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Why is Anderson getting this much mins? questions, questions, questions....
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Balls of Steel wrote: View PostIf you know what he's capable of and had an "off" night, there's a good chance that whomever is guarding him has caused him to have an off night. I'll take AA's shooting (.285) and D on Pierce's shooting (0.181) VS. Demar's shooting (.313) and D on Lee's shooting (.545). Lee danced around Derozan all night long like the Drunken Master. Just sayin'.
The way I see it, they're both chuckers. Alan Anderson just has the face and style of game you'd love to hate. But defensively, Demar wishes he can D up like AA. That said, Alan Anderson is a chucker.“I don’t create controversies. They’re there long before I open my mouth. I just bring them to your attention.”
-- Charles Barkley
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I don't know... At this point I would prefer to see Pietrus play. He's a better defender than Anderson and he has a better IQ (i.e if his shots don't fall and he will pass the f**** ball!).
Speaking of MP, did you see him talk and give a pat on the back of JV in the first half? JV needs more minutes too!
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Tonight Gray ended his double-digits rebounding straight so I hope this will let DC to feel comfortable by sitting him on the bench. Despite our next game is vs Indiana and Roy Hibbert, I think Valanciunas is capable to defend him. If JV gets in foul trouble - then green light to playing Gray... The main problem with Gray is that he is too slow coming from the screens and changing players in defence.(Sorry for poor English )
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minks77 wrote: View PostJust goes to show that most fans just don't see Defence beyond blocks and steals. Double A was playing tough as nails man D on PP the whole 4th q. Truth is known to be a late game player and when he started to look for his AA was right in his grill and wasn't bailing him out with fouls. Ross, God love him, is still a rook. We all know that a vet like Pierce is going to destroy any rookie in the crunch and the refs are not going to favour Ross at all.
As promising as Ross is he still has a long way to go on both ends. Tonight was one of his invisible nights at both ends. Anderson is way ahead of him. On the ball, off, helping, closing out, rotating, all of it.
It's like everyone forgot that AA has been one of our best and most consistent players through the season. He, and Amir are our best man on man defenders game in and game out. He's been struggling on offense the last couple of games, but his D has still been good.
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Ambidextrious wrote: View PostThings that stand out to me after this game
Positives:
Kyle Lowry- He really stepped it up in the 3rd quarter Lets see if it carries over to the next game.
Andrea Bargnani- Surprisingly he seemed engaged defensively and he played terrific help defense which doesn't happen often. Also, Dre had a terrific first half but seemed to be a bit gassed as the game finished. As he continues to get his legs back I'm excited to see if he can keep up the energy.
Gay and DeRozan- These two are proving to be a very potent duo on the offensive end.
Negatives:
Dwayne Casey- He has cost us several games this year due to his questionable substitution patterns and his play calling has been really bad. His lack of experience as a head coach is evident and is very worrying.
John Lucas- As a backup PG, JL3 did a poor job of running a team and his shot selection is just awful. He is one of the biggest liabilities on the floor and we need to pick up a legit backup pg who knows his role.
Allan Anderson- Can't stand that he is stealing minutes away from Terrence Ross. He hasn't showed us fans any reason as to why he deserves to keep getting minutes. He's a bench player who thinks he's a first option on offense.
This season is over.
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Mediumcore wrote: View Post+1.
It's like everyone forgot that AA has been one of our best and most consistent players through the season. He, and Amir are our best man on man defenders game in and game out. He's been struggling on offense the last couple of games, but his D has still been good.
At the same time, that's totally negated by the way he plays offense. When you're on with Gay, Lowry, Demar, even Amir, you should not be looking to take a contested shot.
He is incapable of becoming the fifth option on the team, or a facilitator. When he gets the ball, he shoots, he's not that good....so what the stop that the other team gets as a result of his ridiculous shot selection negates whatever we just did as a team defensively.
if he would just play defense, and shoot when he's open (ala bruce bowen) he will be fine. But I'm not sure if he can adjust
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We have serious rotation problems, and this is something which we couldn't really judge casey on last year for a bunch of reasons.
If you look at any championship team, playoff team, or even any functioning organization in any industry...there has to be a hierarchy. This is not debatable.
I can pick any team, but a good/easy example is OKC. Westbrook basically does whatever he wants on the court and clearly believes that he should be granted immunity as far as bad shots or any other bad decisions as the point guard of the team. But, because he is a top 10 player in the league he is actually allowed to do this on a nightly basis, so long as the team is winning. It doesn't matter how good Sefelosha, or Ibaka is feeling that night, they do not get to go up in the hierarchy. They stick to what they do defensively, and Westbrook does what he does.
BUT at the end of the game, or even during the game, if Durant wants the ball, he gets the ball. Westbrook won't say anything. Everyone knows he is a top two player on the planet and that not only is he the better player, but that the Team is better off if Durant takes the shot. If Westbrook does get to take it...it has to be ok with Durant first.
The problem with our team is that we need a 9 man rotation and DC is killing us with the inconsistent messages he is sending. It makes NO SENSE to start a guy like aaron gray, or at least give him more minutes than JVAL. It makes even less sense to play anderson over Ross.
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JVAL, Bargs, Amir, Gay, Derozan, Lowry, Ross, Lucas (by default as a backup pg) and Fields should be the ones playing every night, no questions asked.
By playing anyone else, he is sending mixed messages to the guys that should be playing.
Most importantly, by mixing up the rotations and allowing guys like anderson to take 10 shots a game, he is not allowing us to maintain a hierarchy where we actually have some consistency on a nightly basis.
I know it's early, but this has been a problem all season (cough cough starting mcguire) and he needs to settle on a rotation and move on
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I think Lucas has a place in the NBA, but not necessarily as a primary backup point guard. The Raps need to bring in a guy who can actually run an offense and use Lucas as a floating guard who can come in based on matchups.
I still think Anderson has no place in the NBA. He's a solid guy when you look at him from game to game, but similar to someone like Smush Parker, when you look at the total body of work you realize he's actually quite bad and ended up doing a lot more harm than good.your pal,
ebrian
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BallaBalla wrote: View PostWe have serious rotation problems, and this is something which we couldn't really judge casey on last year for a bunch of reasons.
If you look at any championship team, playoff team, or even any functioning organization in any industry...there has to be a hierarchy. This is not debatable.
I can pick any team, but a good/easy example is OKC. Westbrook basically does whatever he wants on the court and clearly believes that he should be granted immunity as far as bad shots or any other bad decisions as the point guard of the team. But, because he is a top 10 player in the league he is actually allowed to do this on a nightly basis, so long as the team is winning. It doesn't matter how good Sefelosha, or Ibaka is feeling that night, they do not get to go up in the hierarchy. They stick to what they do defensively, and Westbrook does what he does.
BUT at the end of the game, or even during the game, if Durant wants the ball, he gets the ball. Westbrook won't say anything. Everyone knows he is a top two player on the planet and that not only is he the better player, but that the Team is better off if Durant takes the shot. If Westbrook does get to take it...it has to be ok with Durant first.
The problem with our team is that we need a 9 man rotation and DC is killing us with the inconsistent messages he is sending. It makes NO SENSE to start a guy like aaron gray, or at least give him more minutes than JVAL. It makes even less sense to play anderson over Ross.
so:
JVAL, Bargs, Amir, Gay, Derozan, Lowry, Ross, Lucas (by default as a backup pg) and Fields should be the ones playing every night, no questions asked.
By playing anyone else, he is sending mixed messages to the guys that should be playing.
Most importantly, by mixing up the rotations and allowing guys like anderson to take 10 shots a game, he is not allowing us to maintain a hierarchy where we actually have some consistency on a nightly basis.
I know it's early, but this has been a problem all season (cough cough starting mcguire) and he needs to settle on a rotation and move on
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AA is now shooting 36% from the field. His TS% is <50%, and yet his usage is 24%. While he's on the floor he takes 37% of the team's 3's, and 25% of all shot attempts. He still seems to think that he needs to shoot his way out of his slump, even when he is playing with 4 better offensive options. I can understand playing him some for defensive match-ups, but he should be yanked as soon as he decides to go one-on-five or take ill-advised 3's. I think that his defence is being overshadowed by bad offensive possessions that he squanders.
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Bouncepass wrote: View PostAA is now shooting 36% from the field. His TS% is <50%, and yet his usage is 24%. While he's on the floor he takes 37% of the team's 3's, and 25% of all shot attempts. He still seems to think that he needs to shoot his way out of his slump, even when he is playing with 4 better offensive options. I can understand playing him some for defensive match-ups, but he should be yanked as soon as he decides to go one-on-five or take ill-advised 3's. I think that his defence is being overshadowed by bad offensive possessions that he squanders.
I do think AA has some questionable shot selection and a bit of Mike James in him but there's a reason he's making the minimum and he's far more valuable than his contract.LET'S GO RAP-TORS!!!!!
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I don't get guys defending AA's D last night. Pierce missed a bunch of shots he normally makes last night. Our D was awful, and AA's was not very good. Pierce was 2-11...He only had 11 field goal attempts because he struggled to get anything off against Gay whenever he was matched against him. The rest of the time....I was shocked at some of the open looks Pierce missed. This game could've been much uglier if he and the rest of the Celtics just knocked down some totally wide open looks.
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