11-27-2019, 02:08 PM
(11-27-2019, 11:24 AM)ballsrchr Wrote: Game plan was bad. Very few in game adjustments. Mavs got slapped and the refs helped. Then the bench got tentative. I guess they weren't ready for a junk yard dog game. Some players are being played out of position. Well...wait...not out of position--just being asked to do things they can't. What is Boban doing out at the top of the key? He isn't mobile enough to play there. The entire team has to adjust when Boban is on the floor...but they don't. RC apparently thinks Boban is just a bigger KP. He is not...but Boban does have a few strengths. Play to his strength. Let the versatile players adjust. Shucks...gotta go eat. Too much to say.
With the right game plan the Mavs could have won that game. Maybe next time.
Oh yes. RC does jerk players around. They DO lose confidence. JJ and Maxi are good examples of this. Crowder is another. Crowder mostly just got mad...and is still mad.
Playing Boban was a disaster. He didn't even get a single rebound the entire game. The 3 guard line-up of Seth, Brunson, and Delon with Kleber/Boban was vintage Carlisle.
Boban clogs the lane so Brunson/Delon can't attack the rim; as a result, they try to make Boban the go-to scoring option and forcefeed him in the post. It also doesn't help that only 1 out of those 5 can make a three at an above average rate. Terrible offensive line-up.
Furthermore, Lou, Robinson, McGruder, Green and Harrell had the significant length and speed advantage.
It was inexcusable to not play Justin Jackson until garbage time. You're right, Carlisle toys around with his players, especially younger ones, far too much. It is why his act has gotten so old with many of us here.