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He got infraction points, just ignore replying in the same way.
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Homey.... you disappoint me. The flaws in MDA's system have already been well documented in this forum... early! Just search.Red, you are way off and your bias against D'Antoni is glaring in your arguments!
You reference D'Antoni's system in your arguments but don't really break down what you think his system is or what about his system you think is bunk!
First of all, everyone talks about his "Blanton" disregard of defense and judging every player on their offensive qualities but you might be surprised to know that D'Antoni's Suns has ranked in the top 10 in multiple defensive categories! Traditionally his defense has players playing off the ball, not applying man pressure in order to close out lanes at all times to avoid penetration to the basket; Essentially his strategy is to turn the game into a jump-shooting contest; which of course he feels he can win that contest.
Also, you insinuate that he prefers smaller lineups when the fact is that he just makes do with what he has! Marion was in Phoenix before he was and when D'Antoni moved him to the 4 spot and Amare to the 5, that's when they became all stars. He's kind of doing the same thing here with the Knicks. Moving Chandler to the 4 spot has propelled him to a higher level! I think the reason why they went after Anthony Randolph is they thought they would get what Chandler is giving them from him and you would have 2 tall, very athletic bigs... Things don't always work out like they are planned and now he has an undersized 4 again.... But it is working and the team is wining. So relax, sit back and enjoy your team that is finally exciting and fun! Walsh will tweak it a little more and I'm sure it the roster will improve without destroying what is WORKING!
Damn good post.
In keeping with the theme of the thread, I would ask Dantoni if he thinks its a failure on his part that AR has been banished to the bench seeing how he praised him so much in the preseason.
Quick story guys:
I use to play basketball with my boys and as you know there is always that guy who isnt particularly skilled. Anyway, whenever that guy was on my squad I'd give him specific instructions on the court to maximize what he did do well. He was aggressive on defense and had some length. I had him guard the shooter and his only responsibility was staying with his man no matter what. Anyway it worked and we won.
I find it hard that a professional coach can't get a "max potential" player on the floor and assign him responsibilities. Players like Birdman, Evans, Mcghee, (Rodman), Turiaf... are not skilled all around players but they have/had something to lend to the success of their teams.
People like to point out that AR looked lost on offense and he forced the issue too much. Well, Dantoni's practices are either weak or don't heavily include the bigs on the bench. I'm guessing the latter. I'm not a huge AR fan but at the same time I think he's too good to be burried on someones bench.
Great post. I was going to point out something similar in my experiences.
I played HS and college bball. Particularly in HS you know you have tryouts. There was this kid. 6 9 and 150 pds dripping wet. He had absolutely NO SKILLS. A lot of us were wondering how he even made the team. But coach played him sparingly against teams with length. Told him all he has to do is stay in front of his man and keep his hands up. We won quite a few games that we would have lost because of this guy simply staying in front of his man with his hands up.
All I'm saying is Mike D needs to coach up our length to do basic stuff that will help us win games
where did u play college ball at? aka?
I played at a division 3 school in Virginia...
thats wassup i played at staten island, division 3 is ruff to get burn as a guard, wat was ur position?
PG and the 2 guard. I was pretty good back in the day. Now I'm 100 pds over weight. But I still got the jumper...