I hope Danny is realizing this team needs shooters.
He did a nice job of assembling gritty bball players but we need shooters now.
We need talent. Grit is nice to an extent. You can't always win with grit. Talent wins vs grit.
This is an odd thing to say after losing to an exceptionally hard-working, well-coached Charlotte team.
This game was an utter and absolute embarrassment, and there is no other way to put it.
Boston didn't lose this game because Charlotte is good. Boston lost this game because every player on the team (bar Olynyk, Bradley and to an extent Thomas) played like they were half asleep.
There was absolutely NO effort on defence - it's disgraceful the number of absolutely wide open threes they got, without even the slightest hint of an attempt to contest. It's embarrassing the amount of wide open layups they got without any attempt to contest.
To make matters worse our guys played carelessly and were turning the ball over like it was a hot potato.
We were controlling this game for most of the first half and SHOULD have won it if we played with grit, with care, and with effort.
This game and the Hawks game were both must-win games against the type of teams we might potentially face in the playoffs. I can live with losing by 1 point to the Hawks, but we were down by more than 30 points at one stage in this game, and that is embarassing. The Hornets are not a better team then us, we didn't have any players out with injuries, and we were playing at home. This might be the most embarrassing loss of the year, and leaves me deeply concerned about how we are going to respond in must-win games come playoff time.