Jason Calmes and I talk about the team’s performance during this 0-3 stretch,and the obviously related release of Darius Miller and Patric Young. Who is incoming? What will it fix?
Then we talk Austin Rivers, Tyreke Evans, not being 76ers fans, and Jason’s Dream Move.
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One response to “In the NO Podcast Ep. 196: Paper Bench Busted”
Agreed with a lot of Doc’s prescriptions…I do think Rivers is showing some mental issues, despite his confident façade; can’t blame the kid really after being thrown in so young and so not ready. Do agree that I’d like to see a more dynamic second lineup featuring Evans…a “too many cooks” scenario happening perhaps with the first team this year, though with Gordon they appeared to be starting to find their roles before he got hurt…I was doubting they would but it seemed that they were beginning to gel…EG certainly was adapting from the start of the season to the time he got hurt and you could see it in his increasing production and dare I say improving defense?.
I also agree on giving Fredette a try for a while out there…if they are going to focus defensively on the other starters, Jimmer gives us our best alternative option to score, considering that other teams are offering that to Rivers while he has started. This is why he took more shots than anyone in the beginning of the Hawks game, and consequently helped us to fall behind so quickly…all the misses morphed into a Pels pandemic, opposite of when everyone was hitting vs Minny. I suppose this phenomenon may not be represented statistically, but I do believe makes and misses can affect a team psychologically as the team starts a feeding frenzy (on makes) or pressing to score (when missing and falling behind).
It does seem that we’ve become a team running more isolation than moving and passing and despite my faith in many of our guys, I just don’t think we are there yet. AD turning into a better iso guy, but Ryno having to do so very often cannot be a good thing. Second to AD, I would pick Jrue as they one who might iso most effectively start to finish, but he is rare in that role..at least Tyreke is finishing better lately…
Will admit that the trade rumors are a bit exciting…just don’t know if Dell can pull out a rabbit…