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Originally Posted by dude1394
the help side rotations are atrocious right now. Guys expecting help from the baseline are getting none. And our pick and roll defense is also really poor right now.
But really it looked tonight like just a terrible lack of energy. The wizards were faster across the board than we were. The only reason we probably stayed in the game is because they are so atrocious defensively.
I think what is happening with bass is that he's probably not rotating well at all and that's leaving a big hole. But no one could stay in front of anyone tonight, no one.
Hopefully Avery gives them the day off, at least no court action because they looked whooped..
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Help rotation and the big part of defending the pick and roll comes from the BIGS. Our defense depends entirely on our bigs closing down the lane and controlling the boards. We are losing the battle on both ends with closing the lane and controlling the boards. This all points to our bigs.
There is no way that we can win with Bass at the center position while Dirk is on the game. We would be better off putting Bass at PF, and leaving a center in the game. The lane is wide open for any player to score at will.
On the offensive side, we all know that Westhal is a great offensive coach, but in no way does this team miss Del at all. Shit, the problem these last two years was the stagnant offense, and that came from Del. This offense is starting to look like the ole Suns offense with Kevin Johnson. Problem is that we dont have a leader on offense that can will us to win.
We have offense by committee. That will not work.
Lastly, to win games like this usually the team that has the best player on the floor wins. In all of our loses, I can say that was true. We have had too many games to where the best player on the floor was from the other team. Looking at the roster of the rest of the teams we have played, there is no way that the best player on the floor was NOT Dirk. I'm just saying.