Tony DeFranco
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If we are going to sit him the majority of the game? He's clearly our best player - first half I thought we were just fishing lineups and players - second half I was like What
Why did we get Lampkin?
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Early foul trouble in the first half. Second half Davis was playing better.
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It's not like he's playing through a back injury and he's wearing a brace during games or anything like that...
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Tony DeFranco
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Didnt know he was hurt at all
I'm guessing they really only wanted him to play 10-12 minutes tonight. Also I would say that Davis was our best player tonight.
He has a slight back issue. Why rush it.
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I think Red just wanted to take it slow and Jyare was playing well.
He needs to play 20+ against legit opponents once he’s healthy though.
He needs to play 20+ against legit opponents once he’s healthy though.
Clearly our best player??? What in God’s name are you smoking? The guy can’t get 4 inches off the ground. He played like a guy that’s been working more on his enchilada recipe than his game. He shows ZERO ability as a rim protector which is what we needed tonight since NOBODY could stay in front of their LEMOYNE counterpart. Can you tell I’m less than enthused with our team? He looks hurt and being that his backup didn’t play at all, I’m gonna assume he’s hurt too. That’s before our 1st game of the season. An absolutely brutal start to the year.
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Sit down for this one-- he isn't a rim protector. He had 5 blocks last year all season. Read that again.
What he is, is a crafty big inside that has pretty good vision and feel. A much, much less talented Zach Randolph, but similar type of game.
He's a burly guy, but he's definitely a bit out of shape right now too. And no, he isn't nor should he be our best player.
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I understand but if we lose this game we are out of the tourney and that is not being dramatic
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He picked up two quick fouls and he couldn’t guard their forwards. It was good to see going down the stretch that we pounded the ball inside. A couple of nice drives and Eddie made two good passes.
LeMoyne ran a really well-designed offense with a ton of screening and ton of movement. They sustained that activity level and movement all game. If your goal is to have one guy follow his man through three screens and then defend him with no help off the dribble when finally gets the ball ... you are going to get a lot of players struggling to stay in front of their man.
Red's defensive system isn't just rudimentary ... it's incredibly predictable. Rooting for Red but we are going to get torched playing that system with these players if we don't adjust add some wrinkles and get these dudes playing as a team quickly.
