Game Thread Pelicans vs Mavs 11/1/14

This team just seems slow on both sides of the ball.

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Originally Posted by Pelicanned

Don't know what he did to get benched. He forced an o-foul and setup Asik for free throws. To be fair, nobody is playing defense out there, but Jimmer gets the blame.

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How does Jimmer get the blame? He played the amount of minutes someone like him should with the guard depth we have. He came in did ok but did nothing to get super hot to be a must stay. Gordon came in for him being on a long rest as he should have.

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Originally Posted by AKpelicanfried

just mentioned jefferson could have gone to NO... i would have liked that

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Not after you watched him play for your team. He's been bad for a few years.

How the heck is Dallas out-rebounding us so bad?

How is it possible that Ryno s a good offensive rebounder but bad defensive rebounder?

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Originally Posted by DarkHornet

How the heck is Dallas out-rebounding us so bad?

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Our defenders are being forced to help and are out of position

This team isn't cohesive. That comes with time, but this isn't year one.

Above all though, Anthony needs to take control of this team. The miscommunication needs to stop.

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Originally Posted by Alg_Hornet

This hasn't dawn on Monty yet. Hopefully he figures it out . This game is too fast fo Asik

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Naah, It;s like saying asik was too fast for Vucevic. In reality Vucevic had to step forward to stop reke's penetration leaving asik wide open

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Originally Posted by Kibner

Not after you watched him play for your team. He's been bad for a few years.

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He was solid for Utah last year. He is much better than Salmons.

They're out working and executing us.

By which I mean, they are working harder than us, and killing us execution style.

Back to playing the hard hedge on defense. No shock the defense is suffering.

Why are we going back to this terrible system?

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Originally Posted by GuardianAngel25

How does Jimmer get the blame? He played the amount of minutes someone like him should with the guard depth we have. He came in did ok but did nothing to get super hot to be a must stay. Gordon came in for him being on a long rest as he should have.

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What guard depth? Gordon is overpaid trash. Monty had to get him back on the court as fast as he could so he could stink it up some more?

Our offensive sets are basically whoever has the ball shoot it. It seems as though they're no plays being run

No one switches on D when the P n R is set..

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Originally Posted by UptownFuz504

How is it possible that Ryno s a good offensive rebounder but bad defensive rebounder?

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He usually isn't getting boxed out on the offensive glass.

It's times like this I wish my panic thread was still around. RIP

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Originally Posted by UptownFuz504

How is it possible that Ryno s a good offensive rebounder but bad defensive rebounder?

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Rebounding is almost all about effort and positioning.

He doesn't give the same effort on the defensive glass, so he doesn't get in good position.

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Originally Posted by odine

Naah, It;s like saying asik was too fast for Vucevic. In reality Vucevic had to step forward to stop reke's penetration leaving asik wide open

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Exactly. Gordon can't defend Ellis, so Asik steps up to stop penetration, and the ball is thrown over the top. It's the poor guard play tonight, that is killing the entire defense.

People need to understand this is game 2 against a damn good veteran team that got even better this off season. We are young and guys are almost all new playing together we will have some early miscues. Positives are the rotations to me. We also are having a lot of bad breaks with the rim on open looks. We will be ok. The Gordon needs to be benched also needs to stop cause this is basketball slow starts happen.

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Originally Posted by UptownFuz504

Our offensive sets are basically whoever has the ball shoot it. It seems as though they're no plays being run

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Offense isn't the problem

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Originally Posted by Inner_GI

Back to playing the hard hedge on defense. No shock the defense is suffering.

Why are we going back to this terrible system?

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I've seen several weak hedges where the guard just runs by both defenders.

Is EG just taking naps standing up when he's on the floor?

Granted, the defense sucks, but exactly what offense are we running? I see guys running into each other on cuts. Is Monty clueless are is it that the players are just tuning him out?

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Originally Posted by Inner_GI

Back to playing the hard hedge on defense. No shock the defense is suffering.

Why are we going back to this terrible system?

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Its horrible! They hedge so much and then everyone stops... leaving Dal gaurds to stroll right in the lane, forcing our bigs to help and allowing their bigs to do whatever.

I can live with missed shots those usually tend to start going in our favor. but poor defense should be driving monty crazy right now.

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Originally Posted by greewe

I've seen several weak hedges where the guard just runs by both defenders.

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several sounds good when it seems Dallas scored 45 of the 66 points on PnR.

I'm against the hard hedge because it puts two defenders outside the 3 point line. Basically allowing the offense to play 5 on 3, and smart teams like Dallas run the PnR with dallas so he can't block their shots. I just hate the system.