Jeffries is growing on me. He is even hitting a jumper or two. He is also our second best perimeter defender after Shumpert.
1-7 vrs teams with a winning record. Pathetic
loweyecue wrote:Jeffries is growing on me. He is even hitting a jumper or two. He is also our second best perimeter defender after Shumpert.
Shift du Jour
LIN - penetration without fear
Novak - shoot it dude, shoot it
Fields - to create motion
Amar'e - with room to catch the ball from LIN
Tyson Chandler - offensive rebounding
Sixth Man - Jeffries
Next - Shumpert
Last man in rotation - Jerome Jordan
Everyone else can take a hike.
Result: improved ball-handling, unselfish play. At least, more appealing basketball.
FACT. We are short SIX better quality players.
"The New York bench shot a combined 2-for-13, grabbed seven rebounds and committed five turnovers. Toney Douglas scored all six of the team's bench points. On the other hand, Chicago got 12 points from C.J. Watson -- 10 in the second quarter -- and rookie guard Jimmy Butler provided a lift when he drained a jumper that put Chicago ahead 101-96 with 1:07 remaining.
Meanwhile, Jared Jeffries, Bill Walker and Renaldo Balkman missed all of their combined six shots. Douglas had three turnovers and two personal fouls in 15 minutes."
One turnovers that revealed how poor the passing game really is - the pass by Douglas that was plucked from mid air.
In addition, our big men need to develop better court awareness and alertness. It is apparent that making he transition to playing "heads up" basketball will take moment. Not a bad night for progress. A loss is still a loss and any loss means the playoffs slip further away.
Baby steps.
