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Tyreke Evans...What To Do???
Posted on 12/12/14 at 10:16 pm
Posted on 12/12/14 at 10:16 pm
What a difference a few games make. It's odd because we get blown out without him tonight. He played controlled and actually left the dumb decisions to Holiday. I think it was due to one thing. Ryno vs AD. By no means is this a bash AD thread. Let's get that out of the way. But the difference in floor spacing when a big is flashing to the 3 pt line vs AD slashing to the rim off the pick and roll appears to be huge when talking about Evans. This is Tyreke's bread and butter along with ISO ball. Same difference though. AD hangs out closer to the rim than Anderson when paired with Asik. The balance in the Holiday, Evans, Babbitt, Anderson, Asik lineup just makes more sense.
A few games ago most the board (myself included in my Stephenson/Evans idea) was ready to pack Evans bag on the same train as Monty's. Tonight shows what a commodity he CAN be though with Davis out. Our team without him would literally be in "oh frick" mode, even with a shooter in his place like Gerald Green.
So what's the solution? Reasonably I see 2 courses of action. Bring Evans off the bench with Ryno and start (ugh..) Fredette or Rivers (ugh but less ugh). Trade Evans while his value is high with AD out and him racking up quality games. Show the league he works, he just needs shooters to excel.
One game? Yes I know but it's a message board.
A few games ago most the board (myself included in my Stephenson/Evans idea) was ready to pack Evans bag on the same train as Monty's. Tonight shows what a commodity he CAN be though with Davis out. Our team without him would literally be in "oh frick" mode, even with a shooter in his place like Gerald Green.
So what's the solution? Reasonably I see 2 courses of action. Bring Evans off the bench with Ryno and start (ugh..) Fredette or Rivers (ugh but less ugh). Trade Evans while his value is high with AD out and him racking up quality games. Show the league he works, he just needs shooters to excel.
One game? Yes I know but it's a message board.
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Posted on 12/12/14 at 10:23 pm to ShamelessPel
Start Reke, but have him play with mostly the second unit. He looks more desirable to other teams and it won't hurt his ego if he keeps starting, but he would best help the team and himself if he played more of his minutes when the bench comes in. No ones knocking down the door for him right now anyway, so might as well give him a chance to really help the team
Posted on 12/12/14 at 10:26 pm to ShamelessPel
from what I've seen tonight, start reke and ryno and have AD come off the bench and run the 2nd unit
Posted on 12/12/14 at 11:06 pm to ShamelessPel
everyone overreacts when he has a few bad games...just like last season...and forget what he did the whole second half of last season.
...everyone acting like he's some ridiculously inefficient player when he's career 44 FG% and 17 PER
...everyone acting like he's some ridiculously inefficient player when he's career 44 FG% and 17 PER
Posted on 12/12/14 at 11:38 pm to ShamelessPel
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Tyreke Evans...What To Do???
Stop making definitive judgements game to game.
Posted on 12/13/14 at 12:49 am to ShamelessPel
I would like to see this group of players with a good coach before any roster changes are made. Monty actually coached a good game tonight but we all know that these are rare occurrences. AD has one flaw in his game still and that is he sometimes gets stationary and stops moving around (could be a coaching thing, IDK). The ball movement was so much better tonight than usual, as was the off the ball movement.
The few minutes AD played tonight were really good and I think even if he never got hurt they were going to win the game.
The few minutes AD played tonight were really good and I think even if he never got hurt they were going to win the game.
Posted on 12/13/14 at 9:04 am to ShamelessPel
Tyreke looked good for the same reason Asik's dunks looked good, no legit rim protector to increase the difficulty of the shots he would take. I do like the 10 assists though. If he can become a pass first guy then he'd stop taking so many stupid shots when there is a rim protector. He should be able to put up good stats leading up to the trade deadline with the lighter schedule in January. High assist numbers are probably the only thing that should make you think twice about trading him.
Posted on 12/13/14 at 10:36 am to ShamelessPel
Tyreke has looked much better this month.
Also Jrue and Tyreke each take a turn at 30 points and 10 assists in back to back games. I like the idea of those guys trading off.
Also Jrue and Tyreke each take a turn at 30 points and 10 assists in back to back games. I like the idea of those guys trading off.
Posted on 12/14/14 at 9:30 am to ShamelessPel
Reke creates mismatches and puts serious pressure on opposing defenses. If coached correctly, he's a big asset.
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