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Post by DERRENMATTS on Jul 23, 2021 23:16:52 GMT -5
I want this team to be identified as a tough physical team on defense, with an unselfish, disciplined and efficient offense.
How do we become this team?
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Post by jmost on Jul 24, 2021 8:32:02 GMT -5
It starts with the coach. He has to tell the guys what he wants and expects and if they won't do it they don't play.
Remember when Doc pulled Pierce off the court because he wouldn't run up the court fast enough?
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Post by DERRENMATTS on Jul 24, 2021 13:18:18 GMT -5
It starts with the coach. He has to tell the guys what he wants and expects and if they won't do it they don't play. Remember when Doc pulled Pierce off the court because he wouldn't run up the court fast enough? Yup, definitely the right place to start. Next, we'll need those type of players.
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Post by afceltic on Jul 24, 2021 13:54:27 GMT -5
Which means that they need to convince Tatum to stop trying to be Kobe and get rid of Smart will be a very good start to getting there.
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Post by DERRENMATTS on Jul 24, 2021 19:35:02 GMT -5
Tatum and Brown are good defenders, but not exactly physical.
I think we'll need to beef up at Center, PG and SG. Get guys at those positions who can get physical and make it uncomfortable for opposing teams. That'll wear down players at the end of games.
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Post by afceltic on Jul 24, 2021 22:12:08 GMT -5
The key is to have guys who can still score. The league has changed the rules to the point where it a good offensive team will easily beat a good defensive team because they will be on the line for the entire series. So it has to be a better balanced team, Danny tried to get guys who were great defenders and hoped they would develop enough of an offensive game to where they wouldn't hurt the team on that end. It seems that he has struck out on pretty much all of his draft picks at this point in time.
So while I would love a tough physical team on defense, we need to fix our offense first. Last years team always seemed to have one quarter where they would struggle to score 20 points in it (usually the third quarter) and we would be so far behind after that quarter that the game was over because of our lack of offensive talent.
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Post by eja117 on Jul 25, 2021 8:58:38 GMT -5
Which means that they need to convince Tatum to stop trying to be Kobe and get rid of Smart will be a very good start to getting there. My first thought in this is we have to trade Tatum because he's soft. The problem is a ton of this league is soft. I don't think you can really get a great tough healthy young player in return. KAT? I would try to trade Smart and stuff for Beal. Make everybody happy and want to run and be a lethal offensive team.
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Post by DERRENMATTS on Aug 2, 2021 13:39:23 GMT -5
With all these players being linked to us, I just can't get a grasp of what Brad and Udoka envision this team's identity to be.
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Post by jmost on Aug 2, 2021 13:43:28 GMT -5
Personally, unless it's Woj, I don't put any stock in any of the rumors about who we're interested in.
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Post by DERRENMATTS on Aug 2, 2021 14:01:36 GMT -5
Personally, unless it's Woj, I don't put any stock in any of the rumors about who we're interested in. That's probably great advice, but it's really fun running with all these tidbits!
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Post by freshnthehouse on Aug 2, 2021 14:08:36 GMT -5
Personally, unless it's Woj, I don't put any stock in any of the rumors about who we're interested in. This. There's a couple of guys that occasionally have some decent intel, but 99% of the time, it's only speculation unless Woj mentions it.
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Post by DERRENMATTS on Aug 2, 2021 14:14:14 GMT -5
So I guess I should pay no attention to the tweet about Bird coming out of retirement to play for us then?
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Post by jmost on Aug 2, 2021 14:19:22 GMT -5
I heard it was Russell.
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Post by DERRENMATTS on Aug 2, 2021 14:50:19 GMT -5
Oooh, I missed that tweet!
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Post by DERRENMATTS on Aug 2, 2021 16:23:59 GMT -5
We're trading for Josh Richardson.
We're linked to Jeff Green.
We're bringing in Aric Holman for a tryout in summer league.
What these guys have in common are long limbs and athleticism.
Maybe Brad and Udoka want a team full of long limbed athletes.
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