Sinister Grin

We should have played Shard at the 3 this series. It's all about who is playing who. Shard had Paula for lunch every time. I want Stan around until he doesn't want to be here but he needs to make adjustments a lot quicker. He also needs to stick with what is working until it isn't working anymore. That game 6 was so bewildering. Everything that worked in games 4 and 5 he went away from.

quote: Originally posted by ThuglifeJ:Still kinda upset that Vince gets 100% of blame. Ik hes the new guy but theres no way in hell it was his fault we got knocked out in ECF. Take a look around the whole team, think back without your haterade. I think the blame can be distributed pretty fairly. Vince could have done more, he should have done more. but im out if its gonna continue like this. you guys have found your scapegoat Thug, I don't hate Vince but it was his fault. Yeah some others had below average games but he was brought here to be "the man". Lewis was brought here to be the guy that spreads the floor for Dwight. He didn't do well offensively but his man, Garnett, had a horrible series offensively so he did something right. He also contributed with blocks, steals and some nice hustle plays while sick. Jameer played well throughout the playoffs and had a few bad games so you can't really blame him. Dwight was as good as can be against this Celtic team. Redick is a role player that contributed nicely. Barnes had back problems and isn't really asked to contribute anything but some D so you can't really go off on him too much because his mobility was hampered. Gortat is the one guy I could lay some blame on other than Vince. He really blew. I always thought Gortat was a little overrated by our fans. Gortat was beat every single time for easy layups. If he goes I won't miss him at all. A guy like Pachulia can contribute just about the same. So when you look at it as good a person Vince is he is going to shoulder most of the blame because he deserves it. Lebron took most if not all of the blame for Cleveland's demise and Vince was supposed to be our Lebron type player. He was supposed to be the one that drove hard, shoot the 3, hit the midrange jumper and do everything else. He hardly did anything so as much as you may hate that he is getting railed on it comes with the territory and Vince, I believe, accepts that so maybe you should to.

Rashard today would still be a better SF than PF. There are a large amount of PF's that can defend him effectively. There aren't many SF's that can say that. He would also be a better rebounder at that position as he would be used a lot more in post up situations and playing closer to the rim. We all complain about how weak he is. At SF he would be one of the stronger players at that positon. Troy Murphy is a stretch 4 but he can bang and grab lots of rebounds. That is the type of stretch 4 this team needs. He would have eaten KG's weak a55 alive while being strong and long enough to bother his shots. Hmmmm...Danny Granger and Troy Murphy would be good pickups.

I read that Memphis wants to move Mayo to the starting PG position and bring Conley off the bench.

quote: is Gay really that much of a difference from peaches? and for that much more money? Gay is 23 6'8" a wingspan of a center with above average bball iq. Pietrus is 27 6'6" turnover machine with 0 bball iq. I doubt Peaches could dribble the ball on an empty court from one end to the other without fumbling it out of bounds. Big difference. But I will take it that you were joking.

Maybe V.C.'s name can bring in that extra revenue for the Grizz? Whatever people think about his game he is still very popular. This league is about revenue and he brings that. They can let him walk but why? They have a fairly talented team so why throw a season away? While waiting on a chance at Melo they can start Mayo, Brewer, Carter, Zach and Gasol with Conley, Babbit, Thabeet and Bass/Anderson off the bench. Carter, Bass/Anderson and 1st rounder for Gay, Jaric

Gay is a very good player and I'd be pleased to have him. Rudy needs to start playing D though. If there is anyone that can bring it out of him it would be Stan.

Hopefully he finds a nice home in Turkey.

No matter how you look at it Shard would dominate offensively against ALL sf's in the league simply because of his length, post skills and great shot. People argue that he would get eaten alive on the defensive end. Paul Pierce was very bothered whenever Lewis was on him and Barnes was toast all series long. I agree that Lewis isn't a great defender but his length and smarts make up for a lot of his athletic deficiencies. When you have a guy that makes the person who is guarding him work his butt off on the defensive side of the ball that player will more than likely have a hard time getting into any sort of rhythm offensively. Everyone needs to remember that Shard IS a small forward and we need a weapon at that position to keep the opposing teams defenses honest.

Get rid of Ewing and Carter and we are halfway there. Remember...knowing is half the battle.

Dwight did stop passing in this series though. I noticed especially against the Hawks he was passing beautifully but against the Celtics a lot of his post plays looked forced.

quote: Originally posted by Ramsde68:Thanks for this thread. Do you guys wanna be the Cavs? Massive over reaction and over haul our roster? Small moves guys. If you can hit a home run with Vince then sure great, if not use his expiring. I think a big roster move is inevitable. Jwill, Pops, Carter (hopefully), Foyle and either Redick or Barnes will most likely be gone. You're looking at potentially 5 players out and its very possible. I also think they should look at getting a quality big cheap to back Dwight up and use Gortat with fillers to get your wing player. Bigs are greatly coveted in this league and we need a wing.

There is only 1 thing Dwight needs to improve. FREE THROW SHOOTING. shoot 80% and this league is on lock. Baddest man on the planet. No 10-15 footer needed. No post moves needed. This guy would change this game completely if he could get those free throws going. Yes he can be a bit more fluid with is post game but a summer or two locked in the gym with Hakeem and the beast is running wild.

Congrats to Ray, Sheldon, Tony and even you Perk since your not a fake a55 flopper like those other fools but the rest of those tools can go *# themselves.

quote: Originally posted by MajicMan:2009-2010 season EPIC FAIL Orlando has too much talent and failed maybe It's the coaching? Vince Carter says hello. So proud of everyone not named Carter on this team. Some boneheaded plays but they went down fighting so it's all good.

Jameer - great first PG off the bench. Jwill - has to go. Johnson - has to go. Carter - NEVER WANT TO SEE HIM AGAIN. Redick - good first SG off the bench. Barnes - good first SF off the bench Pietrus - low bball iq, should try and package with others for a near all-star caliber SG or SF. Lewis - This is a mess. Too old and slow to play SF anymore. Too weak to play PF against elite teams. Anderson - Better with age. Solid first PF off the bench. Bass - Love his effort but Too short, low bball iq. Package deal? If he raised his intelligence in the off season he would be a keeper. Howard - good. Gortat - extremely disappointing. Package deal? Foyle - has to go. I think we should try and work with trading Gortat, Pietrus, Bass and Carter for a star wing player. Maybe Gay, Johnson or Granger. Maybe try and steal Lee or Love? We have no starting caliber PG (as much as i love jameer's game he is a terrible liability on defense and is not a good fit for Dwight), SG, SF or a real PF with size. Jameer is only good if you have a SG or SF that takes on the facilitator role that has great vision and passing skills. Oh and it would be nice to try and bring Courtney lee back but that's just a personal request.

Our D failed us tonight. Offense hasn't been great but too many mistakes on D.

Stan is my guy but what is up with Bass? Why isn't Jameer taking the ball straight through and bringing it around? This game is exactly games 1,2 and 3. I don't get it.

We played as bad as possible in the 1st half. We completely went away from what got us the 2 wins. Hopefully we start penetrating, with quick crisp passes. Way too much dribbling and no movement.

Has Gortat blocked a shot in this series? It's like he gets beat 100% of the time.

At least everything that could go wrong went wrong in the first half. Hopefully we get this to 10-12 points and return the favor in the 2nd half.

Jameer doesn't understand his assignments at all. Robinson is a shooter how in the world do you play off of him? Very very very sloppy.

If this keeps up... No D and VC this is going to get UGLY.

How many point blank shots have we missed in this game?

Wow. If the Magic lose everyone with a brain will say that the Magic were the better team and was a victim of having it's "go to" player check out on them.