re: re:Kedrick is tying Danny's hands

[wayray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

As regards the Hornets game, remember people they were missing Mashburn.
Healthy Mashburn = NO blowout.
Ray


> ** Original Subject: re:Kedrick is tying Danny's hands
> ** Original Sender: Tammo29@xxxxxxx
> ** Original Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 09:38:10 -0800 (PST)

> >>>>Finally, I'm going to give Obie a mulligan on the NO game, but I'd better
> see a trend toward the style of the opening game tomorrow night, and not
> toward the style we saw in NO. I know Josh was encouraged because it was a
> close game, on the road, and the third game in four nights. True enough. 
> <<<<<<<<
> 
> I agree with Josh there.  I think last years team loses that game by 20 
> points.  Instead, we had stretches were we matched them shot, stretches were we 
> made some stops and we were in it till the end.
> 
> 
> >>>>But watching it was discouraging because they went back to last year's 
> style of
> trying to force it to Pierce, who then started forcing shots. There wasn't
> much ball movement. They didn't recognize any mismatches. And the rotation
> was shortened quite a bit with the emphasis on Blount and McCarty (Walter
> looks as bad as he ever has right now). <<<<<<<
> 
> My thoughts exactly.  I've never been a huge O'Brien fan.  I think games like 
> Saturday nights just magnify his lack of offensive ingenuity.  He's just 
> so......vanilla.
> Is there any question who was the better coach out there Saturday?  Floyd 
> changed the tempo of the game with pressure on the ball.  Floyd dictated how the 
> game would be played on the Hornets offenisive end by playing a three guard 
> offense for a good portion of the game and we never tried to exploit it at the 
> other end.  We never tried to force a change ourselves by just pouning it down 
> low, play after play.  We had an advantage in height and numbers and never 
> once used it.  Magloire was in early foul trouble and we never took advantage.
> West, a rookie,  was playing Baker for a stretch and we never went at him.
> Why?
> 
> >>>>But they have to find ways to handle this pressure. I was really
> disappointed to see less and less of the high-low offense in the last two
> games. They have big men perfectly suited to that attack, but a little
> pressure on the ball seemingly took them out of that altogether. <<<<<<<
> 
> 
> I don't understand why Raef and Vin aren't on the floor together more often.  
> They would be perfect for the high low game.  I think O'Brien puts his 
> lineups together with defense in mind, and I can understand that I suppose.  He 
> thinks Baker/Blount and Battie/LaFrentz give the best combinations of offense and 
> defense.  Still, it wouldn't hurt to mix things up a little bit.  Especially 
> down the stretch when you need points.  
> 
> 
> >>>And the way they were trying to force it to Pierce when he was being 
> overplayed was
> embarrassing. What about a down screen? Or using Pierce as the pick man on a
> pick-and-roll? It's like Obie forgot Basketball 101. There are plenty of
> ways to get a guy the ball when the defense is overplaying like that.<<<<
> 
> More of the same basic vanilla.  I think O'Brien called his number every 
> single play down the stretch and the Hornets just weren't going to let that 
> happen.  Forget the double teams on the sidelines 23 feet from the basket.  Forget 
> all the over playing and denial.  How much time did we waste just trying to get 
> him the ball?  Yet O'Brien made no changes.  I just find that mind-boggling.
> 
> If you want more proof as to how unimaginative O'Brien is, just look at the 
> quotes from James about the last play against Memphis.
> Get James the ball, clear out.  Let him go one on one and everyone else get 
> to the baseline for a possible rebound.  Wow!  
> Ok, so it worked, this time.  I give Mike James all the credit in the world.  
> But you would think that we could have come up with something better than 
> that for the last play of the game.  
> 
> 
> TAM

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