Comments on: Monday Bolts – 12.7.09

By: Vega

Vega — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:16:50 +0000

@Kev No. Mullens stays in the D-League.

By: Kev

Kev — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:25:21 +0000

Vega :@kevIf playing to win means possibly stunting the growth of our young prospects by playing Etan Thomas and trading for Erick freaking Dampier, than we shouldn’t do it.

they aren't playing because they aren't as good - you can get better without playing in the game - are you really telling me we should let Mullens play so he can shoot brick after twenty foot brick??

By: justin

justin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:48:15 +0000

I used DJ White’s stats to support an argument that he should play some in lieu of Serge Ibaka, match ups permitting of course. The premise being that both players have played a similar amount of minutes in the NBA; Serge gets an article devoted to him based on such a small sample size so I figured DJ’s performance would hold some value as well.

By: Vince

Vince — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:33:55 +0000

I don’t know if White is horrible on defense. But Brooks knows better than any of us. It’s not like Brooks is in his 4th year with a GM that’s going to fire him if he misses the playoffs. 45 wins might get Brooks Coach of the Year, for Christmas’ sake. If he thought White was better than Ibaka, he’d be out there. If he thought White’s development was worth sacrificing minutes from Collison, even if Collison is the better player right now, White would be out there. Criticizing that decision because White gets off mid-range jumpers in garbage time — let’s see him get those looks in the 4th quarter down 3 to the Spurs — is silly. Brooks likes 9-man rotations, and, by the way, he’s got plenty of company. Very few teams run 10-man rotations and few in recent memory were remotely successful at it. Basketball is a flow game and giving players 2 3- or 4-minute stints is not conducive to success.

And my points about the backup point guard situation refer to the fact that there’s really nothing we can do about the big man situation. Gortat is available on the 15th (though I think a trade during the season is doubtful) but otherwise, we don’t have the pieces for a quality big man without adding Green to the deal. I doubt Presti pulls that trigger.

That said, the backup 1 is killing us. Westbrook went off on his own again in the Celtics game (I’m his biggest fan, and even I’m getting fed up) but what can Brooks do? He can’t play Wilks 25 minutes just to send a message to Westbrook. If we had a competent 1 — and they’re available, and we have 5 picks — that improves us now. At every other spot in the rotation, there’s not an urgent need for an upgrade, at least not until we have a better idea of what we have. (Again, we’re arguing about White, the 10th man on th roster right now, with 5 picks coming in 6 months.)

By: Vega

Vega — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:16:11 +0000

@kev If playing to win means possibly stunting the growth of our young prospects by playing Etan Thomas and trading for Erick freaking Dampier, than we shouldn't do it.

By: Walter

Walter — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:09:55 +0000

@Vince I agree that our most pressing need is OFFENCE, and positionally it needs to be from a front court player able to score 8-10 points from 8-10 feet, or God forbid, the free throw line (take note Messrs Green and Krstic). A jump shooting front court will simply not get anything done in any playoff series. We need a more balanced offence. Back up point guard is not our biggest concern. That's a concern for a team 14-6, not 9-8 or whatever we are. We have bigger holes than concerning ourselves with someone who will play 15 mins a night max.

By: f5alcon

f5alcon — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:51:46 +0000

@Big G You dont need a great center/pf to win, but it helps a lot, most of the championship teams of the last 20 years have had a very good C or PF. miami/lakers had shaq, spurs have duncan, lakers last year had gasol and bynum, boston had garnett, detroit had the wallaces, houston had olajuwon, pistons had dumars. the 80s boston had mchale, the 80s lakers had kareem, philly won with moses malone. really with the exception of the bulls and the 70s almost every title in the NbA was won with a great frontcourt

By: Big G

Big G — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:41:40 +0000

This is the deal about the center thing there are not any center
available that so good that we should do anything right now. The idea
that you even need a dominant center is not a proven philosophy.
All we need a big or combo of bigs that can rebound, block shots,play
D,and dunk the mess out the ball. I would give Serge and Mullens a chance before spend big dollar on a guy that is not that much for his current team. As for a post game I think we have guy on our roster who is going to be great post up guy in a few years. That guy is KD .The reason I believe this when they said he could not shoot for % he showed them. When they said he would be defensive liability he improved.So just tell him he can’t post up and watch out.

By: Royce

Royce — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:37:49 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:36:51 +0000

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