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The Sultan

Quote from: Pakuni on May 30, 2023, 11:37:41 AM
Sam with that trademark Hauser defense.

https://streamable.com/0cwxnq

The play before that, Miami tried to attack him on a pick-n-roll, but he actually did a decent job. But yeah...defense is not his strong suit.
"I am one of those who think the best friend of a nation is he who most faithfully rebukes her for her sins—and he her worst enemy, who, under the specious and popular garb of patriotism, seeks to excuse, palliate, and defend them" - Frederick Douglass

wadesworld

Quote from: Pakuni on May 30, 2023, 11:37:41 AM
Sam with that trademark Hauser defense.

https://streamable.com/0cwxnq

Lol.  Usually you'd see a player the caliber of Jimmy try to hit Sam hard on the screen to force the switch and then get the ball on the wing and go to work on Sam.  Jimmy knew even Duncan Robinson could get an easy cut to the hoop with Sam, without even trying to hit him with a screen.

Good thing he just wanted to play the game the right way.  Went to a HOF coach.  Wanted to actually play defense like Bennett Ball does.

pbiflyer

Quote from: wadesworld on May 30, 2023, 11:56:16 AM
Lol.  Usually you'd see a player the caliber of Jimmy try to hit Sam hard on the screen to force the switch and then get the ball on the wing and go to work on Sam.  Jimmy knew even Duncan Robinson could get an easy cut to the hoop with Sam, without even trying to hit him with a screen.

Good thing he just wanted to play the game the right way.  Went to a HOF coach.  Wanted to actually play defense like Bennett Ball does.

Dude, that is just piling on.............please continue.

Lennys Tap

Quote from: pbiflyer on May 30, 2023, 09:22:27 PM
Dude, that is just piling on.............please continue.

Yeah, keep piling on the guy in the NBA....

rocket surgeon

Quote from: Lennys Tap on May 30, 2023, 10:44:16 PM
Yeah, keep piling on the guy in the NBA....

i struggle to pile on sam.  wrong doogie to ride.  sammy tried to keep the peace and now he's in the show...wait until joey gets to the nba, then ya'll have  something to cheer on
felz Houston ate uncle boozie's hands

MU82

From a piece in The Athletic talking about the Celtics' season:

Some of the players started to believe Mazzulla prioritized the offense too much, according to team sources. Several veterans wondered why the coaching staff went away from Grant Williams, who had a significant role in slowing down Kevin Durant, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bam Adebayo on the way to the Finals last season. Still, in early March, he received his first DNP-CD since the 2020-21 season. Williams' playing time was sporadic from that point forward and he again fell out of the rotation when the playoffs began.

The coaching staff believed in Sam Hauser's offensive production and felt that because opponents were going out of their way to target him and abandon their own offense, his ability to hold up decently in isolation made him impactful. Mazzulla also wanted to get Hauser more experience to prepare him for the playoffs, believing Grant Williams would be ready to go if his number was called.

But the team's veterans believed Williams would be crucial in the playoffs, so Tatum and Brown met with Mazzulla in early March to implore him to put Williams back into the rotation, team sources told The Athletic.

"The stars stepped up and told Joe what they wanted and Joe listened," a player source said.

"It's not how white men fight." - Tucker Carlson

"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." - George Washington

"In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell

lawdog77

Quote from: MU82 on June 02, 2023, 08:56:46 AM
From a piece in The Athletic talking about the Celtics' season:

Some of the players started to believe Mazzulla prioritized the offense too much, according to team sources. Several veterans wondered why the coaching staff went away from Grant Williams, who had a significant role in slowing down Kevin Durant, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bam Adebayo on the way to the Finals last season. Still, in early March, he received his first DNP-CD since the 2020-21 season. Williams' playing time was sporadic from that point forward and he again fell out of the rotation when the playoffs began.

The coaching staff believed in Sam Hauser's offensive production and felt that because opponents were going out of their way to target him and abandon their own offense, his ability to hold up decently in isolation made him impactful. Mazzulla also wanted to get Hauser more experience to prepare him for the playoffs, believing Grant Williams would be ready to go if his number was called.

But the team's veterans believed Williams would be crucial in the playoffs, so Tatum and Brown met with Mazzulla in early March to implore him to put Williams back into the rotation, team sources told The Athletic.

"The stars stepped up and told Joe what they wanted and Joe listened," a player source said.



Pakuni

Quote from: MU82 on June 02, 2023, 08:56:46 AM
From a piece in The Athletic talking about the Celtics' season:

Some of the players started to believe Mazzulla prioritized the offense too much, according to team sources. Several veterans wondered why the coaching staff went away from Grant Williams, who had a significant role in slowing down Kevin Durant, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bam Adebayo on the way to the Finals last season. Still, in early March, he received his first DNP-CD since the 2020-21 season. Williams' playing time was sporadic from that point forward and he again fell out of the rotation when the playoffs began.

The coaching staff believed in Sam Hauser's offensive production and felt that because opponents were going out of their way to target him and abandon their own offense, his ability to hold up decently in isolation made him impactful. Mazzulla also wanted to get Hauser more experience to prepare him for the playoffs, believing Grant Williams would be ready to go if his number was called.

But the team's veterans believed Williams would be crucial in the playoffs, so Tatum and Brown met with Mazzulla in early March to implore him to put Williams back into the rotation, team sources told The Athletic.

"The stars stepped up and told Joe what they wanted and Joe listened," a player source said.




Uncle Rico

Quote from: Pakuni on June 02, 2023, 09:45:27 AM


He's a cancer to teams.  More than enough proof at this point. 
'Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.' Then all the people shall say, 'Amen!'


Herman Cain

Quote from: MU82 on June 02, 2023, 08:56:46 AM
From a piece in The Athletic talking about the Celtics' season:

Some of the players started to believe Mazzulla prioritized the offense too much, according to team sources. Several veterans wondered why the coaching staff went away from Grant Williams, who had a significant role in slowing down Kevin Durant, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bam Adebayo on the way to the Finals last season. Still, in early March, he received his first DNP-CD since the 2020-21 season. Williams' playing time was sporadic from that point forward and he again fell out of the rotation when the playoffs began.

The coaching staff believed in Sam Hauser's offensive production and felt that because opponents were going out of their way to target him and abandon their own offense, his ability to hold up decently in isolation made him impactful. Mazzulla also wanted to get Hauser more experience to prepare him for the playoffs, believing Grant Williams would be ready to go if his number was called.

But the team's veterans believed Williams would be crucial in the playoffs, so Tatum and Brown met with Mazzulla in early March to implore him to put Williams back into the rotation, team sources told The Athletic.

"The stars stepped up and told Joe what they wanted and Joe listened," a player source said.

Maybe the Coach should have stuck to his original game plan.......
"It was a Great Day until it wasn't"
    ——Rory McIlroy on Final Round at Pinehurst

Uncle Rico

Quote from: Herman Cain on June 02, 2023, 12:11:22 PM
Maybe the Coach should have stuck to his original game plan.......

Yeah, Heat could have won in 5
'Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.' Then all the people shall say, 'Amen!'

wadesworld

Quote from: MU82 on June 02, 2023, 08:56:46 AM
From a piece in The Athletic talking about the Celtics' season:

Some of the players started to believe Mazzulla prioritized the offense too much, according to team sources. Several veterans wondered why the coaching staff went away from Grant Williams, who had a significant role in slowing down Kevin Durant, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bam Adebayo on the way to the Finals last season. Still, in early March, he received his first DNP-CD since the 2020-21 season. Williams' playing time was sporadic from that point forward and he again fell out of the rotation when the playoffs began.

The coaching staff believed in Sam Hauser's offensive production and felt that because opponents were going out of their way to target him and abandon their own offense, his ability to hold up decently in isolation made him impactful. Mazzulla also wanted to get Hauser more experience to prepare him for the playoffs, believing Grant Williams would be ready to go if his number was called.

But the team's veterans believed Williams would be crucial in the playoffs, so Tatum and Brown met with Mazzulla in early March to implore him to put Williams back into the rotation, team sources told The Athletic.

"The stars stepped up and told Joe what they wanted and Joe listened," a player source said.


Shocked that the team leaders had to go to Mazzula to try to get him to play Grant Williams over Sam. Knowing the Hausers just want to win and play the game the right way, I'd have expected Sam to take responsibility himself and give Grant his own minutes.

Lennys Tap

Quote from: wadesworld on June 11, 2023, 09:20:12 AM
Shocked that the team leaders had to go to Mazzula to try to get him to play Grant Williams over Sam. Knowing the Hausers just want to win and play the game the right way, I'd have expected Sam to take responsibility himself and give Grant his own minutes.

Mazzula should have kicked those malcontents off the team, a'ina? How dare they usurp his authority as coach? How could mere players (and maybe thousands of fans) know better than an inexperienced, mediocre coach?

Uncle Rico

Quote from: wadesworld on June 11, 2023, 09:20:12 AM
Shocked that the team leaders had to go to Mazzula to try to get him to play Grant Williams over Sam. Knowing the Hausers just want to win and play the game the right way, I'd have expected Sam to take responsibility himself and give Grant his own minutes.

He's a coach killer
'Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.' Then all the people shall say, 'Amen!'

wadesworld

#1665
Quote from: Lennys Tap on June 11, 2023, 09:32:48 AM
Mazzula should have kicked those malcontents off the team, a'ina? How dare they usurp his authority as coach? How could mere players (and maybe thousands of fans) know better than an inexperienced, mediocre coach?

Sam and Joe are on the same page. Equal shots for all. Sam and Joe wanted guys like Peyton Pritchard to shoot just as much as Brown and Tatum. Unfortunately Joe have into the chuckers and now the C's will have to find a way to win without guys like Pritchard and have to settle for Tatum and Brown.

rocket surgeon

makes ya wonder if mazzula was either penalizing grant for his charade toward f'ing butler or felt he could've been compromised by it.  i think maybe a stern lecture about trash talking with one of the best and keeping ones emotions in check accompanied by a little bit of pine time would've sufficed.  then unleash him to see if it worked, but sam?
felz Houston ate uncle boozie's hands

pbiflyer

Joey invited to the green room tomorrow? Missed that story.

tower912

Green and white room.  He is a Spartan.
Luke 6:45   ...A good man produces goodness from the good in his heart; an evil man produces evil out of his store of evil.   Each man speaks from his heart's abundance...

It is better to be fearless and cheerful than cheerless and fearful.

Jay Bee

Bucks fans gonna be ok when they sign him this week??
Zero rings, but lotsa banners, Baldy.

Uncle Rico

Quote from: Jay Bee on June 21, 2023, 10:50:58 AM
Bucks fans gonna be ok when they sign him this week??

Absolutely.  If they think he's worth a look, I'm good with that.  This front office has done a good job building a team
'Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.' Then all the people shall say, 'Amen!'

The Sultan

Joey signs a two-way deal with the Jazz where Wojo will be his G-League coach.
"I am one of those who think the best friend of a nation is he who most faithfully rebukes her for her sins—and he her worst enemy, who, under the specious and popular garb of patriotism, seeks to excuse, palliate, and defend them" - Frederick Douglass

Herman Cain

"It was a Great Day until it wasn't"
    ——Rory McIlroy on Final Round at Pinehurst

MU82

This is too good.

Mommy and Daddy H are already getting the pen and paper ready!
"It's not how white men fight." - Tucker Carlson

"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." - George Washington

"In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell

Uncle Rico

Hope Joey finds a nice Mormon woman to settle down with.  Utah is quite beautiful
'Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow.' Then all the people shall say, 'Amen!'

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