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dude1394 · 01-28-2015, 01:50 AM

So somehow rondo is even making carlisle suck. He's kryptonite.

mavsfan1000 · 01-28-2015, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

Please. Nelson and Wright aren't fixing the two biggest weaknesses on this team. I'm sure you're smart enough to know what those weaknesses are.

Try fixing one thing and broke something else in the process. And the D is still bad. Rondo didn't cure it.

mavsfan1000 · 01-28-2015, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Five-ofan

It's also worth pointing out that rondo has never been on a good offense since his second year in the league.

Or you could say a good offense has never been led by Rondo since his second year. And that team was loaded. Rondo's speed back then was impressive. But that team was great defensively. We aren't. So any crack in the offense is intensified because we have to score a lot to win. We lost our offensive edge.

Five-ofan · 01-28-2015, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Who did Rick have as an assistant? Also, Dirk in those years was transcendent. Dirk now is merely average.

So how do you explain the beginning of this year????

jthig32 · 01-28-2015, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

This team is not even playing .500 ball in a conference where it takes .586 to get into the playoffs and .650 to stay competitive. If we lose tomorrow, we'll be 5-7 (.417) over our last 12. I am admittedly upset, but it's only because the team is getting WORSE rather than better. The chemistry is non-existent and seems to be getting worse. Chandler-- and amazingly, Aminu were the only two guys who played with passion. The offense is bumbling so bad it would be hysterical if it wasn't my team and on top of that Carlisle is acting insane.

So I absolutely do not agree with you that we are top 6-10. We aren't. We are bad and getting worse. Something is majorly wrong. Majorly majorly wrong. This team looks like the team with the Toines. No chemistry.No flow on either side of the court.

Over their last 16, they're 10-6. Arbitrary endpoints are fun!

Look, I'm the guy that said that this trade had a chance of destroying this offense, and making it unrecognizable. I also called this loss the worst loss of the season. And yet, I'm saying you're overreacting to an incredible degree. It's a three game losing streak. Let's all try to catch our breath for a minute or two.

jthig32 · 01-28-2015, 09:14 AM

The irony here is that the offense has actually been trending up over the last week. Last night was bad, but the game against the Pelicans was one of their 5 or so best offensive games of the season (with or without Rondo).

It's the defense (and the rebounding, which is kind of a subset of the defense) that has killed us over the last three games.

MFFL · 01-28-2015, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

And for the record, I think that Rick is a tremendous defensive coach and as an all-around coach I'd put him top-5. His defensive schemes got us to a championship.

Tim Grgurich would be the defensive coach that won us a championship. He is a defensive genius. Dwane Casey and Terry Stotts were also major factors.

The offense wasn't as good as it looked earlier. We were FEASTING on bad teams. This is a harder part of the schedule with lots of road games. We just need to get through Feb with a top 6 or 7 record and we'll be fine.