MWPeace Discussion: amnesty? (pg. 203)

dwighthowardsdad wrote:He is a streaky shooter. He's a career 34% three points shooter, but I don't know if we'll get the shooting from him consistenly enough throughout the season.

Hopefully when his shot isn't falling we'll have others pick up the slack, similar to what Jamison/Meeks did during our last game.

Ariza3 wrote:starting forwards midrange:

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1811645/forwards_midrange.jpg

Where's Paul Millsap at?

Greatest of All Time wrote:

Ariza3 wrote:starting forwards midrange:

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1811645/forwards_midrange.jpg

Where's Paul Millsap at?

RIght now, Millsap is down at 28.0%. He's having a bad start, but it's definitely going to go up. The stat doesn't mean much for Metta though. He attempts 0.8 a game. If he takes one midrange shot in the next game and misses it, he's off that list.

all that weight loss and still slow as snails, why the F does he still get the defensive assignment of the speedy guards? He hasn't been able to defend for years now

My problem was that he was picking up harden at half court on an iso. He is easily going to blow past you. It reminds me of the dreadful game 4 in the 2008 finals against boston when vujacic picked up allen at half court and got owned.

LakerFan1235 wrote:My problem was that he was picking up harden at half court on an iso. He is easily going to blow past you. It reminds me of the dreadful game 4 in the 2008 finals against boston when vujacic picked up allen at half court and got owned.

This. MWP's bball IQ isn't very high. He got in his own way tonight guarding Harden I thought. Back off a little bit, guard him by the 3pt line. Got blown by a number of times

Could've tied it tonight, but didnt use glass and faded away when he didnt have to, he had lots of room to go towards basket.

we need a more athletic 3, and one less stupid as Peace, dude still thinks he can lock up guys 30ft away from the basket

Had a lane to the basket but shot a fadeaway ... and add his typical I just inbound the ball anywhere on the court when there is a clock issue

Now that we got all the negative posts submitted for 47 minutes he played great D on Harden

he had an open lane and should have taken it to the rim on that last shot but he decided to shoot a fadeaway...probably bc he didnt know how much time he had left i assume.

Ariza3 wrote:he had an open lane and should have taken it to the rim on that last shot but he decided to shoot a fadeaway...probably bc he didnt know how much time he had left i assume.

that was my guess as well

Tell me all of you didn't see a Phoenix Sun's rebound & putback there by Ron coming up....before he decided to fade from the basket

Battle Tested20 wrote:Now that we got all the negative posts submitted for 47 minutes he played great D on Harden

did he or Harden just missed open shots?

He's been consistent with energy all season on both ends. He gives it is all on the court. For the most part, he's been shooting consistently. I can't complain with what he's given us...

Wow, I just saw that rebound with 3 seconds left. Are you kidding me???? He had Harden behind him. Why in the word did he fade away???? He goes us strong with his left hand, an easy layup, he probably gets fouled by harden and has a chane to win the game with an and-1. Wow. Instead he shot a Pau fade away wuss shot. No excuse for that. go up strong and finish or get fouled. wow.

tigerjeterkobe wrote:Wow, I just saw that rebound with 3 seconds left. Are you kidding me???? He had Harden behind him. Why in the word did he fade away???? He goes us strong with his left hand, an easy layup, he probably gets fouled by harden and has a chane to win the game with an and-1. Wow. Instead he shot a Pau fade away wuss shot. No excuse for that. go up strong and finish or get fouled. wow.

probably just didn't know how much time he had. not a terrible shot, any player can make it it just missed

wow. good defensive and rebounding game. 2nd half played better and within himself not forcing it.

also crazy he joins the ranks of Kobe with his 12k...etc. Reggie Miller, Kidd, Pierce, Kobe, Payton. that's a good list to join

Amazing. 12k points, 1.5k steals, 4000 rebs, 1000 3s. Only 6th in NBA history

khmrP wrote:

Battle Tested20 wrote:Now that we got all the negative posts submitted for 47 minutes he played great D on Harden

did he or Harden just missed open shots?

Harden is 10-37 in 2 games against us. (7-18) and (3-19). I think MWP had something to do with that.

His minutes need to come down and also we dont have a decent backup SF on this team, Clark looks like a solid defender at SF/PF but useless on offense, Ebanks is just extremely inconsistent. We need a reliable backup in case MWP gets in foul trouble...we'll see what happens tomorrow when he goes up vs Durant

I think with bringing MWP minutes down a bit and bringing Ebanks up a bit it'll improve our team. MWP will get more rest and thus be able to go all out when hes on the floor. And as Ebanks plays more he'll get better, more under control, and learn the system better. Also his D will get better as he gets used to teamates around him etc. You cant teach youth and athleticism and the fact that hes a good defender imo.

Hope Ebanks gets more minutes backing up MWP and MWP's minutes go down a bit. I like Clark, but i think Ebanks has more to offer this team and if minutes are scarce id want them to Ebanks. Although Ebanks/Clark/Hill lineup would be interesting. Probably not amazing on D, but it'll have the most energy and hustle on D of any lineup we could put out there. Ebanks and Clark could switch on their man too

I want metta to take ebanks under his wing and help him out