ronoranina
Fundamentally Sound
Not trying to get into a dick swinging contest with you ronoranina, but I've forgotten more about BBall than you'll ever know.
Based on your philosphy when STAT was averaging 7 T O's a game (he's still over 4) he should have been benched. Nah I dont think so. Does Moz get into foul trouble a bit too much? Possibly? But. IMHO he's being targeted by the refs. Many of his foull calls are of the ticky tack variety. I've seen this kid develop. In preseason he had a problem with moving screens. Got coached up now you rarely see that called on him (when he actually plays). The only solution for this is to let him play and let the refs see he's game more, and coach him up.
As far as AR I thought it was shot selection? Funny that a coach that wants shots to go up in 7 secs or less has a problem with a players shot selection. The problem is AR doesnt have a midrange jumper of note. If he did he'd be playing. It doesnt matter that defensively he could lock down a bunch of small forwards in this league. It doesnt matter that if you get him closer to the rim his shooting % goes up DRASTICALLY. If he cant run the offense to COACHES liking he's benched.
Whats funny Gallo (although I admit he's improving) couldnt defend my 12 year old neice. But because he's the BEST SHOOTER our coach has ever seen he gets 35 mins a night. You wanna look at flaws? Lets look at Gallos. He's weak. Cant take it to the rim consistently. No handle. Cant defend. Cant shoot off the dribble. Has no left hand. Inside game is NON-EXISTENT. Yet coach extols his limited game. But offensively he fits what Mike D wants to do. Like I said in another post defense is 50% of basketball.
In the future when you come at me make sure its real. Nitpicking at a players flaws doesnt make that player totally useless to that team.
Basically we need a new coach...
This an inane post. You're acting like you know the game but your posts say different.. The fact Knuckles2k2 agrees w u says a lot..
Yes Amare averages almost 4 to's a game, but he's also giving you 26 and 9, so you live w that.
Why's that so hard to understand. It's about trade offs.
If AR and Moz had enough to bring to the table they'd be playing dude. Unfortunately our margin for victory is slim. So we can't afford dumb play (ridiculous to's and fouls) from players that can't help us drastically in another area that is of particular importance to the team.
It's just like you and others going on about Chandler playing D on bigs when he scoring prolificly. It's like I said, you can't have it both ways. It's either have Moz on somebody like dwight, whom he'd would surely foul gratuitously, then on the other end not give us anything, or have Chandler guarding him in spot situation once in a while as he continues to own @ the other end..
That's the reason making the so-called defensive substitution of Moz/AR for Chandler is retarted. It's a bad trade off.
With Turiaf he can actually play great defense, but on offense he's a glue player. He doesn't hurt us at all when he's out there. That's what separates him from AR and Moz. AR/ Moz hurt us on both ends of the court. They're not ready dude. That's why the premise of your opening argument is shot to shat. Yes Turiaf brings what he brings on D, but your glossing over the fact that AR/Moz have not shown they can be trusted to stay on the floor w out fouling dudes needlessly. Yes our rotation guys each only get 6 fouls, but they've shown they have a lot more savvy w regards to how they use them. This is so simple. You can't have guys in the game that draw fouls to easily.. You just can't. This shows a lack of knowledge about the game Clydeandthepearl.
Oh and you must not watch the Knicks that much because your assessments of Gallo are so far off the mark..
Gallo does have a good left left hand; don't suppose you saw the nice up and under move that he punctuated with a pretty left handed finish yesterday. Infact when he drives he normally prefers to finish w the left. He can handle the ball. God, I've gone over this a million times w people. Gallo is a nice ball-handler and not just for a 6'10''. When he's aggressive he gets to the rim at will. He can draw fouls easily. Right now he's second on the team in fta'd and made. How's he getting to the rim?? He couldn't be dribling his way there could he? Gallo's ability to get to the rim when he wants at 6'10'',even against smaller faster players is primarily due to his (underrated/deceptive quickness) handle and solid footwork as he's not a fast player. Yes he fits in w what Mike D wants as he can score, process info on O and D, but he's also still learning and will be able to do more as he continues to gain experience.
Fortunately for Gallo he's not turnover prone and he's very efficient. These are two areas AR suffers in, hence the lack of minutes. Moz is just as bad in the turnover area, as he's just not aware enough on offense. I mean to the point where I've seen passes hit him in the hands and carum out of bounds, which shows he's not ready or doesn't know when the ball's coming. You can't do that at this level.
Now I'd like see AR & Moz get more minutes too. But if they can't play they can't play. If your going to make silly, needless fouls and dumbass turnovers you can't be trusted w minutes. THEY, SO FAR, HAVE PROVED THEY ARE NOT READY TO BE TRUSTED YET. I don't blame Mike D for not playing them.
Fouls and turnovers.. It really is that simple dude.
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