tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912756.post4920913053259263476..comments2023-06-09T11:52:06.321-04:00Comments on Hoopinion: Initial Feedback: The Return of Real BasketballBret LaGreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000566742639583055noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912756.post-21523273290794509812012-03-01T19:10:12.543-05:002012-03-01T19:10:12.543-05:00Josh Smith +8 (40 minutes played)
Marvin Williams...Josh Smith +8 (40 minutes played)<br /><br />Marvin Williams -7 (41minutes played)<br /><br />Funny how Marvin performed better because he gets a pass for being the Darko Milicic of wing players.<br /><br />Smith couldn't score once Lee took away his right hand, he tries to back Lee down gets double teamed. Hawks swing 3 times to Marvin--- brick.<br /><br />Dominic McGuire is a 6'8 PF who started at SG to counter Joe Johnson. Larry Drew made no adjustmentspointguardslimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10332567726680725488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912756.post-57193537711581157572012-03-01T10:45:33.557-05:002012-03-01T10:45:33.557-05:00It doesn't seem to matter, anymore, whether th...It doesn't seem to matter, anymore, whether the opponents have a good or bad defense. The Hawks are going to shoot jump shots, and if they go in, they'll appear more efficient. Much of the time, however, those shots are not going to go in--as happens--so the Hawks will be very <i>in</i>efficient. <br /><br />I'm not sure if the Hawks are tuning Drew out or following his misgiven advice, but either way he has failed with this group. Sure, the they don't have a championship caliber roster, even with Horford, but there's no excuse for making so little of what they do have.Adam Malkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07906845916098689970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912756.post-86733197181383086542012-02-29T23:52:38.398-05:002012-02-29T23:52:38.398-05:00Josh Smith is clueless on the offensive side of th...Josh Smith is clueless on the offensive side of the ball. He needs to get the ball in the guards hands and get down the court. He continues to jack up long outside shots gather than move without the ball and create better opportunities for himself around the basket which is what his skillset is best suited for. It comes down to either Drew doesn't get simple observations like this with Smith and other situations involving other players or the team just dosn't listen.Chuckmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03276982205397983255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912756.post-79334871204483931512012-02-29T23:04:05.375-05:002012-02-29T23:04:05.375-05:00Though you gave him a 1/10, I still feel like you ...Though you gave him a 1/10, I still feel like you weren't harsh enough on Coach Drew. Even if you didn't see any of the rest of the game, that final 90 seconds was atrocious.James Goedershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14191501889587327898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912756.post-24231385571468293122012-02-29T22:35:55.339-05:002012-02-29T22:35:55.339-05:00Bronn --
Fair criticism. The Warriors were fairly...Bronn --<br /><br />Fair criticism. The Warriors were fairly awful and I may be off my game myself.Bret LaGreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000566742639583055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8912756.post-56647085677650056972012-02-29T22:21:12.238-05:002012-02-29T22:21:12.238-05:00Seems like the ratings are too generous to many pe...Seems like the ratings are too generous to many people. Josh Smith took 20 shots and 8 free throws to get his 14 points. The 10 rebounds aren't that impressive in a game that featured 110 missed shots (plus plenty of missed free throws as well)-all in all, a very uninspiring double/double. Joe Johnson was utterly, utterly useless for the first half of basketball, enough that I wonder why he was even in the game. And of course, he was also running the point. And everybody, high and low, failed to ever get any kind of a body on Dominic McGuire, who came 2 rebounds shy of his career high....which was of course against the Hawks last season.Bronnthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11706422637764110117noreply@blogger.com