How will May's injury impact the team?

[dav7z]

Two bigs we might get in a trade of some kind . I said 20 post ago. We need two to three bigs depending if Premoz decides to play or not.
Tell me whats yrong with Krstic hes 16 points and 7 boards a game. He could be traded for.
Pachullia from ,ATL, hes 12 points and 7 boards.
We might have to make a trade but damn Harrington and May are done for any way. And if we have to trade Morrinson a big is more important now any way.
Thats just two thoughts im sure a big can be odtained . And i bet others have ideas to get a big all so.

[Mustachio]

dude lots of teams have trouble stopping Howard. but weve slowed him before and obviously he isnt the best big man out there so theres ways of stopping him Hes a great player... you can let him hurt you a little if you stop the rest of the team.

if we go into the game with a lineup like chabber selected... we win in almost every position.
Crash > Lewis
Mek =/< Dwight.

we can handle that. like i said. Dwights freakin good man. hes gonna give shaq trouble (and there arent a lot of shaqs out there). if we can contain or at least slow him down... well be ok.

[Slam]

I would hope that match ups would determine positions on D. So EO50 would guard Dwight and Twiggy Lewis.

I think it's more on offense that Coach V wants to play EO50 as the 4 and Twiggy the 5.

For every Magic there is a Knicks. EO50 and Twiggy would blow the doors off the chubby's (Curry and Z-Bo)

[chabber]

Exactly but those are game to game match ups. Twiggy and Herrmann both could get eaten up by Curry/Z-Bo defense and literally. However both our guys could run them into the ground and Herrman could take one all the way out to the 3pt line negating one of their rebounder's.

The reason I'm all for Herrmann play PF is because if he can play at even half as good as he did last year he'll create mismatches almost every game and that is a + for us.

[spectre]

I think it's more on offense that Coach V wants to play EO50 as the 4 and Twiggy the 5.

Like usual, I worry more about defense (why some think I "hate" Ammo), but ok...let's look on the offensive side for a moment. Until we see Hollins in action and (hopefully) see what Coach V sees it's going to be extremely difficult to debate this point.

But since that's never stopped us...let's debate it anyway!!!

By playing both guys someone is going to have to hit that midrange jumper else the other team is going to pack it in (Primoz is actually great at that...too bad he's sooooooo bad on defense); we saw it plenty of times last year. Mek has the "potential", but he's not lived up to it thus far. Hollins did make a midrange J in the last scrimmage, but last year he did nothing but try dunks...which I liked BTW, but doesn't help in this pairing. Has he "suddenly" become an offensive threat from 10-15 ft out?

On the flip...Fabio on offense forces Lewis/Hedo in this instance to guard him out at the 3 line. Crash's guy Hedo/Lewis has to try and stop his drive (good luck with that) which has the potential of getting either/both in foul trouble...esp. since only Dwight is manning the paint.

Floor's spread...we have 4 guys who can drive or pass. Dwight's gonna bite...Mek's gonna get dunks. Lewis/Hedo/Dwight are all subject to getting in foul trouble...which won't be the case with Hollins as he's not a threat (unless that's changed).

Strictly on offense, I actually think Ammo would be a better pairing (gasp!). We won't discuss defensively though.

But again...it all depends on whether Hollins has made these great strides. Since Coach V hasn't even worked with Primoz yet (and how it appears that he'd start Primoz over Fabio as well) I am really doubtful so far as this plan.

And on NY Curry/ZBO...Crash AND Mek together couldn't stop ZBO at Milwaukee and Curry is a beast offensively. I think it's going to be a lot more difficult to beat NY until we get a real big (not a bandaid).

[Slam]

We've never had a threat like JRich before - so that puts a very different slant on spacing. Dudes wont be able to sag off him making it harder to stack the paint. Plus Crash is getting better and better with his J meaning guy's can't sag off him either. EO50 has shown continual and longer range on his offensive moves so maybe he will be a high post player.

Coach V is all about denying the pass into the post. Twiggy has very long limbs and is very quick so he might be very effective at that. If he can stop the pass coming in, then it limits the looks someone like Dwight is going to get.

Besides, wouldn't the Magic start with a Howard/Folye front court? If that is the case, we'd run them off the court.

[spectre]

We've never had a threat like JRich before - so that puts a very different slant on spacing. Dudes wont be able to sag off him making it harder to stack the paint. Plus Crash is getting better and better with his J meaning guy's can't sag off him either. EO50 has shown continual and longer range on his offensive moves so maybe he will be a high post player.

Coach V is all about denying the pass into the post. Twiggy has very long limbs and is very quick so he might be very effective at that. If he can stop the pass coming in, then it limits the looks someone like Dwight is going to get.

Besides, wouldn't the Magic start with a Howard/Folye front court? If that is the case, we'd run them off the court.

Oh, no doubt the paint won't be packed as badly as it was last year; Felts usually had to contend with up to 4 guys camping out in the paint. We're still talking 2 guys being in there vs. one if you have your PF pulling his guy out to the 3 line.

From everything that I've read on the ORL board Foyle's backing up Dwight...but SVG has also said he's only locked into 2 starters, so who knows.

I don't think I've EVER seen Hollins try to defend anyone outside the paint. Maybe he'll be stellar at it due to his long wingspan...but I'd have to think he's susceptible to the drive. Thing is Fabio's lone standout is his ability to deny the pass to his guy and staying in the guys face when he has the ball (and HE'S susceptible to the drive as well).

I'm just going to have to see it. No doubt Bernie sucked at developing players, so maybe there's much more there than I've seen so far.

[davcbow]

I think Hollins is better than we all thought. He may have suffered in production due to the system he was playing in at college and then just sat on the bench most of the time last season with the Bobs so we still didnt know what he was able to do; now we are finding out.....

[Mustachio]

i still dont see what everyone sees in Hermanns ability to deny the pass. Defensively he looked as lost as anyone to me. he had his moments, but hes far from defensive stud status. IMO.

(keep in mind with this paragraph, that its just what i see from Hollins... as he hasnt proven anything yet)
But i happen to think like you said spec... that Hollins might actually be very good at defending outside the post. To me Hollins is more a 7 foot Gerald Wallace in his style of play at least, more so than your standard Center. Hes long, can leap and is quick/fast as anyone his size. hes better on help defense in the paint than having someone back him down. I just think he can be coached up and become a very effective player in this league. No one wants it more than him it seems and i think his physical gifts coupled with his drive ... it will be tough to keep him down.

[davcbow]

Ah come on man, when Herrmann finally started getting regular minutes he started kicking butt. His defence although not great was getting better, but he sure can hit the bucket....