Post in here Ime's dumb ass things he does, let's have this compiled in a thread and see how long this goes. I'll start us off. 1 Doesn't play half the bench for most of the regular season, usually keeps the rotation to 8. once post season starts now he gives players like tate and holiday a run. like wtf? 2 Allows Sengun to continue running "ghost" screens in the pick and roll where he doesn't even physically hinder when he is screening and immediately rolls. 3 Can't figure out how to stop Durant getting doubled when he has seen the play all throughout the regular season and fails to make any meaningful adjustments. 4 Sengun running point from the 3 point line 5 likes to bang other ppls wives
There’s complaining, hate, and whining everyday about Udoka and what many see as problems. It’s tiring and boring and doesn’t really offer much of anything except negativity. How about we hear about solutions. How would you play Sengun and KD What sets would you run how to break their traps
He excels at crushing confidence and hindering development. None of our players are worth a damn because of him. Too much soft or non-existent coaching
Lol, I read this and thought "LMFAO 4 minutes is that a joke?" I am not an NBA lineups data guru but I'm pretty sure a 4 min sample size is utter bullshit & is predictive of nothing due to variance Then I looked up this stretch on the game pbp - yup the Lakers turned the ball over 3x. The Rockets took advantage. I also noticed a highly salient line up quirk: LeBron James - whom you may have heard of - was on the bench for most or all of it
dude tried to use a 1 game sample size to make an argument for the whole season and now has an issue with 4 minutes over a 2 game span. Most intellectually dishonest poster on this board. Proven wrong time and time again and conveniently just drops those arguments tucks his tail and disappears. Udoka and front office nuthuggers are the worst
what irks me the most about Ime in this series is that the Lakers aren’t even doing anything new…they pulled out the exact same defensive strategy against KD when we played them about a month ago, and it was just as successful then as it is now Ime saw this movie before, and the Lakers put it on the TV again and Ime is out here acting like he doesn’t know the plot and is still surprised by the ending…bro, this is like you’re 3rd time watching this movie
Know what's funny? With Reed on the floor you cant double KD because Reed gets an open 3 probably. Im not sure Ime has figured that out yet. Isn't it a funny coincidence that Reed barely played the 2H and KD scored almost no points as well?
That’s happened every season. Injuries force him to discover the correct way to play and he goes away from them eventually because they are ‘wrong’. The dude doesn’t learn, no creativity, terrible player management. No player or team development, plays the regular season to win the most games that helps his image rather than team success.
It's the double standard that frustrates me the most: Marcus Smart goes right around Amen for a layup? No problem! Luke Kennard goes right around Reed for a layup? Nail his @$$ to the bench! I can't even count how many times I've seen Amen just kick the ball out of bounds - not trying to pass or score, but just dribbling. He did it again last game. But he's never benched to teach him a lesson. You could say that Ime can't afford to bench him, but both Amen and Reed were +1 last game. We didn't make a move at the deadline because it's not our year? Fine, whatever. But why aren't we playing Reed then? If the team isn't ready, then who cares if he's not ready? What's the point of this season? The Lakers look like birds flocking back & forth between KD & Sengun. They give zero f**ks about anyone else. Reed is the only other guy with any gravity, but Ime treats him like a whipping boy.
Reddick ran the exact same traps on Durant during the regular season. We still have no counter. He's beaten Ime like a drum.
You can absolutely still double KD. The Lakers have actually done it. They will just roll off one of the other non shooters. Only KD and Reed are true shooters, Jabari is average, everyone else is frequently open for a reason.
Jabari is shooting 38% from 3 for the series. He hesitates so much instead of just letting it fly. All the young guys do. Can't be doing that. Reed is shooting 29% but it doesnt matter as much with him. Jabari needs to get to Reed's "i dont care if hes missed his last 10 shots dont leave him open" level. Teams know what Reed can do. Jabari can do it as well his issue is that he just doesnt let it fly when he should and if he misses he gets gun shy. Yeah this coaching staff needs to go man lol.
I feel ya. I am usually a very kumbaya kinda guy and don't dig it when the board starts making it personal and tearing each other down. But these are dark days and we complainers aren't going after each other. We are complaining about the team we love. And our discussion of offensive sets or strategy will do nothing except increase the frustration with what we are seeing on the court. Honestly, I'm f-ing pissed. Pissed, and even a little sad, at this coach for ruining what I had hoped would be an awesome year of Rockets basketball. He almost makes me wish Kevin McHale would come back. This forum is my community where I can express my frustration and not feel entirely like I'm screaming into the void alone. At least there's a few dozen others screaming into the void with me. So no, venting frustration might not win any games, but don't think for a second that it doesn't offer anything. It offers a lot more than trying to put the positivity lipstick on this pig we call a coach. It might not offer you anything but it's my f-ing right as a fan to complain. It's part of being a fan. I complain because I care.
Even though Reed's percentages are down, you have seen what he can do during the regular season. Teams have seen what he has done during the regular season. He is an absolute threat and they will respect him regardless of the series that he is having. My biggest frustration with Ime is that he refuses to adjust or mix it up. This series thus far: Tate Not a threat offensively. Defense has no respect for him. Defensively he is getting blown by and he is committing stupid fouls, for a guy that is suppose to have a high IQ, he does not. Hardly played Tate most of the season for suddenly to make him a key bench guy. Holiday He is cold this series thus far, therefore, he needs to play him less. Holiday is not a rhythm player, he either is going to shoot well that night or he isn't. Defensively he sucks (I keep saying that Ime thinks we have Jrue Holiday on the team). Reed He is not letting him play through mistakes. Outside of KD, he is our biggest shooting threat and the defense respects his game enough that they are not as willing to double off him. In Game 2, during the second quarter, there was a moment in the game that Reed being in the line up helped the Rockets make a nice run, but he sat him prior to the run finishing, the Lakers then went on their own run. Reed has not had a great series thus far, but he has been pretty consistent throughout the season and is your best offensive weapon off the bench since he refuses to start him, so ****ing use your best offensive weapon. If he continues shooting poorly, then it is what it is, since he was part of the rotation all season long, you gotta live and die with the players that helped in the regular season. Okogie You already have Sengun and Amen as non-shooters in the starting line up, allowing the Lakers to immediately double KD. Adding Okogie to the line up for defensive purposes is not necessary when Kennard is still cooking us. I think Okogie should be in the rotation, just not as a started, he should be bringing his energy off the bench. He can get hot and provide offense on occasion but you cannot start him with two other non-shooters. Line-ups His obsession with wanting to stay big is another issue. Capela probably should not be playing this series. Sengun is not having a great series either, so although Sengun needs to be in the rotation since he is one of our top players, we also need to consider reducing his minutes and running more small line-ups. Although Tari makes low IQ plays from time to time, he needs to play more minutes. In this particular series, running a small line-up, even though it may put you at slight disadvantage on the boards (probably not since Thompson and Tari are such good rebounders), you probably have the best chance to win with this line-up. A line up of Smith/KD/Tari/Thompson/Reed is versatile defensively to allow to cover up for Reed's short comings but it also allows the Rockets to get out on the break and run, plus this line-up can create turnovers. He didn't really play this line up much in game 2 and I think we could of pulled the win out if he would of reduced Sengun's minutes and given them to Tari and if he would of played Reed more than 10 minutes. As far as I'm concerned, the players that absolutely should be playing these series are KD/Tari/Smith/Amen/Reed/Sengun. For the other two guys that he needs to play, he needs to try different bodies to see if anybody else can give him a good game. I'm okay with Okogie in the rotation, but does not need to start nor should he be the go to option over Reed when we are struggling offensively. I think Tate should be a situational player and since he has not played well, Ime should give DFS another run to see if he can give us something. I know DFS has been ass all season, but at this point, we need to try another body and DFS is a perfectly acceptable option to try since he can defend, rebound, and is an able shooter (just has sucked this season, he maybe catches fire for one game). Holiday should also be situational and if he is not hitting the three ball then yank him and sit his ass on the bench. Our bench is pretty thin already, so I'm not sure I would give anyone else a try, but we may just have to stick to a 7 man rotation and even their legs fall off, that is probably our best chance to win, he just need to be smarter about calling time outs and giving his players better breaks. I thought sitting KD at the end of the 3rd with 2 minutes to go and have him ready play the 4th quarter was a smart idea (I know it was by accident since KD was in foul trouble). I know this team has a lot of deficiencies, but we should not be losing to this version of the Lakers. It is absolutely pathetic that we are down 0 - 2 in the series. Due to Ime's predictable line-ups, it's easy for the Lakers to load up on KD since Ime will play KD with three non-shooters in the line-up. The defense has been good when they have a smaller line up in there, so stop playing Capela and don't play Sengun so many minutes and play Smith more minutes by shifting him to center (don't care if you play him 45 minutes a game) and he should also have Tari playing 35 minutes a game as well. That's my rant this morning.
