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No defense, no bench, still undersized, and no defense.
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Originally Posted by daprescription
No defense, no bench, still undersized, and no defense.
Not really. I think Smart emphasizes help defense so everyone (except the C and maybe PF) thinks that if they're guarding a guy someone should be behind them for help. They have a tendency to reach a lot and guys get by them pretty easily. They also have to scramble a lot because they switch off screens and jump at pump fakes like crazy.Originally Posted by YEEUPP
Originally Posted by daprescription
No defense, no bench, still undersized, and no defense.
Is smart more of a defensive coach? cuz if he's not then the front office should hire a coach and kept him as an assistant.
Who would you guys rather trade between Ellis & Monta ? Biedrins was actually good at a point
Originally Posted by YEEUPP
Originally Posted by daprescription
No defense, no bench, still undersized, and no defense.
Is smart more of a defensive coach? cuz if he's not then the front office should hire a coach and kept him as an assistant.
Who would you guys rather trade between Ellis & Monta ? Biedrins was actually good at a point
Originally Posted by Luong1209
In Reggie's defense, he plays well for the most part when minutes are given...Especially when Curry was out.
I think what we really need right now is a competent 5.
Originally Posted by GSDOUBLEU
Originally Posted by YEEUPP
Originally Posted by daprescription
No defense, no bench, still undersized, and no defense.
Is smart more of a defensive coach? cuz if he's not then the front office should hire a coach and kept him as an assistant.
Who would you guys rather trade between Ellis & Monta ? Biedrins was actually good at a point
[h2]Udoh starting at C, less time with Curry and Ellis together, and other things the Warriors should consider[/h2]
Posted by Tim Kawakami on January 27th, 2011 at 11:06 am | Categorized as NBA, Warriors
* Monta Ellis probably isn’t going to make the All-Star team and a game like last night is a reason why. Great individual talent & fun to watch, but it’s not exactly leading to a slew of victories, particularly on the defensive side.
You can possibly overcome all that and get onto the AS roster from a losing team if you’re a transcendant talent (Blake Griffin), you’re on a NY team (David Lee last year) or putting up ridiculous numbers (Kevin Love). But it’s difficult, and Ellis, while having an admirable season, is not quite in any of those categories, in my opinion.
It’s not entirely his fault. Not even 25% his fault. But if you say he’s clearly more deserving than Manu Ginobili (best player on the league’s best team), Russell Westbrook (excellent two-way player, at point guard, on a very good team) or Deron Williams for one of the reserve guard spots… you would be incorrect on every level.
I know I will get hooted at and scolded for saying this, and absolutely pummeled if he actually does get picked by the West coaches, but the roster situation does not look good for him.
It was telling that SI.com’s NBA writers picked their ASG rosters yesterday, and none had Ellis on it or even mentioned him as a consideration (in brief comments).
Steve Nash and Tim Duncan weren’t mentioned either, and I happen to think the coaches will very much want both on the team. So that’s at least 14 players theoretically ahead of Ellis. There are 12 roster spots.
–I’m leading into this with lots of off-topic stuff, but on the Ellis discussion:
Good interview with Ellis by Yahoo’s Marc Spears, in which Ellis confirms that Larry Riley promised him in 2009 that the Warriors wouldn’t add a guard, then they went ahead and drafted Stephen Curry.
That’s why Ellis was mad back then, and through into the famous 2009 Media Day “can’t, just can’t
oh wow very nice area. congrats. my ex and i were looking at a place close by in pittsburg, but unfortunately her and i did not last. congrats again lazy.Originally Posted by LazyJ10
Originally Posted by westcoastsfinest
lazy, if you dont mind me asking whered you find the house at?
We stumbled across it over Labor Day weekend. We were going to move into something bigger like a 2 bedroom apt but this worked out well. It's in Concord near the Clayton boarder.