When Derozan gets 39 points and Gay gets 24 theres just no way they should lose to a Irving-less Cavs squad. Dwayne Casey has got the worst play calling when it comes to crunch time.
He also leaves a 0-4 Bargnani in the game for the final minutes of the game and all he gets is ONE rebound in 15 minutes.
On the other side of the spectrum Val whose shooting 2-4 with 8 rebounds and 3 blocks doesn't get any crunch time minutes.
When Derozan gets 39 points and Gay gets 24 theres just no way they should lose to a Irving-less Cavs squad. Dwayne Casey has got the worst play calling when it comes to crunch time.
He also leaves a 0-4 Bargnani in the game for the final minutes of the game and all he gets is ONE rebound in 15 minutes.
On the other side of the spectrum Val whose shooting 2-4 with 8 rebounds and 3 blocks doesn't get any crunch time minutes.
It was an absolute joke that Valanciunas sat as long as he did. He absolutely dominated the paint to start the game, then Casey takes him off to go small ball with Andrea as the only big. That makes absolutely no sense, if you are going to go small you need a capable rebounder/defender as your big. Then the huge lead is quickly blown and he still refuses to play Jonas to stop the bleeding.
It was an absolute joke that Valanciunas sat as long as he did. He absolutely dominated the paint to start the game, then Casey takes him off to go small ball with Andrea as the only big. That makes absolutely no sense, if you are going to go small you need a capable rebounder/defender as your big. Then the huge lead is quickly blown and he still refuses to play Jonas to stop the bleeding.
The misuse of JV, Ross and Acy has been criminal.
Casey's coaching is amazingly getting even worse. The bozo puts AB in during crunch time when he hasn't even given it the slightest effort all game or all season for that matter. Ross with zero minutes in a season that is already down the tubes? JV playing very well so he sits him yet again? Meanwhile he plays pieces of feces like AA and Lucas just cause they are wannabes just like he is.
Personally I hope the whole thing just implodes. I'd like to see it all just forced to be dealt with in a major house cleaning. BC, Casey, every single assistant coach, heck the entire staff fired. Fire the bloody ushers. Keep six or seven players and jettison the rest.
Clean slate. New GM and entirely new coaching staff. There is a core to work with. All they need is an actual coach and a GM that can bring in a decent supporting cast.
That's pretty-much season over, barring some crazy 10-0 stretch. I just don't know what to say about Casey anymore. Late in the game, Casey stays small, with a gased and foul-troubled Amir as the only big on the court. Bucks get offensive rebounds on four straight possessions, converting on all of them, Casey doesn't adjust. Doesn't even swap in rebounders in late moments, Bucks get another key o-rebound off a missed foul shot. Amir fouls out early in OT, and Casey brings in Bargs?! Who had one nice block and board, but it resulted in a lineup full of shooters with nobody in the post. Anyway, I'm done with Casey.
That's pretty-much season over, barring some crazy 10-0 stretch. I just don't know what to say about Casey anymore. Late in the game, Casey stays small, with a gased and foul-troubled Amir as the only big on the court. Bucks get offensive rebounds on four straight possessions, converting on all of them, Casey doesn't adjust. Doesn't even swap in rebounders in late moments, Bucks get another key o-rebound off a missed foul shot. Amir fouls out early in OT, and Casey brings in Bargs?! Who had one nice block and board, but it resulted in a lineup full of shooters with nobody in the post. Anyway, I'm done with Casey.
With Casey at the helm this team doesn't need to tank to get Wiggins.
He literally goes small ball anytime the game is on the line. The scouting report for the other team is probably "play your bigs at the end of the game and take advantage your size."
He's let's guys like Anderson shoot 20 shots a game in 29 minutes, while Ross plays 5 minutes with no shots.
Bargnani is guaranteed more minutes despite Val playing better and contributing on both ends of the court.
IMO he's trying to turn Lowry in Jose Calderon, which is disappointing. After the first week of the season Lowry got worse to me.
The offensive gameplan is terrible in the fourth quarter. A bunch of wing players fighting or the ball with no one fighting for rebounds (at either end).
I would not mind seeing Casey moved along after this.
Bring in Bill Laimbeer and let him teach the team how to be tough in the key.
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I'm getting frustrated seeing Casey's crunch time players as well, but I don't think right now is the time to let the guy go. Firstly, I wonder how much Colangelo insists giving Bargnani court time to get his confidence up and trade value up? Secondly, I want to see what Colangelo does in the off-season before letting Casey move on. If we're in for the tank to get Wiggins, let Casey coach. If we're for developing talent to win and make major moves, move on to Stan Van Gundy or someone like that.
I'm getting frustrated seeing Casey's crunch time players as well, but I don't think right now is the time to let the guy go. Firstly, I wonder how much Colangelo insists giving Bargnani court time to get his confidence up and trade value up? Secondly, I want to see what Colangelo does in the off-season before letting Casey move on. If we're in for the tank to get Wiggins, let Casey coach. If we're for developing talent to win and make major moves, move on to Stan Van Gundy or someone like that.
I think we're at 8th in team salary, so tank is out of the option. The 9-10 seed seems so likely next year, unfortunately. They have Gay and Derozan definitely not tank players. I'm hoping Val proves to be something great and maybe we squeak into the final spot and get destroyed by the Heat .
This team is in no mans land in the NBA. Not good enough to be a contender and not bad enough to tank. It sucks.
Tough loss. Horrible defense on that dunk by Kobe that pretty much sealed the deal. Gay 7-26...I honestly don't know how we are going to be a good team with him chucking up so many bricks. Off topic from the Raptors but that man wearing #24 is incredible. Amazing how dominant he still is after 17 years. I wonder if the Raptors will ever draft someone of his talent, dedication and work ethic.
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Tough loss. Horrible defense on that dunk by Kobe that pretty much sealed the deal. Gay 7-26...I honestly don't know how we are going to be a good team with him chucking up so many bricks. Off topic from the Raptors but that man wearing #24 is incredible. Amazing how dominant he still is after 17 years. I wonder if the Raptors will ever draft someone of his talent, dedication and work ethic.
Never. Kobe is a generational talent like Jordan and James they are a rare breed.
Demar's learning which is great. At the beginning of the year he was a selfish player, but hardworking and did what we needed - took it aggressively to the basket. Now, he's quickly adjusting to be a better teammate by getting them more involved. Right now he's a keeper to me. As for today's game, what a disaster in crunch time. Casey has to go, because of his set plays. I don't get why Val didn't play down the stretch, and I didn't see Ross this game at all (was he injured?). Gray provides spurts where he's solid, but he's a big who isn't athletic to guard Bryant. Granted you have to ease Val in, but he can really learn from playing bigger minutes against the league's best players. Learning from the bench is overrated.
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Alan Chukerson being 6-14 doesn't help either. Not sure why Casey is so inlove with playing him and lettting him chuck all day.
Also the last play were Casey kept yelling to double up Kobe, so Gray waddles up and ends up setting a screen on alan anderson allowing Kobe to go in for the easy winning dunk.
Yeah, the double-teaming was working well with Amir, it might have worked ok with JV, but it had zero chance of working with Gray. Credit to Kobe for playing so well that Casey thought he needed to double-team every time, but that was a gift basket. And that was only one of a huge number of coaching issues last night.
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