Maliq’s last 30 seconds

[longtimefan]

Agreed . He was fighting through screens and giving strong effort. The whole team needs to play that way consistently

He seems to be putting forth more effort. But can he really be playing good defense when he grabbed zero (0) rebounds?

 

[HtownOrange]

Is Brown still having back issues? I thought he was reserved in the first half and was more of his quiet feisty self towards the end of the game. This led me to think he is still playing through the pain, but willing to gut it out at the end. He played like a player getting over an injury. Just my observation.

I do agree that the true big men are going to get the better of Brown and that Red’s real bigs need to step up. Brown is a natural power forward and performs well where he can grab rebounds and stop guys his size. Doing the intangibles (stuff that does not show up in stats) make him valuable on the court.

I’m glad Bell is improving, you can never have too many shooters. Taylor is good but slower, if Bell’s defense improves - I think it has since he arrived - it will make the team that much more fun to watch.

I think Bennie gets back to normal in a game or two.

It’s fun seeing the Orange in transition, again. Hoping to continuous improvement, fingers crossed for an invite to the dance in March.

 

[FireballPhil]

Gonna need McLeod against bigger teams. Maliq will get abused by legit post up centers. Just isn’t big or athletic enough.

This is it x10. Malik tries but her is just a bit undersized to play the 5. He gets pushed around to easily by the bigger guys. With his athleticism he manages on the weaker centers, but when he is playing one that has a lot of experience he is going to get abused. It isn't his fault, he just will not grow enough for that.