People seriously think this is about effort? Seriously? And brown is in during garbage time. His play right now is less than meaningless.
You don't think the 3rd 1/4 massacre was at least partly due to effort?
We were passive beyond belief, we were practically bending over for the Wiz.
I absolutely don't think it's about effort. What kind of sense does that make anyway? You prefer to think that our guys choose not to try hard when the obvious answer is that we're at a serious talent disadvantage. They have had huge runs in every game. That's not an accident and it's not because the team isn't trying.
I went to a game this morning where my kids team beat the other one by 50 points. They were trying as hard as they could but were outmanned.
Look effort isn't just about running as fast as you can down the court. It is a mental approach as well. The mentality to say we are going to stop this 15 point run right now while we are still in the game. Part of that is effort. The mental weakness allows the poor effort to continue. We just don't have guys who are mentally tough.
We obviously have talented players on our team, maybe not good enough to win series with the cavs, but good enough to respond better than they did today.
Let me explain something, and I'll use my kids team as an analogy. When they play they cons usually tell before the game starts whether the other team is better, worse, our about the same. When a team is better, everything falls into plays and they look great. When they aren't, things tend to fall apart.
All that stuff about heart is garbage because talent wins out.
They might have more over-all talent RIGHT NOW, but they do NOT have hardly ANY CAP room after they give Porter a virtual MAX. They are what they are. We have or should have room to sign a MAX and we are GUARANTEED a top 4 pick this year and a almost GUARANTEED top 7 pick NEXT YEAR. We WILL have size next year as Zizic is coming. I am NOT sold on Yabusele. Nadar SHOULD make our team (Saw him play in person twice!! He is LEGIT!!)
We were NOT built to win this year.
IF the Wiz beat us, I doubt they win ONE freaking game vs. the Cavs!!!
Smitty77