from Rajon. And Gerald, JO and Dray hustling (yeah, Dray might be dead on defense but not on rebounds) for the offensive board. This team can get solid offensive execution and can get second chance points if it has too.
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