Comments on: Hack-a-Howard Didn’t Go Over So Well in the Locker Either

By: Moreaufan2

Moreaufan2 — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:57:30 +0000

Yeah we just need some tougher players in my opinion!

By: Moreaufan2

Moreaufan2 — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:56:04 +0000

I think he has done some good things but we still are a soft basketbll team. We are a no excuse basketball teams also, meaning we make no excuses for how soft we are, get monta some help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: » What’s going on in the basketball world Basketball 101

» What’s going on in the basketball world Basketball 101 — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:13:29 +0000

[...] Talked to several players away from the cameras after Thursday night’s game. They didn’t underst… Actually, they did understand the logic. What they didn’t understand was why Jackson felt they had no shot at defending Howard. A few players said they felt like the combination of Andris Biedrins, Ekpe Udoh and David Lee could’ve combined to hold Howard to less than 45 and 23. Mark Jackson [...]

By: warriors_oldway

warriors_oldway — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:59:50 +0000

i like coach jackson but the hacking should have worked on a tight game and probably at the last quarter, when there’s more pressure. it was just deployed too early. the warriors even had a big lead. it slowed the game, killing their momentum. lesson learned.

By: LGGoose

LGGoose — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:34:09 +0000

Picking on Jackson’s coaching misses the big picture- in a league where there are only 5 players on the court at one time the Warriors have one on the three worst rosters in the league talent wise.

You could have Phil Jackson as the coach and they would have the same problems or at best 5 more wins. Better talent equates to more wins. It’s that simple.

By: NotSoOldBlue

NotSoOldBlue — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:19:30 +0000

I was at the game, right up front. And there was NO way that Udoh could stop him. It was a joke. And Lee as well. Without Brown, they did not have the bigs to defend him. Howard is the best traditional big man in the NBA and we were clearly outgunned. Jackson didn’t have a lot of options.

By: robert rowell

robert rowell — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:52:49 +0000

#1 while what you say may be technically correct, it doesn’t take into account possession efficiency. orlando is .964 efficient on its possessions, meaning that for every time they cross the half court line, they score .964 of a point. of course, this efficiency takes into account turnovers, offensive fouls, etc. once you put someone on the line, those things go out the window. add to that tempo and game rhythm and it really doesn’t do much help, unless a player is a horrific freethrow shooter, like goose, which howard isn’t.

By: Atothev

Atothev — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:17:31 +0000

Bottom line is they were in the game til the very end with a severely shorthanded roster. Make a couple more stops (Von Wafer made a contested 3) at the end and a couple more shots and we win. To me that’s the coach giving his team their best chance to win.

By: Grey Warden

Grey Warden — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:45:29 +0000

Once in a while, I don’t mind, if we’re losing the game. But hacking him multiple times, even with a lead was stupid. Basically ruined any chance at setting an up tempo game, which is what the Warriors need to score on their end. Terrible strategy, and took one of their primary scorers out in the end (Lee). They did the same thing to the Clippers, and they still lost the game. Mark Jackson needs to see the pattern here: hack-a-(insert name) isn’t working.

By: feltbot

feltbot — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:36:27 +0000

Nice report Marcus. On point.