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GVC said:
We've (for the most part) tried one thing in the clutch this season: Dump it into Al or Paul. Both have done well on the whole. Hayward's clutch stats are also quite good this season (although I imagine the variance in performance is also much higher). What might happen if Al weren't involved in these clutch situations, we can't know because Al has never been on the bench at the end of close games (he is the only player for whom this is true). Do you have any data to support your conclusion?
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I've seen Hayward take many, many late-game possessions. I think Millsap and Al rebounded at least like 3 of them to either win a game or send it to overtime last season. His consistency isn't there at an equal rate to Al's. But he's getting better.

As far as data is concerned, it's an obvious chicken-or-the-egg argument. Clearly theres no right answer, so not sure what you're trying to get out of that.

Here is a better question: what do you propose we do instead? Hayward curls, jumpers? Ty's doing that. Millsap isos? been done. Al has gotten everything from layups to three pointers.


What haven't we looked for??

Favors, pick and rolls: play against Golden State last season comes to mind. However: Who's gonna run that play for him? Hayward and Burks are getting better, but not yet there for crunch-time minutes. They need more practice. That leaves us with Watson (lol) Mo, and Tinsley. So what do we do??

Kanter: As far as scoring is concerned, I don't see how Kanter could become much better than Al. Thankfully, in basketball there is much more to a player than just scoring. However, when were talking last 5 minutes of a game, we need buckets. And Kanter is not at Al's level yet-- don't see how any coach would sit Al for him in crunch-time on offense.

Burks: Definitely begin given opportunities, but coming (very) short a lot lately.

Carroll: Lol


So what does that leave us with? Which plays should we run? Who should be getting more touches?

-George
 
franklin said:
Nice backpeddle. Care to wrap that turd up in new gift paper? I'm dying to hear why Corbin would have ruined Shaq putting up what were possibly the very best two seasons ever to go along with 28 ppg Kobe and just about as good a supporting cast as you could dream up.

I'm also dying to read you explain away how Jackson succeeded in motivating Shaq and Kobe in 2003-2004 like you've already claimed.
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Backpeddle? You failed to address or rebut every point I made, troll.
 
George said:
Soft bigs can put up stellar numbers and help their team get to the playoffs-- until their weaknesses are exposed to the fullest of extents. You say that Lee is somehow leading GS to the playoffs despite worse defense than Boozer-- while certainly not true (they're a wash), Boozer never had troubles leading us to the playoffs either. Even in the playoffs, he had lots of success. Our consistent headbutt in the Lakers (with what, 3 playoff series losses in a row) are what caused the Boozer-malaise.

What I am saying, is that Lee is in a similar situation, where his production is astounding, but his defense will be complemented by a ALL-NBA defender in Bogut.


In summary: Soft defense from a PF can easily carry a team to the playoffs.

-George
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That sure explains Lee's solid defense to this point this year.
 
Ty the Turd said:
Backpeddle? You failed to address or rebut every point I made, troll.
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Have you ever made a "point" in your failed history that doesn't include pure hatred for everything Jazz and unconditional love for every other team in the league? Worship Mark Jackson harder, "jazz fan".
 
A-Yo Turd:

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