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Why Shannon isn't playing is beyond me

I still think Clark can have a useful future on this team or in the league btw, but I'm pretty much all the way out of TJ

Leado01 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 22, 2026 8:04 pm Why Shannon isn't playing is beyond me

He bad

AussieWolf3 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 22, 2026 8:01 pm What I would give to see Ant play defense like these fellows are right now, game in and game out

Interesting how Finch is leaning into defense with the rare (lately) Clark substitution. I think he realizes its our best offense in the absence of half court shot creation. No Shannon and not much Reid either.

That was a pleasant 2nd, though Boston looked really flat and didn't match our energy. They'll be coming out hard in the 3rd.

Q-is-here wrote: ↑Sun Mar 22, 2026 8:07 pm

AussieWolf3 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 22, 2026 8:01 pm What I would give to see Ant play defense like these fellows are right now, game in and game out

Interesting how Finch is leaning into defense with the rare (lately) Clark substitution. I think he realizes its our best offense in the absence of half court shot creation. No Shannon and not much Reid either.

Refs are really letting both teams play physical. That is the perfect time to play Clark.

rapsuperstar31 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 22, 2026 8:10 pm

Q-is-here wrote: ↑Sun Mar 22, 2026 8:07 pm

AussieWolf3 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 22, 2026 8:01 pm What I would give to see Ant play defense like these fellows are right now, game in and game out

Interesting how Finch is leaning into defense with the rare (lately) Clark substitution. I think he realizes its our best offense in the absence of half court shot creation. No Shannon and not much Reid either.

Refs are really letting both teams play physical. That is the perfect time to play Clark.

Zach Zarba crew, right?

Q-is-here wrote: ↑Sun Mar 22, 2026 8:07 pm

AussieWolf3 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 22, 2026 8:01 pm What I would give to see Ant play defense like these fellows are right now, game in and game out

Interesting how Finch is leaning into defense with the rare (lately) Clark substitution. I think he realizes its our best offense in the absence of half court shot creation. No Shannon and not much Reid either.

It's a bit disappointing to me, and surprising how often Ried doesn't actually boost the offense as much as you'd think.
Almost all of the hardcore metrics- DPM, RAPM, NP, EPM- rate him as positive defender and either neutral or negative on offense.
Take that for what it's worth honestly- I'm still digging around with these models to see how reliable they are- but it's interesting to me

Little late on that TO Finch...

That whole 11-0 run is on Rudy.