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  • I seem to to be a minority of one, as far as Casey's defence is concerned. The only true plus defender we had last year was Amir and somehow the team ended up ranking 10th in the league. The scheme covered up a lot of deficiencies,

    As Zach Lowe pointed out, teams have found ways to exploit it, but that doesn't mean any other scheme would work better. Thibs famed ICE has struggled this year because his perimeter defenders have struggled.

    Now MU did add one plus perimeter defender in JJ who for reasons that can be debated forever, has been massively underutilized thus far. But he also added a negative defender in LouWill, to go along with negative defenders GV and TR. Lowry's D suffered as he took on more of an offensive load and DD isn't a minus, but not really a plus either due to his lack of lateral quickness..

    Casey's system may be hard to master, but not impossible - TH in his second year here still looks awful on offence, but seems to have gotten the defensive scheme because he's looked far better on D this year than last. Amir, even with his ankle issues, and PPat are mobile enough to work the system. JV may be the square peg, but he's becoming a damn good square peg rim protector.

    And as we say, it's the playoffs that matter. If the defence is clicking by the time the playoffs roll around, we may be pleasantly surprised. If not, well I'm sure MU has a list of coaching replacements that he won't hesitate long to use,
    If we knew half as much about coaching an NBA team as we think, we"d know twice as much as we do.

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    • KeonClark wrote: View Post
      Sorry, but fuck trade value and "showcasing". What happened to earning your minutes? Ross floats around out there, allows blow bys and hardly ever takes his drives right to the rim (if ever) sit his ass down. I want to win.
      Hey, I ain't defending the guy either. I've just ... given up on him.

      I thought moving him to the bench was the right move, but Ross just hasn't earned his minutes.

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      • 3inthekeon wrote: View Post
        I seem to to be a minority of one, as far as Casey's defence is concerned. The only true plus defender we had last year was Amir and somehow the team ended up ranking 10th in the league. The scheme covered up a lot of deficiencies,

        As Zach Lowe pointed out, teams have found ways to exploit it, but that doesn't mean any other scheme would work better. Thibs famed ICE has struggled this year because his perimeter defenders have struggled.

        Now MU did add one plus perimeter defender in JJ who for reasons that can be debated forever, has been massively underutilized thus far. But he also added a negative defender in LouWill, to go along with negative defenders GV and TR. Lowry's D suffered as he took on more of an offensive load and DD isn't a minus, but not really a plus either due to his lack of lateral quickness..

        Casey's system may be hard to master, but not impossible - TH in his second year here still looks awful on offence, but seems to have gotten the defensive scheme because he's looked far better on D this year than last. Amir, even with his ankle issues, and PPat are mobile enough to work the system. JV may be the square peg, but he's becoming a damn good square peg rim protector.

        And as we say, it's the playoffs that matter. If the defence is clicking by the time the playoffs roll around, we may be pleasantly surprised. If not, well I'm sure MU has a list of coaching replacements that he won't hesitate long to use,
        It's a dumb Defense especially with this Roster. Even Miami abandoned it with Bron gone and Whiteside at Center. Philly and the Bucks are the only teams able to pressure and not give up a ton of shots and even Philly doesn't have to with Noel.

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        • bryan colangelo wrote: View Post
          Hey, I ain't defending the guy either. I've just ... given up on him.

          I thought moving him to the bench was the right move, but Ross just hasn't earned his minutes.
          As it stands right now, he's like our 10th best player. I have also given up on him pretty much, he just doesn't seem to care. He's like a petulant teenager with an attitude and I don't think Casey likes it. He's basically just a 3 point specialist at this point, a Steve fucking Novak.
          9 time first team all-RR, First Ballot Hall of Forum

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          • So what plus Ross, gets us Harrison Barnes, or Tobias Harris?

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            • Mediumcore wrote: View Post
              So what plus Ross, gets us Harrison Barnes, or Tobias Harris?
              Ross - Uzoh + coin-flip = Barnes

              tanking is bad...

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              • CalgaryRapsFan wrote: View Post
                Ross - Uzoh + coin-flip - Mark Jackson + Steve Kerr = Barnes

                tanking is bad...
                Fixed it. lol. Coaching matters. And tanking is still bad. :-)

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                • LOL, hope he and his triple double are burning in hell

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                  • golden wrote: View Post
                    Fixed it. lol. Coaching matters. And tanking is still bad. :-)
                    I think you need some brackets in that equation.

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                    • CalgaryRapsFan wrote: View Post
                      Ross - Uzoh + coin-flip = Barnes

                      tanking is bad...
                      Ross - Uzoh = Lillard.

                      Ross + coin-flip = Barnes.

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                      • Then there is

                        Ross = Drummond


                        *everybody duck*

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                        • Yeah, I'm going to pass on firing the coach who has more wins by the all star break than we've had in total seasons in more than half of our year of existence.

                          Is he perfect? No

                          But this team is really good (not quite great) and has defied expectations.

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                          • My stance remains that Casey has proven he can coach in the regular season, and has also shown some flaws that may prove fatal in the playoffs, and the playoffs will tell that tale. I'm leaning towards going in a different direction in the summer, since I expect limited success in the playoffs, but of course a successful playoff run could change my mind.
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                            • RandomGuy wrote: View Post
                              I'm not sure if anyone here wants him fired during the season as it's not rational, due to the fact that playoffs are so close. Most of the anti Casey camp wants him gone during the offseason, due to stated reasons in this thread. I would be more than happy to eat crow, if Casey somehow changes the way he makes decisions during the game, respond way more quickly with tweaks of his system, manages his players, etc... Playoffs can prove that, however, I do not see that happening.
                              I feel exactly the same way. If Casey all of a sudden was killing it as coach, was obviously one of the top coaches in the league, I'd happily fess up and say I was wrong. I also do not think that will happen. But in the meantime I'm hopeful that he can still teach these guys some things before the playoffs. Tighten up the d and get the ball moving more on O

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                              • Superjudge wrote: View Post
                                You campers need to worry a shit tonne more about who Messiah can pick up to make this roster better, and less about the guy handing out PT or benchings. The former will win you rings, the latter is just there to keep them in line.
                                Dont think we get a ring with Casey as coach. But I would be happy if MU could improve the team for now & the future.

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