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Post by The Answer on May 17, 2009 17:49:15 GMT -5
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Post by The Answer on May 17, 2009 17:51:07 GMT -5
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Post by Anonymous on May 17, 2009 17:52:26 GMT -5
This is where Karl needs to make adjustments. Start Bird on Gasol and have Kenyon match up with Odom. Tell Bird to play lockdown D and NEVER try to attempt to block Gasol's shot. Also, play Balkman on Kobe when needed.
ESPN has it at 6 PST as well so I'm assuming that it's right.
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Post by scooter on May 17, 2009 18:18:52 GMT -5
This is where Karl needs to make adjustments. Start Bird on Gasol and have Kenyon match up with Odom. Tell Bird to play lockdown D and NEVER try to attempt to block Gasol's shot. Also, play Balkman on Kobe when needed. ESPN has it at 6 PST as well so I'm assuming that it's right. We're not going to change our starting lineup. It doesn't matter who starts for LA.
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Post by ruru on May 17, 2009 18:27:40 GMT -5
I'd like to see Petro start Scooter. It would show karl has a great deal of confidence in the team's psychology and I like Petro in a 10-15 minute role.
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Post by Cheese on May 17, 2009 18:28:05 GMT -5
This is where Karl needs to make adjustments. Start Bird on Gasol and have Kenyon match up with Odom. Tell Bird to play lockdown D and NEVER try to attempt to block Gasol's shot. Also, play Balkman on Kobe when needed. ESPN has it at 6 PST as well so I'm assuming that it's right. I think DJ should be given a chance to defend Kobe. He really stepped up against Paul. He was useless against Dallas with there being no star to defend. If DJ fails, why not go with Kmart at SG and Balkman at PF? Or do the crazy thing, start JR, who Karl himself said did a good job on Kobe. I actually like that idea more, as long as JR can stay out of foul trouble. Having him on the court at the same time as Melo, means Ariza or Kobe won't get to rest "guarding" DJ. Of course, Scooter has it right. Don't plan on seeing any adjustments. Karl will stick to the players he plays, not to how they matchup with LA. Won't see Balkman either. If he can't get playing time against Dallas when he would have really helped, he won't against LA.
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Post by Break 'Em Off Green! (G.4.C.) on May 17, 2009 18:29:42 GMT -5
someone said i'm an idiot when i said i want Petro starts or get meaningful minutes against the lakers
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Post by nuggetshipster on May 17, 2009 18:35:42 GMT -5
Tell Bird to play lockdown D and NEVER try to attempt to block Gasol's shot. Good luck, but doesn't that just turn bird into a weaker k-mart? And play 1) JR, 2) DJ on Kobe Edit: Agree, bird has to stop being so block horny. Limit the fouls are key #1
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Post by ruru on May 17, 2009 18:38:00 GMT -5
This is where Karl needs to make adjustments. Start Bird on Gasol and have Kenyon match up with Odom. Tell Bird to play lockdown D and NEVER try to attempt to block Gasol's shot. Also, play Balkman on Kobe when needed. ESPN has it at 6 PST as well so I'm assuming that it's right. I think DJ should be given a chance to defend Kobe. He really stepped up against Paul. He was useless against Dallas with there being no star to defend. If DJ fails, why not go with Kmart at SG and Balkman at PF? Or do the crazy thing, start JR, who Karl himself said did a good job on Kobe. I actually like that idea more, as long as JR can stay out of foul trouble. Having him on the court at the same time as Melo, means Ariza or Kobe won't get to rest "guarding" DJ. Of course, Scooter has it right. Don't plan on seeing any adjustments. Karl will stick to the players he plays, not to how they matchup with LA. Won't see Balkman either. If he can't get playing time against Dallas when he would have really helped, he won't against LA. I wouldn't be so sure. Team's with strong mentalities can handle line-up changes as they understand it gives them the best chance to win. It makes a lot of sense to start petro and play Balkman-- becuase I think we will trap the hell out of him. We are Chauncey mentality. We are now- up and down the roster-- share Chauncey's make-up. Giving kenyon a guy he can take out of the game actually helps his focus. having kenyon matching Odom's minutes is ideal. Bird and Nene can take turns on Gasol, and if petro can just keep Bynum off the boards-- he will lose interest adn be a non-factor-- becuase we can't beat the Lakers if Bynum is into it mentally for all 7 games.
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Post by Anonymous on May 17, 2009 18:46:17 GMT -5
So, Karl doesn't make adjustments while Phil does, who do you think is going to win? Same sh*t as last year. Playoffs are all about adjustments and if you don't make them you don't win. Kenyon isn't big enough to guard Gasol. I'd rather see Kenyon on Odom and Bird on Gasol. Nene and Petro dollars can take turns on Bynum and Powell.
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Post by Mad_r0 on May 17, 2009 18:47:16 GMT -5
I'd say to give DJ a chance on Kobe. Kobe will get his, but if DJ can pester, hound him and get in his head, then his done his job.
IF not Karl better have the cajones to experiment Balk vs Kobe.
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Post by ruru on May 17, 2009 18:54:07 GMT -5
So, Karl doesn't make adjustments while Phil does, who do you think is going to win? Same sh*t as last year. Playoffs are all about adjustments and if you don't make them you don't win. Kenyon isn't big enough to guard Gasol. I'd rather see Kenyon on Odom and Bird on Gasol. Nene and Petro dollars can take turns on Bynum and Powell. We'll exactly. Gasol/Bynum will force us to adjust if we play our normal front-court. So you take care of that early with Petro in game 1. I don't think folks realize that Petro has a lot of the things we are looking for out of the big-man. Find me a cheaper big that fits the key requisites for how we play and is also ego-less. If any1 has paid attention, the guy does a ton of the small things/glue things very well. Sets great screens. If we start kenyon, the risk of him losing his swagger becuase of getting owned inside is too great. We need to sick him on Odom and let Bird get big-minutes off the bench on Gasol.
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Post by ruru on May 17, 2009 18:57:30 GMT -5
I'd say to give DJ a chance on Kobe. Kobe will get his, but if DJ can pester, hound him and get in his head, then his done his job. IF not Karl better have the cajones to experiment Balk vs Kobe. DJ's just isn't made to slow down a Kobe Bryant. The best he can do is hack the hell out of him and make him selfish- if we decide to single him. i'd be shocked if Balk doesn;t get 10 minutes of pure trapping on Kobe and perhaps they will combo him AC, JR, Kenyon and Bird in a press. the Lakers were great at pushing our ball-handlers out in the last game. I think we need to puch right back with our second unit.
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Post by M2J on May 17, 2009 19:04:38 GMT -5
Start Petro/Andersen? See this is the type of overthinking we DON'T want Karl to do
I do hope Andersen plays smart though and doesn't jump and try to block everything, Pau's crafty
If we want adjustments, then I think JR should be starting. I think like last series, this is one where we need to put our best offense forward as DJ may not be anything more than a body to use fouls on Kobe and won't stop him. I'd say possibly start DJ game 1 and see how he does on Kobe, then go with JR WHEN he sucks
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Post by callmeking on May 17, 2009 19:05:06 GMT -5
I'd like to see Petro start Scooter. It would show karl has a great deal of confidence in the team's psychology and I like Petro in a 10-15 minute role. Petro can't catch and he's horrible on offense. Being that he can't catch, he'll most likely drop every rebound that comes to him. Therefor, his length wouldn't be much of a factor. Keep him on the bench.
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Post by Cheese on May 17, 2009 19:06:09 GMT -5
We are Chauncey mentality. We are now- up and down the roster-- share Chauncey's make-up. Giving kenyon a guy he can take out of the game actually helps his focus. having kenyon matching Odom's minutes is ideal. That's actually why I think you give DJ a chance on Kobe. Being put in the role of Paul stopper, DJ stepped up his game and did well. Against Dallas, he had no real role, so sucked like usual. Of course, DJ may not even be able to do anything against Kobe even if he steps it up.
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Post by 2d2r on May 17, 2009 19:16:38 GMT -5
someone said i'm an idiot You're going to have to be so much more specific.
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Post by cambrad on May 17, 2009 19:20:23 GMT -5
someone said i'm an idiot when i said i want Petro starts or get meaningful minutes against the lakers nice av
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Post by codyroark on May 17, 2009 19:55:23 GMT -5
This series is the most crucial besides if we make the NBA Finals:
We must not play sloppy to open up the game, look what happened to Houston today.. I hope George Karl notes what happened in the first quarter and the game in order for us to stop them... I agree, Bird should play solid Defense and not go for the Block Every Time unless it's the perfect window of opportunity.. Put K-Mart on Odom sounds good... Gasol won't handle the load if Bird plays tight on him. Melo on Ariza, D-Jones on Kobe and Chauncey on D-Fisher...
We can upset the Lakers if we play smart and not turnover the ball.. We must also defend the 3!
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Post by bmelo on May 17, 2009 19:57:06 GMT -5
This is where Karl needs to make adjustments. Start Bird on Gasol and have Kenyon match up with Odom. Tell Bird to play lockdown D and NEVER try to attempt to block Gasol's shot. Also, play Balkman on Kobe when needed. ESPN has it at 6 PST as well so I'm assuming that it's right. Hmm.. that sounds good. That would stop the difference in rebounds But only thing is that Kenyon can score on Gasol. Idk if Bird can What about Petro. That way Bird can still help out bench, and Kenyon will still be on Odom
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