Comments on: After surgery, McDyess questionable for Game 4

By: Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:02:52 +0000

daydreaming. flip has already given up on everyone on the bench except for maxiell. he wouldn’t even be playing stuckey right now if lindsey could keep from fouling in the open court.

By: Mike Payne

Mike Payne — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:28:37 +0000

Mike, where we typically butt heads, I could not agree with you more on this. Wouldn’t it just be brilliant to see that happen?

If we don’t get Herrmann at the 4, I love Matt’s idea of Amir on Young, Maxiell on Evans. Nice call Matt.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:37:15 +0000

P.S. That lineup might hurt us a bit in the rebounding area but it seems worth a shot and if Herrmann isn’t cutting it than bring in Amir.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:34:23 +0000

I am not suggesting that Sheed doesn’t start.

Start Sheed, Tay and Herrmann up front. It is a smaller lineup than starting our regular 4s and 5s but Herrmann has shown that he can defend the 3 or the 4 without looking really bad on D and even sometimes good.

Starting Herrmann we could open up the court because that would give us five 3 point shooters in the starting lineup.

Herrmann as was mentioned can also create his own shot and even pass so I think starting him would make our offense a lot a better and we wouldn’t suffer on defense.

By: joejoejoe

joejoejoe — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:02:42 +0000

OT: joejoejeo is my evil, typo-prone twin

By: joejoejeo

joejoejeo — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:01:30 +0000

Mike - I agree that Herrmann isn’t a bad option. Play a little small ball with ‘Sheed out of the lineup. If the Sixers win because Dalembert is dominant offensively against a small Pistons lineup then they deserve to win. The Zoo Crew plays a bit like Golden State at times, I think the starters should try it now and then when they are in a funk.

By: Keegan

Keegan — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:49:25 +0000

Flip does not trust Herrmann, I don’t know why.
But Jarvis is SO ice-cold that I don’t know what prevents this move. Herrmann is long, possesses the same range that Jarvis does, and can create his own offense. Perhaps most importantly, he can defend, at least somewhat; Jarvis can’t.

That Amir isn’t seeing much beyond garbage time blows my mind, simply because this is the sort of athletic team that Flip repeatedly stated Amir matches up well against. It’s a shame it takes the McDyess injury to force Flip to see what he’s got during meaningful time. If he makes mistakes, pull him out quick and throw in the Rattler.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:38:58 +0000

P.S. I don’t think Young could guard Herrmann. Herrmann is at this point a lot bigger offensive threat than Amir. I think Herrmann could also guard Young.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:35:04 +0000

As everyone who visits here regularly knows, I am a big fan of Amir.

I don’t know if I agree with starting him in game #4 even though he can match up well with T. Young. Here is my reasoning.

Amir gathers fouls faster than blocks and almost as fast as he gets rebounds. The 76s would go right at him to begin the game.

Playing a zone to start the game with him in the lineup might prevent this, but I seriously doubt that Flip would start a game by playing zone defense.

So it seems to me that Amir would pick up 2 quick fouls within the first 5 minutes maximum. Flip would of course pull him and might not put him back in until the beginning of the 3rd quarter. I could then see Amir getting another quick foul or two and Flip pulling him within the first 5 minutes of the 3rd period and not put him back in the game.

This would limit Amir’s time to between 5 and 10 minutes for the game, which in my opinion would not be enough to have an impact.

Here is my suggestion. Start Herrmann on T. Young.

Let him play as long as he can go and then bring Amir in. Do the same in the 3rd quarter. Basically alternate Amir and Herrmann and leave Theo on the bench.

Herrmann has big time game experience in the international arena so the pressure won’t both him. I think that starting Amir might put too much pressure on him and he wouldn’t be as effective as backing up Herrmann.

By: joejoejeo

joejoejeo — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:16:45 +0000

I like the Max vs. Reggie Evans and Amir vs. Thad matchups. It’s not that I think that the Sixers can’t get the better of those matchups on a given night but it’s close enough that it puts the responsibility on the Big 4 to outplay their counterparts, at least on the whole.

By: Sauce1977

Sauce1977 — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:21:57 +0000

If anyone else could rebound well enough, I’d almost be relieved that Antonio’s not playing.

By: HB

HB — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:12:32 +0000

Just give McDyess one of Hamilton’s mask so that he can play without worrying breaking it again.