Helping Rondo

[cfoo]

I give up. That's not true at all... We have two young players in our starting lineup and it's you who wants to add a vet which is an oxymoron. We aren't shallow. That's the point. Our bench is great imo. I'm going to enjoy the season. 99% of this stuff is people looking to criticize something and filling up blog space. We are 32-6 and keep getting better and I like what the c's are doing. I think we have a good mix of young and veteran players and doc and the coaching staff are doing a good job taking advantage of it.

[runrondo]

Good for you..Plus, adding a vet is not an oxymoron..Why do our two youngsters starting have to lose minutes!! I don't get that! I've already showed you how we can add at least one more vet and nobody lose minutes(That had them to begin with)..I'm glad your happy, but tenchincally we're forced to start Rondo and Perk because we have no one behind them! Doesn't it make sense..Who would you start instead of Rondo..WE have no other point guard..Who would you start besides Perk..We have no other big man except Pollard!..I don't see what you're not getting..Sure Doc gives lots of minutes but he takes a while to give it to them..Powe showed in the summer league he could be a tough bruiser and lately we needed that but he only figures it out tonight which i don't think he played him for any other reason than he had a kid a couple days ago...It may be unfair to say Doc doesn't play the youngsters but he sure as hell takes a while to notice him while many other people can see...Doc IS the main weakness of our team right now..I do agree with you, we can win with this team IF Doc wasn't the coach..I credit our wins this year to Doc not trying to coach rather than coach...as you can see by this youtube video
youtube.com/watch?v=LcysHmWW5TQ

Notice who's talking...If we don't win the championship this year, my guess is it'll be River's geting outcoached in a series..Remember that 20 or so loss at home game 7 agaisnt a weaker Pacer team..

Plus, i've said i'm happy with this roster cause i believe Pruitt and Powe can fill in but it is a problem cause Doc won't use them therefore you need to give Doc more ammo so it's almost impossible for him to screw it up..I'd rather we lose games cause the players don't hustle rather than Doc's substitutions and decisions..

[cfoo]

I just wish we talked more about what this team is doing right. And there is a lot of it. If you notice 99% of the posts are what we are doing wrong and what we need which is stupid. I've tried to make posts about what we have going for us, and I rarely ever read things saying what we are doing right and building on that. Enough already with doc doesnt play so and so and we should trade for this or that. It's the same crap over and over.

[runrondo]

We were the worst team last year..All we did was talk about our weaknesses and trader rumors, talent, potential, etc...Can't you accept the fact that we're having trouble adjusting? lol

[cfoo]

I love to talk about how great the c's are doing and i do. i come here and it's like listening to talk radio. I turned off talk radio a long time ago..... Have you ever listened to weei? They talk about the same crap every day, because they just need to stir something up.

[runrondo]

I've listened to it before but i don't like listening to people saying we need to trade so and so for so and so when it'll never happen and crap like that..I don't mind if you say a player sucks because he can't do this or that but when h=you get into trades it's useless because the fans aren't the GMs unless Danny says something(Rumors are we have shown interest in Cassel) i don't care to discuss it

I like to talk about what the C's are doing nicely during game, awesome play, we played great at so and so point but afterwards i don't like to sit in glory unless it's truly remarkable..When you lose suddenly 3 out of 4 it kind of takes the wind out of your appreciation..but it'll come back...I get easily spoiled and live by the moment rather than the whoooole perspective..I'ma streaky person like House..we play a bad/slow/low energy game for 4 straight games i'll bring up weaknesses but if we play great then i'll talk about the good things

[cfoo]

I hear you. I'm just trying to get away from this. It's just different when I talk to my friends and stuff about the game and things because we mainly just enjoy it. Doc and the c's are doing a great job imo and I come on the internet and it's like i'm the only one who thinks this.

[runrondo]

I don't know if when you say internet your referring to many other boards because i read(only post here) many boards and most ONLY talk about trade proposals they come up with, weaknesses, Doc sucking, and freak out when we lose one game..This board is actually pretty calm about that compared to others..And yes, the analysts are very harsh..sometimes i think they influence my mind but i remember this, those analysts don't watch every C's game and they didn't watch every game last year when we sucked..They just have a hard time accepting we're real..Nobody believes three stars can gel together and share, it's against the laws of nature but i credit our chemistry to the personalities of the Big Three and Doc because Doc does do a great job with player's relationships and chemistry..

[cfoo]

Yes this board is 100x's better than most boards. But lets keep it that way. The past few weeks it just seems like all we talk about is we need a pg or doc sucks and it seemed to me like we lost 2 games and people were kind of going down that road.

[eja117]

The roster is quite deep and the best team in the league with the best record doesn't need anything, but just cause it's a deep roster doesn't mean Doc won't play rookies or that a rookie couldn't crack it. Big Baby could definitely start over Perk at some point here and there. If he were on a lot of other teams he'd probably be making a case for the all-rookie team. There aren't lots of pgs starting or not that are better than Rondo and even if they were we don't need them. It would be foolish to trade Rondo for a pg who is a little better than him now, but won't be for the next decade.

[cfoo]

See I think Davis defensively is still a liability at times. I dont want him starting. he's better as an energy guy off the bench and as he matures he'll become more regular at it. He's had some nice games, but he has some games where he comes in and doesnt do !!!GREENIAC!!!. He needs to become more consisitant. I think we are doing the right thing with davis. Yeah he will get more time eventually and he will. He's had some nice games so far and its really early on. Ultimately he will be a regular and he is pretty much but not to the extent we would like ultimately. But that will come as he becomes more consistant himself.

[runrondo]

Davis is in the same situation Big Al and Perk were in...Davis sometimes gets literally 4 fouls in 10 seconds and then does nothing the rest of the game or he just plainly doesn't do anything..Because of his height "problem" you can't really start him because some nights his heart won't undo the height though most days it will..Plus his energy plus House's Tony's and Posey's is exactly why our bench is doing better than most thought it would..

[eja117]

He's clearly having a way better rookie year than Perk and nowhere near the rookie year of Al J, but at least he doesn't get hurt. As long as a rookie doesn't hit the wall they hopefully play better after the all-star break, and while he's not perfect neither is Perk and if Davis started some games it could wake up both players. Davis might simply be better

[runrondo]

I wasn't referring to their rookie years though i didn't specify so that was my bad but Perk and Al in their second(perk's third year or so) year would come in and would get quick fouls..Plus their rotations were slow and they simply sometimes hurt the defense..Starting Big Baby over Perk would move KG to center and he doesn't like playing center and it wouldn't give Garnett the best match up on the offensive end..Though it doesn't really matter who starts so maybe you could start Big Baby and then insert Perk but i just think it's kind of unnecessary...Plus, it might benefit Glen but it might hurt Perk's confidence and all...I think Perk and Garnett have developed a good defensive chemistry while Big Baby has developed a nice offensive chemistry with pretty much everybody so he can be used in any lineup..

It's not a wrong idea, or even a bad idea because logically it works but i just think it's not worth it since you've spent all this time developing chemistry with a starting unit and bench to change it drastically..Big Baby is the inside scoring for the second unit..Perk isn't very strong on teh offensive side so inserting him in the second unit would thus make them even MORE focused on outside shots...

But i get your thinking..Perk has trouble finishing when he gets sooo many open looks with the Big three so you'd think Baby would make those and thus help us..It could work, i just think it doesn't really add that much more positive, it evens out essentially

[cfoo]

Perk is the starter and fits well. I like what we are doing. I dont want garnett playing center 30+ minutes a game. I'd rather start perk and do what we are doing.