Mike D'Antoni Discussion: post in 7 seconds or less

trodgers wrote:Frustrating.

Why not more Hill?
Why not some Jamison?
Why Nash covering anyone 5" taller and much stronger than him?

432J wrote:preeeeeetty sure if phil was coach this team would be playing alot better than the sh*t we've been seeing all season long

it all starts from the top and d'antoni's bullsh** system is sooooo far from being the right fit from this team

wcsoldier81 wrote:

trodgers wrote:Frustrating.

Why not more Hill?
Why not some Jamison?
Why Nash covering anyone 5" taller and much stronger than him?

Who did you want Nash to guard ? ... Holiday was toying with him ... J-Rich was posting him up and forced us to double ... Turner would have done the same

trodgers wrote:

wcsoldier81 wrote:

trodgers wrote:Frustrating.

Why not more Hill?
Why not some Jamison?
Why Nash covering anyone 5" taller and much stronger than him?

Who did you want Nash to guard ? ... Holiday was toying with him ... J-Rich was posting him up and forced us to double ... Turner would have done the same

Hold on...if you cannot guard anyone on the floor, you can't be on the floor. That's basketball 101.

That said, someone suggested Dorell Wright. He's bigger than Nash, but he's a jump shooter. Let Nash cover him.

wcsoldier81 wrote:

trodgers wrote:

wcsoldier81 wrote:

trodgers wrote:Frustrating.

Why not more Hill?
Why not some Jamison?
Why Nash covering anyone 5" taller and much stronger than him?

Who did you want Nash to guard ? ... Holiday was toying with him ... J-Rich was posting him up and forced us to double ... Turner would have done the same

Hold on...if you cannot guard anyone on the floor, you can't be on the floor. That's basketball 101.

That said, someone suggested Dorell Wright. He's bigger than Nash, but he's a jump shooter. Let Nash cover him.

Nash wouldn't have played a lot of minutes in his career if this rule applied to him ... and Wright wasn't on the floor in the clutch

dwighthowardsdad wrote:I would of liked to see Jamison in tonights game; maybe even Ebanks to try something different. I mean the defense couldn't get any worse; we couldn't stop anybody. Additionally, and I might regret saying this (I doubt it), but I wouldn't have Pau out there in the last 5 minutes. If he sulks about it, too bad.

trodgers wrote:Wright was in the first six minutes of the fourth. I didn't say anything about the clutch.

I think you're underestimating Nash's D. Maybe you didn't watch much of his career? He always had quick hands and was a smart defender even if he didn't have the bulk to keep guys out of the paint or the footspeed (he was quick though) to guard lighting fast dudes. That said, there are many players who are offense/defense substitutions late in games. I'm not saying it always has to happen with Nash, but if you're literally unable to cover anyone on the floor, you cannot be on the floor in crunch time...UNLESS you have amazing help and rotations. LA doesn't. So D'Antoni has to adjust.

You have to agree with that; right?

EDIT: Kobe can guard people. Everyone knows that.

Alleyhoops wrote:Meh, we just look like a typical D'Antoni team. No defense and when the offense isn't clicking, we lose. Sure, would have been nice to see Jamison get some run, but oh well.

khmrP wrote:This guy is as ridget as the other potatoe that got fired....once he sets his rotation it seems there's no room for any divergence.

Are the Lakers too old to be playing a fast pace? Lakers are 2-9 under Mike D'Antoni when they have 96+ possessions, 8-2 with 95 or fewer.

The Lakers have scored 100+ points per 100 possessions in every game under Mike D'Antoni in which they've had a pace of 95 or lower.