Do you really believe Kenneth Faried will make a difference?

He looked better than Hartenstein.

 

If House put up 13, the usual suspects would be wetting themselves.

 

I thought he looked great. He was very active around the basket, dove to the rim well, brought a ton of energy and hustle, and was trying to draw charges. He is a great BACKUP small ball 5 for this team.

I know you all thought he looked great in the PnR and I disagree. The rolling was great. The thing I want to see him improve on most is setting picks. He’s didn’t look as good as any of our other bigs. Instead he tended to slip the pick before the ballhandler could use it. Almost like he lacked patience. I hope this is something that will get shored up in practice because he could get lobs for days (ala Capela) if he had that patience and let the play develop. I don’t think it’s a Dwight thing (Howard just refused to set strong picks) as much as him not having any time with the team. I’ll definately be watching for this adjustment next game.

 

Yes, we finally have a legitimate NBA level player to backup PJ.

 

We need a backup center and a small forward starter. Morey needs to get it done before trade deadline

 

When is CP3 returning?

 

Maybe he looked it, but the team has played well with Hartenstein on the floor, almost consistently a good net rating when he's on the floor. Even Melo can "look" good, but what is actually good and what makes the team good are the only factors that matter beyond aesthetic pleasure.

 

In certain matchups only.

 

Limited offensive game but he does have his strengths who suits our offense

 

Faried, like all players you get on the cheap, are flawed in some way. What we have loved about him from afar is that when he is in he is high energy crash the glass and dunk. With as much energy as James is having to expend on offense it is so important to have a 9th/10th guy off the bench that knows their role and comes in with high energy every time to provide a spark and something else the defense has to handle other than James. Chriss could have molded into a more high skilled version of this but he has no brains and no heart. Give me a Faried every time that I can rely on. Nene is one of those players that has lasted so long because of his skill and heart. I certainly prefer him getting the majority of minutes but Faried represents nice depth that this team sorely needs now and later. I would like the remaining acquisitions to be solid defenders but this is what we hoped we were getting last year with Wright.

 

There are a lot of angles to look at it from.

For example: When Hartenstein exits the game our team tends to now be over the foul limit. Why? Because Hartenstein can't seem to stop fouling. So now with Hartenstein on the bench, his subs force free throws on any ticky tack foul, why? Because Hartenstein used up the majority of available ticky tack fouls.

that is one reason that could explain the net rating.

I love Hartensteins hustle. But theres things he needs to vastly improve on before getting meaningful time. Until then, give him unmeaningful minutes so he can continue to get accustomed to the speed of the game.

 

Except Faried also has problems fouling, but one is consistently a negative over a huge sample size while the other is consistently a positive over a small sample size. Faried had 4 fouls in 23 minutes against the Sixers.

We can talk about Hartenstein's weaknesses, but the context is that we are talking about two minimum contract players all of whom are heavily flawed. There are things Hartenstein can improve and there are things Faried can improve. Hartenstein - despite his game not being aesthetically pleasing - was not a part of line ups that gave up leads. Let's hope Faried can do that while bringing his intensity and mobility into the equation.

 

He ain’t making us any better.. so I say he ain’t doing shiz for us. We need impact players.. not washed up scrubs.. everyone gonna look good with harden. Don’t be fooled

 

He will help us, but we are not finished adding good players to this team.

 

He hit a three, he’s here to stay.

 

I'll reserve judgment until he has a few more games under his belt. I think it's a bit unfair to judge Faried's performance only on one game which featured one of the Top 3 centers in the league.

 

Right, I mean he can't play defense so judging him after a game where the league's one true dominant offensive player at his position is going off is a little unfair.

If the expectation for Faried is to be a difference maker on defense or help us against teams that have big that can punish us inside then we will all be very disappointed.

Faried is a high motor player that can bring some offensive spark in limited doses and help with rebounding. He's best in situations where we are playing small because he's small.

 

Some (many?) of those fouls were Embiid lowering his shoulder and going straight through Faried like a bull. (Nene and Ennis, too.) just saying, last nights game is a poor example of anything officiating related. Lol

 

It was his first game and without a practice.. he ends up putting up 13, 6 on 5/7 and a 3 pointer made (didn't realize he had range).. anyone complaining about this?

 

i know right? embid is going to destroy a lot of centers...he did well on offense...what exactly do you expect from a small ball five? hopefully he can make those three's regularly....then he might be able to play the 4 with capella situationally.