Keegan has shot poorly all year. This is because other teams know that is basically his game and overplay the 3. Jazz didn't get the memo evidently.
You shouldn't criticize Hardy! He's "coaching for the future", and the future is where all the good stuff happens!Maybe try… making Murray dribble? Run him off the line? Throw a trap so he has to give it up? Try something other than easy 3s? I get that this roster sucks but the coaching aspect seems to be just as absent as the roster talent. That coaching seat should be getting warm. What has Hardy done to deserve trust?
How?Would be nice to see Lauri take over a game every once in a while.
Lauri needs to demand the ball more. Act like a superstar. With his efficiency it wouldn't hurt us that's for sure. The ball should touch his hands on way more possessions. Leaving the decision whether to move the ball up to THT and Clarkson and even Sexton is a mistake. Hardy was asked before last night's game to give one reason for their two game winning streak and he said, "ball movement".How?
And don't tell me he should do stuff that amounts to stopping the ball, forcing up shots, overdribbling, screaming and banging his chest. We already have plenty of dudes doing those things.
He got 27 minutes and 13 shots. You don't "take over" anything with those kinds of numbers. I mean it's not exactly news that as a big, Lauri mostly depends on his guards (and by extension, his coach) to get him the ball in his spots. And when he does get it, good & efficient things happen.
Meanwhile, over at Twitter McCade Pearson is running a smear campaign with the premise that Lauri should be shooting less and passing more:
View: https://x.com/mccadep8/status/1735926905017344137?s=46&t=NEhEjQ-tyP9qSpuGafftoA
Go figure. IMO Lauri is just s symptom here – people are frustrated about the season and don't know what Ainge is even trying to do, so the anger gets spread around.