Tales Of Woe
Oh, Joe's getting irritated.
Bad enough that life is moving so quickly that I hardly have time to operate on time (that is my way of apologizing that life gets in the way of Joe, now more than ever), but now I have to watch tapes of games that are just flat out uninteresting and dare I say uninspired?
Take the Knicks game as the perfect example. A Christmas party commitment kept Joe from watching live, so when I returned home at 12:30 AM and checked the boxscore, imagine how horrified I was to see the Nets lost to the Knicks again. I read the game reports on Sunday morning, getting more of a flavor. I finally sat down last (Sunday) night, ignoring the Giants game (good thing I did) and the Portland-Denver game on NBA TV (a junkie always), to watch the game. And the worst part was, it was hard to sit through, not because it was bad, it was just boring.
Is this what's it's come down to in the Jason Kidd era?
They want to run but really don't have the personnel on the floor.
They want to be a defensive team but can't seem to find any consistency in their play to warrant that.
They wanted more motion to the offense, and all the seem to do is stand around, dribble, pass, and then find the best available shot (we've seen what happens when the open the floor and run - take Friday night's Cavs game as the perfect example).
They're just boring right now. And maybe forever, or until Nenad Krstic returns and they can get some semblance of a low post game going.
Running the deal through Carter seemed to work on Friday night, but not on Saturday night (although, it wasn't quite the same). Starting Jason Collins and Malik Allen isn't working. Too much of the heavy lifting is coming from the Big Three, and they don't seem to be able to dominate the game very often, individually or as a tandem.
We're of course getting tired of saying "make a change" or "play the youngsters" again and again. While things could easily straighten out (face it, they have the history), they could also grind to a complete halt if injuries continue or the locker room is divided. Kidd now has a pending lawsuit on him, plus suspicions of his teammates over whether or not he truly wants to be in NJ, and if the air doesn't clear one way or another, things could get very interesting before anything changes.
Joe
Bad enough that life is moving so quickly that I hardly have time to operate on time (that is my way of apologizing that life gets in the way of Joe, now more than ever), but now I have to watch tapes of games that are just flat out uninteresting and dare I say uninspired?
Take the Knicks game as the perfect example. A Christmas party commitment kept Joe from watching live, so when I returned home at 12:30 AM and checked the boxscore, imagine how horrified I was to see the Nets lost to the Knicks again. I read the game reports on Sunday morning, getting more of a flavor. I finally sat down last (Sunday) night, ignoring the Giants game (good thing I did) and the Portland-Denver game on NBA TV (a junkie always), to watch the game. And the worst part was, it was hard to sit through, not because it was bad, it was just boring.
Is this what's it's come down to in the Jason Kidd era?
They want to run but really don't have the personnel on the floor.
They want to be a defensive team but can't seem to find any consistency in their play to warrant that.
They wanted more motion to the offense, and all the seem to do is stand around, dribble, pass, and then find the best available shot (we've seen what happens when the open the floor and run - take Friday night's Cavs game as the perfect example).
They're just boring right now. And maybe forever, or until Nenad Krstic returns and they can get some semblance of a low post game going.
Running the deal through Carter seemed to work on Friday night, but not on Saturday night (although, it wasn't quite the same). Starting Jason Collins and Malik Allen isn't working. Too much of the heavy lifting is coming from the Big Three, and they don't seem to be able to dominate the game very often, individually or as a tandem.
We're of course getting tired of saying "make a change" or "play the youngsters" again and again. While things could easily straighten out (face it, they have the history), they could also grind to a complete halt if injuries continue or the locker room is divided. Kidd now has a pending lawsuit on him, plus suspicions of his teammates over whether or not he truly wants to be in NJ, and if the air doesn't clear one way or another, things could get very interesting before anything changes.
Joe
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