Yes, Jordan is the second coming of Rich Kotite. The man is an utter moron. Did he not watch the game? He needs to "see if we have horrible three point defense"??? Virtually everyone of the Boston 3s was made without a defender within three feet of him. Perhaps 2 were contested, nowhere near half. 78 more games of this stupidity. Someone should start a website of his most idiotic comments. (iao).
The guards and forwards need to stop helping so much and stay on the shooters. Trust one-on-one defense in the paint. And how about crashing the offensive boards?! Also, Rodney Carney, please pull your damn socks down - the way you run on your toes, you look like a bunny rabbit out there! Who do you think you are, Keith Van Horn?
What will a system do when you have a lack of personnel. They system is not the issue. It is personnel.
Simple, top 5-6 NBA superstar equals relevant team. Doesn't really matter your "system" until you have that superstar to build the system around.
The sixers haven't defended the 3 for years now, going back to when Brown was a coach. Opposing teams salivate at the thought of being able to sit back and launch poorly contested 3's all night for an easy win. Kind of like shooting practice, but they get a w out of it. Is Dalembert still the best shooter on the squad? Does he even play?
"That's not a good sign for a team looking to battle Boston for the Atlantic Division title." What in the world are you smoking? This team is mediocre with a shot of making the playoffs as a #8 seed at best.
I saw the Sixers double team Kendrick Perkins in the paint. Instead of asking myself why, I just turned off the game. Probably the dumbest defensive principles I've ever seen applied in a basketball game.
stefanski put his career on the line by hiring eddie jordan... so far, it doesnt look like such a great hire
This season was basically over before it started. Bringing in Eddie Jordan as coach was an unimaginative approach; there really are no marquee players; this will be a typical, run-of-the-mill run and gun NBA team that goes nowhere. Fortunately, there are several other teams that are just as bad (Nets, Knicks in the division for example; Warriors, Kings, Bobcats elsewhere), so the Sixers will win some games. But they have NO CHANCE of competing with the elite teams of the league.
What system? They don't have the players to run any system other than playground run-and-gun.
Saw the headline and didn't need to read the story. I been reading this same sad story for years now.
They do help defend way too much,they act like they have no interior defense ..in last years playoffs they didn't leave their shooters and played orlando well..and i could see if they were just doubling legit stars but they double everybody..let's see do they make adjustments friday
Both Orlando and Boston played tremendous games. It's hard to win when your opponent is shooting lights out. It's kind of reminiscent of the series between Cleveland and Orlando last year. Cleveland was the better team but Orlando was so amped up to play and virtually had everyone hitting any shot anywhere on the court. When Orlando played LA and those shots didn't fall they came back down to earth. This is what the Sixers will have to deal with throughout the season. Teams are going to look across the court and see Iggy, Brand and Dalembert and figure that their only chance to win is to make miracle shot after miracle shot.
Larry Brown is the only one who ever had it right with defense. They would still give up 3 point shots, but they were NEVER this awful. Jim Lynam and Randy Ayers are not helping.
They have had awful 3 point difference for 3-4 years running now. It's nothing new. Open shots run wild against the Sixers.
