AI should surrender his nickname to CB b/c apparently Chauncey was/is the answer. Getting blown out at any point in the game to the T-Pups What do they have 3 wins? I don't see how anyone can say that it's not AI anymore. Great player or not, he's not right for this team.
in the end, it doesn't matter. Yes, the team would have beaten the Wolves with CB on board. But on the long run, I prefer to have AI and cap flexibility isntead of great regular seasons and early endings. Plus, the team probably won't have to rely on lottery which is very worthy.
Bonus. We will be the first lottery team with 3 stars and loads of cap space. And a half dozen 7th men.
I hate to say it, but IMO alot of people are going to be very disappointing i FA. I know that i'm in the minority on the side of i thought we could win with CB, but we've gone from being a pretty great team to pinning our hopes on well hope.
I wonder how many other teams seasons ended on November 23rd? Has that ever happened before? So we must be what 0-13 right now?
Calm down people. It is not the end of the world. This team beat the Cavs and Lakers all in one week. We are far from a lottery team. This is that same thing that was happening when CB was here folks. This team is just disinterested in playing lower competition. This has been happening for years since we won the title in 2004. That attitude that they can show up when they want to still has not been stamped out regardless what Joe D says and how many coaches he brings in. It is the players not the coaches. AI has his own playing issues, but you can't just lump it all on him. There are guy's on this team that just want to jack up jumpshots all night when it is clear their shots are not falling. You also have guy's that refuse to know there position on defense and help out when someone is beat. We have players that just choose to stand around and watch the play. We don't have people on the glass rebounding. I could go on. AI is what he is and he can't be changed, but the rest of these guy's know better and should be leading by example.
Barring a miracle Sheed trade, i just don't see how this team is going to do a complete 180, and become a team that can beat BOS; not saying they can't, just that it's unlikely. There's time, but in some instances time is useless.
Obviously a players only team meeting is needed to straighten this mess out. Hopefully they can hook up a video feed from Chaucey's home in Denver so that he can participate too. as the GRH, GRW, and GRS are having issues playing with displaced AI If Tay had not gone to the paint a few times we would have not got to 80 points, which is all they mustered in the last loss. With the Pistons weak, defense, they will not win many games with Sheed, rip and AI shooting 8-31 and then our CB replacement GRS, going 0-5 for the second straight game/loss. Player of the game Randy Foye nearly out played AI, Rip and Sheed scoring 23 points, 14 assists and 2 steals. AI, SHeed, & Rip scored 23 pts, had 10 dimes and no steals.
