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KiwiMatt wrote:

kekgeek1 wrote:Just remember guys it is one game in 82 game season. Really bad game but every team can beat any team on every given night if you don't bring it

I like your positive thinking Kek, but what I've seen so far this season gives me nothing. Our lack of ball movement and chemistry on offense is a big concern. At to that zero improvement on the defensive end and I have little faith.

They have played better defense besides tonight. We have beat 2 west playoff teams. Lost to a contender and put up a stinker tonight.

Everyone R-E-L-A-X.

2 days ago everyone thought we had arrived.

It's the NBA games like this happen. I mean the Warriors lost to the Lakers when they won 73 games.

*not saying it wasn't disappointing but see if they respond tomorrow

kekgeek1 wrote:

KiwiMatt wrote:

kekgeek1 wrote:Just remember guys it is one game in 82 game season. Really bad game but every team can beat any team on every given night if you don't bring it

I like your positive thinking Kek, but what I've seen so far this season gives me nothing. Our lack of ball movement and chemistry on offense is a big concern. At to that zero improvement on the defensive end and I have little faith.

They have played better defense besides tonight. We have beat 2 west playoff teams. Lost to a contender and put up a stinker tonight.

If we have improved defensively then why did we lose by 18 points to the Pacers at Target Center? Defense is about consistency and tonight completely undid any improvements we made in the last couple of games. I know Butler makes a huge difference but if he is too miss the twenty games he normally misses every season and we play like this then kiss any hopes of the playoffs good bye

crazysauce wrote:How can our defense be so absolutely dreadful with a supposed defensive guru for a coach? I honestly think thibs has been terrible as a coach. This team should not be this bad. They shouldnt have been as bad as they were last year and i have seen nothing to suggest thibs has made anyone better.

I've always been of the belief that nobody is buying into Thibs because nobody is buying into defense. When teams are scoring 120 with ease now, a coach yelling about defense for 48 minutes is gonna make him look like a weirdo and nobody's gonna listen to Thibs.

On top of that, Wiggins just got $148 mil by being an absolute sieve on defense, yet everyone blows smoke up his ass and Towns is gonna get the same deal doing the same thing. Why change the approach?

KiwiMatt wrote:

kekgeek1 wrote:

KiwiMatt wrote:

kekgeek1 wrote:Just remember guys it is one game in 82 game season. Really bad game but every team can beat any team on every given night if you don't bring it

I like your positive thinking Kek, but what I've seen so far this season gives me nothing. Our lack of ball movement and chemistry on offense is a big concern. At to that zero improvement on the defensive end and I have little faith.

They have played better defense besides tonight. We have beat 2 west playoff teams. Lost to a contender and put up a stinker tonight.

If we have improved defensively then why did we lose by 18 points to the Pacers at Target Center? Defense is about consistency and tonight completely undid any improvements we made in the last couple of games. I know Butler makes a huge difference but if he is too miss the twenty games he normally misses every season and we play like this then kiss any hopes of the playoffs good bye

The Warriors lost to the Lakers when they won 73 games. The cavs got destroyed by the magic this year.

Games like this happen, now if we lose 4 straight you have a point. Defense was dreadful tonight but it is the NBA.

WildWolf2813 wrote:

crazysauce wrote:How can our defense be so absolutely dreadful with a supposed defensive guru for a coach? I honestly think thibs has been terrible as a coach. This team should not be this bad. They shouldnt have been as bad as they were last year and i have seen nothing to suggest thibs has made anyone better.

I've always been of the belief that nobody is buying into Thibs because nobody is buying into defense. When teams are scoring 120 with ease now, a coach yelling about defense for 48 minutes is gonna make him look like a weirdo and nobody's gonna listen to Thibs.

On top of that, Wiggins just got $148 mil by being an absolute sieve on defense, yet everyone blows smoke up his ass and Towns is gonna get the same deal doing the same thing. Why change the approach?

2 days ago wiggins took the next step. Now he is a bum. Understand it is a message board but overeating all over the place

That game was weird. I don't know I honestly think there may be a couple of players sick on the team because they were so off, even by last year's crappy standards.

kekgeek1 wrote:

KiwiMatt wrote:

kekgeek1 wrote:

KiwiMatt wrote:

kekgeek1 wrote:Just remember guys it is one game in 82 game season. Really bad game but every team can beat any team on every given night if you don't bring it

I like your positive thinking Kek, but what I've seen so far this season gives me nothing. Our lack of ball movement and chemistry on offense is a big concern. At to that zero improvement on the defensive end and I have little faith.

They have played better defense besides tonight. We have beat 2 west playoff teams. Lost to a contender and put up a stinker tonight.

If we have improved defensively then why did we lose by 18 points to the Pacers at Target Center? Defense is about consistency and tonight completely undid any improvements we made in the last couple of games. I know Butler makes a huge difference but if he is too miss the twenty games he normally misses every season and we play like this then kiss any hopes of the playoffs good bye

The Warriors lost to the Lakers when they won 73 games. The cavs got destroyed by the magic this year.

Games like this happen, now if we lose 4 straight you have a point. Defense was dreadful tonight but it is the NBA.

Yes teams have off nights and upsets happen. But that doesn't mean there shouldn't be any accountability. We have to win these games or it completely undoes the hard earned road victory like the OKC game.

I don't understand how a Thibs coached team can so often get caught drinking the kool-aid after a big win and then take a shit against a cake walk. That just wasn't the mo of his Bulls teams. They played hard every night and were consistently a top team because of it. How many times does these guys need to learn the same lesson that you have to bring it every night for 82 games? It shouldn't take KG or Jimmy for these losers to play hard. When are our kids gonna turn into professionals? How do vets like Teague and Gibson have games like these? Why is it so hard to just do your job for 82 games because you get paid millions to do it? It may be one game, but these are habits that have carried over multiple years and the longer they carry on the less likely we'll ever break out of them. You'd think a team who have sucked for so long would bring it every night so they can stop being losers.

khans2k5 wrote:I don't understand how a Thibs coached team can so often get caught drinking the kool-aid after a big win and then take a shit against a cake walk. That just wasn't the mo of his Bulls teams. They played hard every night and were consistently a top team because of it. How many times does these guys need to learn the same lesson that you have to bring it every night for 82 games? It shouldn't take KG or Jimmy for these losers to play hard. When are our kids gonna turn into professionals? How do vets like Teague and Gibson have games like these? Why is it so hard to just do your job for 82 games because you get paid millions to do it? It may be one game, but these are habits that have carried over multiple years and the longer they carry on the less likely we'll ever break out of them. You'd think a team who have sucked for so long would bring it every night so they can stop being losers.

It's a cultural thing. They played bad tonight. Now they need to respond tomorrow.