[festar35Participant]

I am really enjoying their play at the moment and they are making a serious run at that 8th seed.

The back-court of Evans and Gordon is looking fantastic. Gordon seems to be feeling healthy and showing glimpses IMO of what Chauncey Billups was in Detroit. Evans may come away with more assists, but Gordon is the one making smart reads rather than pushing to create like Evans has been doing on occasion. They really don’t seem to be missing Holiday much at all.

Davis is a fantastic talent we know this and since the departure of Rivers (just a date to go by, don’t read into it) they have really been ballin’

They look like a team ready to make a run for the play-offs and I’m excited to see how they go.

[r377Participant]

I was just about to make a thread about Tyreke. The Pels are 8-3 without holiday.

Tyreke is 18-5-8

 

[Lotto StudParticipant]

 Slide Holiday over to the 2 full-time!

[Lotto StudParticipant]

 Slide Holiday over to the 2 full-time!

[ballislyfe25Participant]

 Bring Jrue off the bench as the third guard, as he can play the 1 or the 2. With Tyreke he can play off the ball and at the point he can run the P&R and attack the paint.

Monty Williams deserves a ton of credit. Their bench is weak in comparison to the rest of the conference, although it has been more effective since the additions of Pondexter and Wolters. He has Anthony Davis playing at an MVP level and has Tyreke and Eric Gordon playing to their strengths.

[Lotto StudParticipant]

 Of course, Holiday can play both really well, but he needs to be the primary 2 if he goes back into the starting role. Off the bench he will have free-range to hold down the PG duties.

[Lotto StudParticipant]

 Of course, Holiday can play both really well, but he needs to be the primary 2 if he goes back into the starting role. Off the bench he will have free-range to hold down the PG duties.

[ballislyfe25Participant]

 Bring Jrue off the bench as the third guard, as he can play the 1 or the 2. With Tyreke he can play off the ball and at the point he can run the P&R and attack the paint.

Monty Williams deserves a ton of credit. Their bench is weak in comparison to the rest of the conference, although it has been more effective since the additions of Pondexter and Wolters. He has Anthony Davis playing at an MVP level and has Tyreke and Eric Gordon playing to their strengths.

[r377Participant]

I was just about to make a thread about Tyreke. The Pels are 8-3 without holiday.

Tyreke is 18-5-8

 

[IndianaBasketballParticipant]

Eric Gordon is the key. He had the worst start to a season of his career because Monty Williams made a terrible decision to let Tyreke Evans and Jrue Holiday dominate the ball too much. The offense was stagnant/ball stuck and Gordon was literally ignored. Now, that Holiday has been injured, the offense has completely opened up. Evans is 100% the point guard (that’s his position whether you like it or not and I do think he’s showing growth there), Gordon is getting his touches and the offense is moving the ball. Gordon providing major spacing and plays the game the right way. Last night, he make the right play 95% of the time and played super unselfish in the half court.

I think that Holiday needs to come off of the bench when he returns. I don’t like  him and Evans on the floor together. He either needs to be out there with Gordon or Jimmer Fredette. 

 

[IndianaBasketballParticipant]

Eric Gordon is the key. He had the worst start to a season of his career because Monty Williams made a terrible decision to let Tyreke Evans and Jrue Holiday dominate the ball too much. The offense was stagnant/ball stuck and Gordon was literally ignored. Now, that Holiday has been injured, the offense has completely opened up. Evans is 100% the point guard (that’s his position whether you like it or not and I do think he’s showing growth there), Gordon is getting his touches and the offense is moving the ball. Gordon providing major spacing and plays the game the right way. Last night, he make the right play 95% of the time and played super unselfish in the half court.

I think that Holiday needs to come off of the bench when he returns. I don’t like  him and Evans on the floor together. He either needs to be out there with Gordon or Jimmer Fredette. 

 

[ncballer]

 Jimmer has been looking good the past few games as well.

[ncballer]

 Jimmer has been looking good the past few games as well.

[Mr. HookShotParticipant]

In an earlier post somebody also stated that with Holiday gone, Evans finally gets back to the position at which he had his break-out moment (ball-dominant PG) and viola, he is putting up numbers again. Before the season started I looked at their roster and they looked pretty good on paper, having good players at basically every position including the bench, with Davis as the superstar to lead them. Although they have struggled they still have the some good players, with every one of them having a better defined role now that Holiday is injured.

On a side note, could you see any other team calling NO to ask them for either Evans or Gordon? Seems like a nice moment for NO to sell high on both of them…

[Mr. HookShotParticipant]

In an earlier post somebody also stated that with Holiday gone, Evans finally gets back to the position at which he had his break-out moment (ball-dominant PG) and viola, he is putting up numbers again. Before the season started I looked at their roster and they looked pretty good on paper, having good players at basically every position including the bench, with Davis as the superstar to lead them. Although they have struggled they still have the some good players, with every one of them having a better defined role now that Holiday is injured.

On a side note, could you see any other team calling NO to ask them for either Evans or Gordon? Seems like a nice moment for NO to sell high on both of them…

[scbe2223Participant]

 Luol Deng and Norris Cole for Evans and a second. 

[scbe2223Participant]

 Luol Deng and Norris Cole for Evans and a second. 

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