OPEN THREAD: Game #3- Warriors @ Jazz

Double teams should come on the touch- make him a passer.

Also, attack him on offense since he's a subpar shotblocker. No reason he should be able to rest on one end of the floor.

Of course, we could always put in Troy Hudson...

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Not looking foward to losing by 25.

I'd start

Baron
Monta
Buke
Harrington
AB

I keep saying it but I don't see the advantage in starting Pietrus.  How does he make us more up tempo than Harrington?  He rarely gets deflections, can't handle the ball any better, can't take anyone off the dribble?  What am I missing.  To me its a case of assuming simply because someone is smaller they are a better fit for small ball.  Not true

And Harrington by simply being bigger and smarter gives you more on D even if he isn't a great rebounder

Other than Monta, Baron and Buke he is the only other player I saw attack the rim at all and he is the only player on the team with any sort of post, back to the basket game

AB looked slow last night and he needs some help

Also, Nellie needs to adjust better -- and this should be his strength. He's GOT to play the big kids (MP simply cannot start; he's always away from the basket and scores NO buckets after the first few minutes.  Plus, he still makes the same dumb mistakes -- especially on defense, where he has OK hands but no clue.). Nellie's got to sub more often to keep the game uptempo -- and to keep Baron from running out of gas like last night. He can't be afraid to use the zone when our shots aren't falling and the defense starts to fade.  He simply can't keep HATING the kids; if the W's are going anywhere this year, the kids'll be a BIG part of it.

We miss Jack -- especially his hands, and his great passing eyes for AB (who was, sadly, open down low and on the PNR and ignored virtually all night by both BD and Monta) -- but the holes we've seen in this team already -- both playing and coaching -- make it obvious that Jack's return will not, in itself, provide the answers -- because defense and, of course, rebounds will still be problematic.

And my 0-7 or 1-6 fears for the first seven games seem (unfortunately) to be right on track. Thank heavens KA has shown us so much, but (given BD's play last night) he's the only one.

Still, we can hope for a miracle tonight -- but I don't see much possibility if we play even smaller (sorry, Atma), because these guys are just not shooting well enough now (and seven for 28 threes is a guarantee of certain death).

Then again, IF the jumpers are finally falling...

As far as the small lineup goes, I don't tink getting smaller helps us against the Jazz. We need a couple of larger plays to try and front the entry passes to Boozer wen he get so low to the post. Boozer isn't fantastically tall, so a guy like Harrington should be able to do it, but it the event of a rotation I'd want to have Biedrins or O'Bryant in.

Given that some guys logged grueling minutes last night, who gets the extra minutes? I'd expect to see a little more Marco, since I think most would agree he played well last night, and I guess Wright is availible for tomorrow. While I suspect Nelson won't play him, I think it might be worthwhile. The Jazz have gotten very comfortable playing us, and any opportunity we ave to mix things up and give them a little sucker punch might be a good idea.

Oh, and one more thing... Monta is clearly a better point option than Hudson. Even with his shortcomings, I don't see any reason to have Monta off the court rather than Hudson, and I think Nelson agreed last night. I fear we'll see more of Troy after Baron's long game last night, but I really think those are minutes Marco's earned and Monta should slide over to point.

As for tonight's game, I think T-hud needs to be put on the inactive list so we can activate B. Wright!!!!!  We need to get this kid some experience NOW!!!  I mean, if he ain't going to the D-league yet, might as well give him some minutes in an NBA game.  He needs to start developing his game.  I seriously think this kid will be Bosh 2.0 (which no one has really ever mentioned, it's always KG 2.0)  Both players have about the same body frame, and Bosh did pretty well his rookie year (11.5 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 1.4 bpg).  Other people might disagree, but I think they're quite similar players.  So do something with WRIGHT wright now.

And can we please see some more time for POB???  I know Nellie said he'd never want him and Biedrins out on the court at the same time, but can we at least try????  They could both at least do more dmg in the paint than the pietrus/biedrins combo can.  Too bad Chroshere is out for a week and a half with back problems.  He'd be a real help too, and a great backup for Harrington, i think, when Nelson eventually decides to put him back in the starting line-up.

Lastly, get Buike/Belinelli the ball more when they're in the GAME!!!  What I've been seeing so far is that they're not getting the ball enough.  Actaully, in general, the ball isn't moving around enough, but C'MON, belinelli and buike are LETHAL offensive options.  Get'em some more touches and don't be so skeptical about their skills or settling for careless jump shots that disrupt the flow of the game.  

My predictions for tonight are that Nellie FINALLY changes his line-up to match up with the Jazz better and that the warriors don't lose by 21 pts again. Belinelli has his first breakout NBA game with 28 pts. on 5-7 shooting from behind the arc.            

Then the bench comes in and the game slips away.

We're deep only on paper; until Monta pulls his head out from under the rock and Belinelli lives up to Il Tiratore...we're not gonna have a chance.

What happened to Baron man? He's playing more like Marbury than The Boss

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No shame tonight. The offense got on track except Baron and Ellis were garbage; the defense...there's no defense when the Jazz are shooting 12/16 from 3p.

That must have been a franchise record for the decade.

Hope for Tuesday at least.

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The good thing is that we don't see the Jazz until February.