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Originally Posted by Sportstudi
That should be possible. It's very diffcult to shoot worse...
I would really like to see a starting line-up of:
Kidd
Wright
Singleton
Dirk
Hollins
But please no Barea! JJ and Bass absolutely sucked yesterday. Terry as well, but in overall I have way more trust in him than in Barea.
Come on Mavs, let's stay ahead of the Suns!
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I would be shocked if Barea doesn't start this game. The Pacer's PG and SG are 6'0" and 6'3" respectively, and so for once, Barea's defensive assignment won't be more than a couple inches taller than him.
I don't mind Barea, but Carlisle has to put a tighter leash on him, in my opinion. When Barea is making smart plays, leave him in. But when Barea tries to thread the needle between 3 guys or starts jacking up stupid 3's, Carlisle has to yank him and tell him that he's over extending himself. He shouldn't be doing those type of things. I mean, Barea can score. He's probably the best player off the bench at just scoring, most nights (except for JET, obviously, and perhaps Green, but he never plays).
It just seems like Barea doesn't know what to do when. Everybody rags on Gerald's poor basketball IQ, but it seems like Barea has a similar IQ. He'll shoot early in the shot clock when we're leading in late games, make stupid passes trying to emulate Kidd, or rush a fast break where he should have just gone to a half court offense.