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We are going to be better than people think
« on: October 23, 2014, 05:51:21 PM »

Offline Chris22

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I think we may even be a .500 team.

Smart, Young, Green, Turner, Olynyk, Sullinger, etc..

We have some good young players.

And I love our defensive attitude. Brad is a very good coach.

Re: We are going to be better than people think
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2014, 06:04:42 PM »

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I think we may even be a .500 team.

Smart, Young, Green, Turner, Olynyk, Sullinger, etc..

We have some good young players.

And I love our defensive attitude. Brad is a very good coach.
TP for optimism. Not so sure about objectivity.

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« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2014, 06:20:52 PM »

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i'd agree but then I watch us shooting jumpshots and 3's and know we'll be a below 500 team that wins 20 - 30 games(30 if we're lucky).

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« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2014, 06:21:19 PM »

Offline Chris22

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I think we may even be a .500 team.

Smart, Young, Green, Turner, Olynyk, Sullinger, etc..

We have some good young players.

And I love our defensive attitude. Brad is a very good coach.
TP for optimism. Not so sure about objectivity.

I thought we were going to be awful, but after seeing these guys play, I am impressed.

We still need more size up front, though.

Re: We are going to be better than people think
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2014, 06:21:36 PM »

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I think we may even be a .500 team.

Smart, Young, Green, Turner, Olynyk, Sullinger, etc..

We have some good young players.

And I love our defensive attitude. Brad is a very good coach.
TP for optimism. Not so sure about objectivity.

Isn't there a thread like this made every year, and then after the first 10-20 games everyone wants guys traded, demoted, coaches fired, Danny's head, etc?  Of course, it depends on how we start.  Last year looked surprisingly promising for the first, what, 10 or so games before the wheels came off lol?  I just wouldn't expect any more improvement in the win column than getting to 30 wins this year, haha ;D.  It's going to be a long year.  My only hope is that the young guys (no pun intended) are given plenty of time to develop, and hopefully they can at least show flashes of what may be coming from them down the road.  Of course, I also don't want another fire-sale lol.  Just let the guys like Thornton expire at the end of the year.

Re: We are going to be better than people think
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2014, 06:22:39 PM »

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i'd agree but then I watch us shooting jumpshots and 3's and know we'll be a below 500 team that wins 20 - 30 games(30 if we're lucky).

We will win more than 30 games.

Olynyk and Sullinger have improved, and Smart is NBA ready.

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« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2014, 06:24:32 PM »

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We are making the playoffs.  This is a diff team than last seasons.

Only player that can mess things up is Rondo.   

If Rondo adapts, we could be better than just the 8th seed. If Rondo pounds the ball and gambles on defense , we are doomed.

Re: We are going to be better than people think
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2014, 06:39:06 PM »

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I think we might be better than people think. Might

I still doubt we make playoffs. I view all these teams as better than us:
Cleveland, Chicago, Washington, Atlanta, Miami, Charlotte, Indiana,New York and maybe Brooklyn.

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« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2014, 06:42:25 PM »

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i'd agree but then I watch us shooting jumpshots and 3's and know we'll be a below 500 team that wins 20 - 30 games(30 if we're lucky).

We will win more than 30 games.

Olynyk and Sullinger have improved, and Smart is NBA ready.

That would make me puke.

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« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2014, 07:58:11 PM »

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So long as we roll out a top 20 offense and a top 10 defense, we shouldn't have any problem making .500 or the playoffs.  Personally, I find that 100% totally attainable.  All we need a slight improvement from last year.
Philly:

Anderson Varejao    Tiago Splitter    Matt Bonner
David West    Kenyon Martin    Brad Miller
Andre Iguodala    Josh Childress    Marquis Daniels
Dwyane Wade    Leandro Barbosa
Kirk Hinrich    Toney Douglas   + the legendary Kevin McHale

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« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2014, 08:05:01 PM »

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I'm very impressed with BS .  He seems to be prepared as anyone could be ,  he has a plan it appears snd strategy ....to go with it.

He is a master of making do with less than others to get good results .

Should be interesting


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« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2014, 08:09:57 PM »

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I think we might be better than people think. Might

I still doubt we make playoffs. I view all these teams as better than us:
Cleveland, Chicago, Washington, Atlanta, Miami, Charlotte, Indiana,New York and maybe Brooklyn.

What about Toronto?

I think Indiana, Charlotte, New York, Brooklyn, and Atlanta could all be beatable, though. 
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PG: G. Hill/D. Schroder
SG: C. Lee/B. Hield/T. Luwawu
SF:  Giannis/J. Lamb/M. Kuzminskas
PF:  E. Ilyasova/J. Jerebko/R. Christmas
C:    N. Vucevic/K. Olynyk/E. Davis/C. Jefferson

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« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2014, 08:16:41 PM »

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I just think while some guys may be better or expected to be better there still exists these problems that were there last yr. and there's no getting around it.

Avery Bradley shooting pull up jumpers with 23 sec's. on the clock, he misses 4 of those a game? that's pretty much an automatic 8 pts. for the other team.

We shoot too many 3's and jump shots in general for my liking(esp. when there is no Pierce or Ray Allen on this team...ya know a couple guys that have hit a jumper or 2 in their time). that stuff catches up to you.

We keep hearing "we're going to be an aggressive team". and yet we're shooting jump shots. let's try getting teams in foul trouble and see what happens.   

no defense down low, what so ever.

we have a lot of guards on this team. small ball is loser basketball.   

 

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« Reply #13 on: October 23, 2014, 08:39:05 PM »

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I just think while some guys may be better or expected to be better there still exists these problems that were there last yr. and there's no getting around it.

Avery Bradley shooting pull up jumpers with 23 sec's. on the clock, he misses 4 of those a game? that's pretty much an automatic 8 pts. for the other team.

We shoot too many 3's and jump shots in general for my liking(esp. when there is no Pierce or Ray Allen on this team...ya know a couple guys that have hit a jumper or 2 in their time). that stuff catches up to you.

We keep hearing "we're going to be an aggressive team". and yet we're shooting jump shots. let's try getting teams in foul trouble and see what happens.   

no defense down low, what so ever.

we have a lot of guards on this team. small ball is loser basketball.   

 

The bolded is going to be one of the main reasons for our improvement.  We didn't shoot a lot of threes last season, or hit the ones we did shoot at a very good rate.

There's reason for optimism on that front this season. 

Edit:

See the thread directly below this one for an article on that very subject. 
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PG: G. Hill/D. Schroder
SG: C. Lee/B. Hield/T. Luwawu
SF:  Giannis/J. Lamb/M. Kuzminskas
PF:  E. Ilyasova/J. Jerebko/R. Christmas
C:    N. Vucevic/K. Olynyk/E. Davis/C. Jefferson

Re: We are going to be better than people think
« Reply #14 on: October 23, 2014, 08:44:31 PM »

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I've been saying this since offseason

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