darth_vedder wrote:I've watched more Wizards games this year since Gilbert Arenas was playing with the team. I'm not much of an NBA fan, used to be, but my interest has faded over the years, but watching the Wizards (god I hate that name) has been kinda fun (doesn't hurt that their 6th man is a Clemson fella). I think this is just the third time in franchise history, that the team has made it this far. Good for them, and looking forward to watching them more in the playoffs.
They are the washington bullets not the wizards I don't care what it says on the jersey now. they could just go with the old KC Wiz moniker though.
darth_vedder wrote:I've watched more Wizards games this year since Gilbert Arenas was playing with the team. I'm not much of an NBA fan, used to be, but my interest has faded over the years, but watching the Wizards (god I hate that name) has been kinda fun (doesn't hurt that their 6th man is a Clemson fella). I think this is just the third time in franchise history, that the team has made it this far. Good for them, and looking forward to watching them more in the playoffs.
They are the washington bullets not the wizards I don't care what it says on the jersey now. they could just go with the old KC Wiz moniker though.
4/5 wrote:Tony Allen is KD's kryptonite so far, but I still wonder if Memphis can close this thing out. Oh, and Scott Brooks is awful.
Westbrook jacking 30+ shots a game is not the way to go. Memphis a tough matchup for the Thunder. Perkins plays a lot of minutes which allows Gasol to be a free safety in the post on defense. Limits the Thunder's ability to get to the basket.
Tony Allen is incredibly entertaining to watch. More please.
While Westbrook is obviously shooting too much, that whole thing is overstated IMO. Durant still took 24 times, so it's not exactly like he isn't getting the ball plenty as well...and he's not converting at a particularly great rate either. (For reference LeBron averaged 17.6 shots per game this season) Plus, Tony Allen has been draped all over KD for the better part of 5 games now, so it isn't as if KD is wide open and Westbrook refuses to share. KD has spent a lot of time standing way behind the 3 pt line or standing like a statue in the corner. I think the lack of scheme is the biggest culprit here because the shot selection by both KD and Westbrook has been atrocious IMO, and a lot of that stems from playing against a good defense and just have nothing resembling a coherent offense.
"I want to see the whole picture--as nearly as I can. I don't want to put on the blinders of 'good and bad,' and limit my vision."-- In Dubious Battle
4/5 wrote:Tony Allen is KD's kryptonite so far, but I still wonder if Memphis can close this thing out. Oh, and Scott Brooks is awful.
Westbrook jacking 30+ shots a game is not the way to go. Memphis a tough matchup for the Thunder. Perkins plays a lot of minutes which allows Gasol to be a free safety in the post on defense. Limits the Thunder's ability to get to the basket.
Tony Allen is incredibly entertaining to watch. More please.
While Westbrook is obviously shooting too much, that whole thing is overstated IMO. Durant still took 24 times, so it's not exactly like he isn't getting the ball plenty as well...and he's not converting at a particularly great rate either. (For reference LeBron averaged 17.6 shots per game this season) Plus, Tony Allen has been draped all over KD for the better part of 5 games now, so it isn't as if KD is wide open and Westbrook refuses to share. KD has spent a lot of time standing way behind the 3 pt line or standing like a statue in the corner. I think the lack of scheme is the biggest culprit here because the shot selection by both KD and Westbrook has been atrocious IMO, and a lot of that stems from playing against a good defense and just have nothing resembling a coherent offense.
Scheme is everything. You get exposed in the playoffs with such a limited offense. The Thunder run one or two actions on every set and if that doesn't go anywhere it is all iso ball. I read yesterday that Westbrook dribbles more than anyone else in the league. That is not surprising to me.
Memphis is probably closer to a 60 win team with everyone healthy so it is kind of a shitty matchup for the Thunder.
It's a brutal matchup for them (Memphis for that matter is a bad matchup for just about everybody left in either conference) and playing hero ball is just playing right into the Grizzlies hand. Obviously KD and Westbrook are so talented that one or the other could go off and win the next two games in spite of that, but it is almost shocking how bad their team offense is.
"I want to see the whole picture--as nearly as I can. I don't want to put on the blinders of 'good and bad,' and limit my vision."-- In Dubious Battle
darth_vedder wrote:I've watched more Wizards games this year since Gilbert Arenas was playing with the team. I'm not much of an NBA fan, used to be, but my interest has faded over the years, but watching the Wizards (god I hate that name) has been kinda fun (doesn't hurt that their 6th man is a Clemson fella). I think this is just the third time in franchise history, that the team has made it this far. Good for them, and looking forward to watching them more in the playoffs.
They are the washington bullets not the wizards I don't care what it says on the jersey now. they could just go with the old KC Wiz moniker though.
