Let's all trash Barry!

[milkyway21]

Good , let Barry rot on the bench then...that way I don't hear stupid mother ers scapegoating the wrong guy for the loss.

You want to hang this loss on someone hang it on the head coach.

I think I can agree with what you said. Why are they blaming Barry for the loss? He hasn't given enough time to play. He was on the bench. Actually, I was praying in the 3rd qtr Pops would let Barry into the game, but he didn't. And Rasho, he could have helped Duncan for the rebounds(we are outrebounded by the Sonics, huh), instead he was there sitting. Give Barry the break, PLEASE!

[Dalamar_the_Dark]

Hey all you Barry slammers out there hear this. Shove all your comments up your ass.

You know why we lost? You know why we are one of the worst teams when it comes to defending the 3?

Cause our defense isnt up to scratch yet. If any of you out there has played ball, you should know that a suffocating perimeter defense is not easy to perfect. You think just because we have Bowen means that they wont be able to jack 3s? Bull . Sonics burned our ass cause they just rotate and rotate till the defense gives up something. Its not just Barry its the whole team. Parker, Manu, Devin, Beno, Bowen, all of them have not gelled as a unit yet. Give them time. Arent we the team that starts slow? If you went and checked up on why we lost in previous games or gave up leads and stuff you will see that its always against teams that shoot the ball well and rely on a lot of perimeter stuff. Rotate rotate and you will get an open man. Sooner or later Seattle's game is going to get caught out by the better defensive teams once they get their rotations correct. Then the sonics will still be in with a shot of making the playoffs but not progress very far.

Give the spurs a break! Pop will get them ready.

Even the Suns will have problems later on cause they are just playing street ball now. Few schemes and stuff. Just rotate and rotate till the opponents defense gives something. and theyve got a very very very atheletic team. But as the season goes by, teams like Detroit, Minny and of course Spurs will show that you cant play street ball or keeping jacking 3s to progress in the playoffs. You gotta have schemes to break down the opponents defence.

Go ahead flame me as you see fit.

[T Park]

Rasho didnt earn his minutes out there tonight.

He was a bump on a log and Rose was playing wonderfull.

Dont fault pop for that.

Not playing Barry at the point in the 4th??

yeah bust Pop's chops on that I agree.

[Marcus Bryant]

It's not a Jack over Barry thing.

It's a Jack over Barry and Manu thing. No thanks.

Actually, it was a Jack over Barry thing.

[Dalamar_the_Dark]

Its just no point playing Rasho tonight. We would have been burned even more.

With Seattle's offense we needed people to play perimeter defense. You try asking Rasho to do that and we will get burned. Timmy was enough to get the rebounds. And its not as if we rebounded badly but Seattle just shot well.

Our defensive unit on the perimeter needs to start clicking. The defensive rotations need to get in place.

I think Pop was worried that if he put Barry in Seattle will just keep creating the miss match on Barry and burn him. Once Barry gets used to the schemes he will prosper. I dont think that its Barry's contract thats causing him to lose his shooting touch. Its that he trying too hard to get the defensive schemes right. So much so that it causes him to lose his offensive rhythm. Trying too hard to fit into a new system can cause you to lose your offensive rhythm.