^^^ going to take me a while read the above post.
All I can say is let's wait 20 games before we get critcal. That's 1/3 of the season and I believe a fair time to see if MOA is the culprit.
Time to gel.
Shortened camp and off-season, new philosophies, and injuries lead to too small of a sample to judge.
And although Landry stepped it up a bit, I've seen enough of TD's defense to know he is overrated defensively, and does not belong running the point. And I'll chalk that up to injuries.
+1
You can add MDA to being a culprit if these issues continues through the season and into the playoffs.
Jesus Christ could swoop down and take over for this team, and we will still be seeing whack shit so long as we have the backcourt that we currently do; and so long as Amare is playing like he is, which is tethered to both backcourt and a resultant inability to find on his own a way to consistently blend in with Melo and Chandler.
Of course, a master coach should be able to create plays that at least show an inclination toward forcing Amare and offense into a spot where the issues are muted, if not resolved.
But of course, I don't see how any coach could perform such a feat -- and have the actual players execute on the court -- given the shortened off season, complexity of the issues, and fact that you simply don't want to rock the boat too much when you are going to get Baron Davis playing for you soon.
Ergo, if MDA assesses that with Baron Davis -- and the comeback of Shumpert -- Amare's game, and our collective offense, can get back on the course of what I think we can all say could be a top tier, if not #1 in the NBA offense.......
Why rock the boat so much now; when in but a few weeks, we will -- yet again -- have to re-adjust for yet another instrumental, game changing player to enter the fold.
People bitched out MIA hardcore for most of last year, and lotta of people clamored for the coach to get canned. Nobody could handle that they looked so incomplete, so annoying foolish so much of the time, despite their superlative talent.
And that was with Wade and Lebron (and Bosh); and with Lebron (and even Wade) having the ability to run an offense in a Magic'esque way. One could say that Melo and Amare are the antithesis of Magic'esque versatility in this regard.
Never discount the power of game changing players coming into the fold -- both in their individual power, and collective complexity.
The greatness of Lebron and Wade, alongside Bosh, still took almost an entire season to mask major holes in their team makeup -- and of course, they still got denied a chip. And those holes were more like pot holes compared to this backcourt which resembles either a crater or the size of Octomom's vagina, depending on just how large the crater in question is.