Time for some changes

Agreed. Major changes needed.

Full court press for Cal?

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If you can trade Tyreke do it, if not make him the 6th man you originally signed him to be.

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how thick is tyreke's skull that he doesn't understand the offense stops when he holds the ball like he does? everyone stops moving. it has to be so demoralizing to be AD and that dude is dribbling till there's less than 7 seconds on the shot clock then forcing a shite pass that leads to a shite shot or jacking up a 18 foot brick.

i hope gentry sits him next game and starts Jrue.

It's all on coaching. with Monty we are a top 6 team in the west

This is the worst defensive team I've seen in a long time. Defensive rotations suck. No one ever helps when the ball goes down low. Wide open 3's. Undisciplined on ball fakes that lead to uncontested lanes to the rim.

I mean I like how Gentry gets pissed on the bench, but him getting pissed isn't translating to better defense.

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Hmm sounds like a small adjustment in scheme related to Gordon, including using him as more than just a jump shooter.

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He was ok driving and dumping to Asik last year, but outside of that what else do you want him to do? He can't finish or get a foul call, and the more dribbles he takes the less likely it is that he'll make the shot. Catch and shoot is the main thing he's good at. I suppose we could run him through screens and free him up for mid range shots, but 3 > long 2 and he gets enough open 3s that it's not like he's lacking opportunity, he just isn't knocking shots down at the same rate he did last year.

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hazing our friend Tyreke until he figures out where to be and what shots not to take.

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Monty benching Tyreke did seem to have a temporary effect on him, but the problem with Tyreke is you're asking him to be something he's not. Let him be the 6th man where he can just attack, attack, attack, or trade him for something else. Honestly I'm not sure Gentry wants even the bench unit playing a different style. It's a shame Philly was willing to overpay for Ish. You had to take that deal, but it'd be nice to have him still.

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It's like a computer with a programming issue, you can change out as many parts as you want, but at the end of the day if you don't fix the programming issue, it's not going to get any better.

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Erman's past success building defenses have come in 2 places that had multiple top shelf perimeter defenders. The Pels are starting Tyreke, Eric Gordon and Gee. Tyreke has off ball focus issues, Gordon gets destroyed if he switches onto bigger players, and Gee can only guard one man at a time. Once Pondexter comes back you could have a pretty stout defensive starting 5 with Jrue/QPon/Gee/AD/Asik, but if that's what you roll with, what do you do with Gordon/Ryno/Tyreke? They become underutilized assets, 2 of which are expiring and possibly aren't in your future plans because of the salary they'll command. That defensive starting 5 I listed is also lacking in shot creators outside of Holiday, which goes back to my original contention that we need to turn Gordon and Ryno into more balanced, 2 way players at their positions.

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Targets for guard: Dennis Schroeder, Ty Lawson, Ricky Rubio, Darren Collison
Targets for big: John Henson, Terrence Jones, Taj Gibson, Joakim Noah,

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Getting rid of gordon and ryno while acquiring any combo of these players doesn't make us into a much better team.

No those trades don't make the team much more talented, nothing short of winning the lottery would probably do that, but I do think it balances out the roster some which makes the roster fit what the team is trying to do, so they would be better.

Gordon is not shooting like he was last year, so he should be easily replaced or rather improved upon by QPon when he returns. So I don't see how trading Gordon does anything but help the team if you get a good return for him.

Ryno will be hard to replace, which is why he's also our most valuable trade piece. And if you can find a way to move Asik, several of the bigs on the target list may be good enough on defense to cover for Ryno and make him a viable long term piece. But the bottom line remains the same. We have to give fewer minutes to bad defenders and ball stoppers.