was seriously ugly. i thought we were supposed to be fun to watch? i actually took to folding clothes this was such a snooze-fest.

Thanks for showing up to bitch, Boney. It just wouldn’t be the same without you.

As for the ‘Stones, this is a young team struggling with injuries. The guys that are “healthy” aren’t as healthy as you want to think. Bynum still has ankle problems. Charlie V is a mess right now; the plantar fascitis is obviously affecting him.

Everyone else is who we thought they were; role players forced into prominent roles by injury. Chucky doesn’t see the floor at all if Rip and Gordon are healthy.

Daye sees much less time, as well. As much as I like his shooting stroke, his defense is pretty sketchy right now.

Jerebko doesn’t have to take as many shots if our scorers are healthy.

With guards healthy, we don’t have to try and squeeze offense from Maxiell or Kwame.

So many things fix themselves if this team could just get healthy. Nobody on the team is making excuses at this point, but the God’s honest truth is that the team was not constructed to function the way it is being asked to.

Honestly, the biggest issue lately has been offense. And while I know some have focused on the lack of assists, I think that’s a product of the lack of shooters on the floor.

The Wallace/Maxiell/Jerebko/Atkins starting combination needs to change because none of them are good shooters. When Maxiell appears to be the second option on offense, you know you have a problem with your lineup.

I already miss the black DBB background …

I’ve commented on MTSM as well, albeit much less frequently, so I get this website.

And I like the added features — but once you’ve had black, you never go back.

Love it.

The team needs another scorer in the starting lineup. Stuckey is the only real offensive threat and teams know that. It has to be either Daye or Charlie (or both) but I prefer the idea of starting Daye, simply because I think its time to fully hand the keys of the PG position to Stuckey, without any confusion or masking. It would be easier for him him with the regular starters but I’d like to use this season to see what Stuckey really has to offer. The kid has shown flashes of being able to handle the responsibility, while at other times he looks unfitting. He will make mistakes, but he will be better for it. Honestly, this team is already losing games, why not take full advantage of the situation and let Stuckey work at it while giving the 15th pick some solid run.

I just don’t think there’s much to say or analyze anymore, not until we’re healthy.

Credit the healthy guys for playing hard as long as they have. Credit our coach for stringing together some wins without scorers. I love guys like JJ and Big Ben, but offensively, they’re little more than garbage guys. You can’t win consistently without guys like that, but you also can’t win consistently with only guys like that.

We gotta get healthy. We gotta get Rip and Gordon back. We gotta get Tay back (although I think his impact will be felt a little less).

When we do, I don’t expect us to be great, but until that time, there’s just not much more that can be said.