Player's-Only Huddle on defense: "Enough is Enough"

deserves its own thread

 

We need McHale back to clap at the players

 

CP3 for defensive coordinator.

 

hopefully this is the start of the turnaround.

 

I think we can only allow one defensive liability on the court at a time. That means Harden and Melo can never play together unless its a straight up stomp.

Harden + Gordon + Ennis + Tucker + Capela
Cp3 + Melo + Clark + MCW + A back up center in which we don't have.

I didn't spend a lot of time thinking of the line ups, but what I listed should serve as an example.

 

Corner turned?

 

Awful teammate. This team would be 7-0 if Rondo was on it.

 

They figured out basketball.

 

CP3 playing 4-D chess calling a player's only meeting during a timeout.

 

So, the key to defense is...


playing harder?

 

It's the Nets guys. Stay calm.

 

It could be the Washington Generals at this point, I'll take it.

 

And they were going blow to blow on those 3 pointers late in the 4th, I will take the players staying energetic and hold out the win.

Who cares if it was the Nets, we had less digits in the W column before the game started.

 

question is... are they a liability by inability - or lack of desire?

i mean, I've sen james play good defense... he played at least decent defense pretty much all year last year...

previous years, it was all about how 'James had to carry such a load on offense bc he was our only real playmaker... and he cant be expected to do so much on offense - and still be expected to play defense...'

Well we added CP3 to take some of the load... EGo can create his own shot... GG has no prob firin it up... I presume we brought Melo in for offense - not defense...

whats the story now?

Have we decided Harden is a superstar and doesnt have to play d if he doesnt want to?

Before I get b****ed at for ragging on Harden... I'm saying the dude can play good d - i've seen it... I think he has the ability... Melo idk - could be laziness or could be old and bad footwork... idk...

 

Understand. But the defense.......Has a long way to go.

 

Me too.

 

and nets are a very solid team... they have a better shot selection than rockets...straight up only 3s(good looks) and layups.... a lot of drives ... cuts ....they insist on going for the layups more so than rockets, who shoot a lot of difficult 3 s rather than trying to drive to the rim perhaps because rockets dont have personnel to do so...

 

I agree with you that it is about the desire. But I also agree that the harder you play on defense the harder it is for your to play on offense. There are some players who are machines that can give 100% on both ends and Harden isn't one of those players, and that is ok.