Comments on: Clippers vs. Pacers Preview: Closing Out in Indy https://213hoops.com/clippers-vs-pacers-preview-closing-out-in-indy/ L.A. Clippers News and Analysis Sat, 31 Dec 2022 23:45:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.20 By: mlslaw1 https://213hoops.com/clippers-vs-pacers-preview-closing-out-in-indy/#comment-37152 Sat, 31 Dec 2022 23:45:29 +0000 https://213hoops.com/?p=16936#comment-37152 or change up coaching

]]> By: chogokin https://213hoops.com/clippers-vs-pacers-preview-closing-out-in-indy/#comment-37151 Sat, 31 Dec 2022 23:37:20 +0000 https://213hoops.com/?p=16936#comment-37151 Yea, this isn’t an anime where whoever pulls out their special move last wins. Guys need actual in-game reps now to iron out the kinks before the postseason actually starts. Also having any of PG13, Kawhi, or Mann defend the opponent’s best guard instead of having Reggie do it isn’t some amazing secret, it’s just common sense. Ty has legit cost the team at least a couple wins already which hurts extra bad when the West is this close and when we have a brutal remaining schedule. If Ty can’t help himself w/ these bizarre, ineffective rotations, then the FO needs to save him from himself by making a consolidating trade to make the roster more conventional (re: size).

]]> By: dhpat https://213hoops.com/clippers-vs-pacers-preview-closing-out-in-indy/#comment-37150 Sat, 31 Dec 2022 23:16:51 +0000 https://213hoops.com/?p=16936#comment-37150 Listening to the pregame show on the radio, Noah Eagle thought that Ty Lue’s coaching style — he saved a lot of plays for the post-season and would not use these plays during the regular season. But, being different isn’t always easy — esp. for the fans.
We lost this game in the 1st quarter, but it was good to see better play in the 3rd Q.
I was probably more upset during the Phila, Detroit and Boston games.
I was definitely shaking my head with this wierd nano-ball lineup: four guards and MM.

]]> By: chogokin https://213hoops.com/clippers-vs-pacers-preview-closing-out-in-indy/#comment-37149 Sat, 31 Dec 2022 23:08:26 +0000 https://213hoops.com/?p=16936#comment-37149 So I used to think this team’s depth was a strength because I thought Ty could figure out how to put guys in best position to succeed. I no longer think that. The FO needs to trade some combination of Wall, Norm, Coffey, RoCo (because Ty won’t use him), and MM to get some actual size and rebounding.

]]> By: chogokin https://213hoops.com/clippers-vs-pacers-preview-closing-out-in-indy/#comment-37148 Sat, 31 Dec 2022 23:06:25 +0000 https://213hoops.com/?p=16936#comment-37148 Coaches get into trouble when they prioritize a system/philosophy over their actual roster and what the game conditions dictate. We’ve seen it w/ D’Antoni, Phil Jackson (as a GM in NY, but he insisted on forcing coaches to run the triangle), and even Doc’s insistence on Trez. If Ty really insists on running microball we’re screwed this season.

]]> By: khyber jones https://213hoops.com/clippers-vs-pacers-preview-closing-out-in-indy/#comment-37147 Sat, 31 Dec 2022 22:59:31 +0000 https://213hoops.com/?p=16936#comment-37147 I know Ty Lue is a quality coach, but there are a few things that I notice that I’d like to see addressed:

  • I watch a lot of games on League Pass and the Clips are really the only playoff caliber team that has major questions about its lineups/rotations. Coaches for other teams seem to have figured that out. Clips clearly haven’t. Even the lineups that Kerr throws out there for an injury depleted GSW are sensible. It’s just hard to explain how a Powell-Kennard-Morris-PG-Reggie lineup is sensible against a team that has bigs who can score easily over smaller players. It should just make sense that if you’re going small, Terance Mann and Roco have to be in that lineup. Maybe, we shouldn’t go small.
  • Ty Lue has some vision of what this team should play like and he’s going to keep messing with stuff until he gets it right or until reality or the FO step in to say otherwise.
  • I have a vivid recollection of watching the play in game vs N.O. last year and watching Ty Lue stubbornly stick with small ball as a much bigger N.O. team started wearing down our small lineup to win that game. He might be ideologically committed to small ball, in which case I don’t know that is very compatible with winning a championship.

I think its fair to say that Ty Lue’s lineup decisions have probably cost the team 3-5 games in the win column. That’s enough to be in 1st place.

]]> By: chogokin https://213hoops.com/clippers-vs-pacers-preview-closing-out-in-indy/#comment-37146 Sat, 31 Dec 2022 22:41:14 +0000 https://213hoops.com/?p=16936#comment-37146 If he’s not I am. His rotation decision have absolutely cost the Clips some games this season.

]]> By: chogokin https://213hoops.com/clippers-vs-pacers-preview-closing-out-in-indy/#comment-37145 Sat, 31 Dec 2022 22:40:19 +0000 https://213hoops.com/?p=16936#comment-37145 The rotations have been baffling. He’s been bizarro Doc this season. We all bemoaned Doc’s rigid rotations and insistence on favorites but Ty is experimenting too much w/ “positionless basketball” and shifting guys’ roles game-to-game.

]]> By: mlslaw1 https://213hoops.com/clippers-vs-pacers-preview-closing-out-in-indy/#comment-37144 Sat, 31 Dec 2022 22:38:44 +0000 https://213hoops.com/?p=16936#comment-37144 Are you ?ing Ty’s coaching ability?

]]> By: mlslaw1 https://213hoops.com/clippers-vs-pacers-preview-closing-out-in-indy/#comment-37143 Sat, 31 Dec 2022 22:37:31 +0000 https://213hoops.com/?p=16936#comment-37143 That’s a bad, bad loss. Clips basically allowed a lay up line most of the game. I guess pros just don’t want to put out the effort until PO time.

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