AV Dawn wrote:Vlad is most suited to the bench. He has been horrendous this year, with each game worse than the last. Can't shoot, can't D, can't rebound, can't secure a loose friggin ball. He doesn't look like he has a clue or a care in the world on the court. Glad Smart realizes it as well, as Vlad has not played tonight, nor has Bell, another completely worthless scrub. W's hanging tough with solid contributions from Reggie, Carney, and Gadz. Biedrins got hosed on the 3rd foul call, and the first two were iffy as well. If the three's start falling and W's can contain Melo, Al, and prevent Afflalo from pulling a Ray Felton, they should bring it home.
I don't think Rad is that bad, and he's one of the best shooters that we have, he shot around 500.% last game he played if I remember. He gets the rebounds as well, when he gets some consistency. I don't like (not because of Rad, but in general) how Smart uses rotations.
And Dawn, how can you say that Rad is awful (which is not far away from the truth at the moment), and yet say that Reggie is solid contributor? OK, he got 16 points last night, but, half of it was from the FT line, he plays a lot more than Radmanovic does, so I think Rad would pick the same amount of points if he played as much, or took as many shots as Reggie. Also, his shot from the field was 4-13! That's awful, and threes were 1-7. I don't see that as contribution, mostly just missing shots. Though, I don't think he's a bad player.
It's just that our team as a whole started shooting a lot worse than at the very beginning of the season. Don't know what happened there.