Boozer has more range than EB for sure. Elton needs to get out to at least 17 feet.

I don't care how good Boozer was this year...EB is still the better player. Carlos couldn't block a shot to save his life.

Brand's the better player but Booz has by far the better supporting cast.

Great point about the flex. Boozer was drilling elbow jumpers like crazy. Foul line jumpers are a key goal of the flex. Also, Harpring does a great job using the baseline screens/cuts--he got some lay-ins off the baseline action tonite.

Boozer simply has a better coach.

Your point is well-taken but let's not give up the dream quite so easily. A team like the Clippers, with 4 or 5 capable scorers on the floor at all times, and zero unstoppable one-on-one players, would benefit greatly from more motion and more continuity on offense. Don't forget that Jarron Collins played 11 minutes per game and Tim Thomas played 27. The Jazz offense is still more fluid in those minutes than the Clippers. As for the wings, they still have to make post entry passes in MDSr's sets, so their limited passing ability is a liability no matter what offense you run.

If Clippers continue to carry their offense thru 'Brand First' approach, the team will remain the same old team.

Shawn Marion is a highest paid player. But they don't make him a go to guy. He scores his points whenever there's an opportunity to do so. Brand EATS UP way too much time just to score 18 pts. And that hurts the team bigtime.

"Brand EATS UP way too much time just to score 18 pts."

I think that's more of a statement about the TEAM's offense (or lack thereof), and especially the ability (or lack thereof) of our wing players to pass the ball and move around. Isn't that what Kevin's talking about???

Marion MOVES AROUND, whereas alot of the clips seem to stand around once EB or Kaman get the ball. You don't even need the cerebral ball player to run flex, you just need people that aren't lazy and willing to move around for 16-20 seconds of the shot clock. And what about the good old weave?

You can't post/re-post if the wing players don't find the open spots on the floor.
You can't run flex if you dump it into the post and just wait for the bigs to work.
You can't expect oppents to NOT double EB if you just stand there. You have to move and force your man to be concerned with where you are or aren't.

That being said... are the clips just an old, slow, non-motion team? EB-CK are bigs. Sam-Cat-TT don't give off the appearance of motion oriented ball-players. Corey has one speed-direction-intention... foul line.

Agree.

Looking at this situation from outside, one thing is clear: Until Brand is our #1 option, this team will remain a .500 calibre team. When he becomes #2 or #3 option, this team will move upto a .650 calibre team.

But I'll be happy if I am proved wrong.

This is not a post up league any more. It is about perimeter players.

Detroit, SA, Dallas, PHX, Miami...the best teams, have great shooters and outside players.

Whoa ... the Lakers got spanked!

mavs shoulda played their starters..

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being out of town for. A part of me harbors a little survivor guilt for not being there. I have the game recorded, but I don't want to watch it. From what I understand, the Clippers were never really in it and that they didn't do one thing acceptably except shoot FTs. The Clippers had the chance to get into the playoffs through the front door and, on that day, had only to beat a bad basketball team at home, but couldn't. But I guess that's not even the point.