Lou Williams Discussion: 44

I'm not seeing enough of them holding each other accountable on defense. If Larry wasn't a rook, I could see him yelling at Lou. Somebody's gotta have the fire to take charge and not let that mess slide.

 

I know it's easy to judge Lou on that one clip, and rightfully so, but he was frustrated at that point. Lou is not the kind of guy who typically quits on possessions and that's certainly NOT Harden defense. Harden wouldn't have even pretended to UNDERSTAND why he should be rotating. The reality is Lou works his tail off for us on both ends of the floor and that one possession doesn't change that.

That being said, he should have rotated over definitely and even if he didn't then he should have boxed out Rondo. He failed to do both and if I had seen that as a coach, I'd have pulled him from the game.

Other than that, he was one of the few guys trying hard in that first half so I won't hold this one play against him too much.

 

great 4th quarter by him. still should not be starting.

 

Dude was unconscious.

 

I don't think the fans are rooting for losses, that tweet was just acknowledging how the franchise appears to be clearly tanking, and Lou was gunning to mess that up. I laughed. On Lou, that was ridiculous, he was on absolute fire. I don't like that we show no ability to mix it up and he wore out by the end, but oh well I guess, it was still fun. Still think when you have a guy that hot you use him as a decoy and to set up some other guys who will now be open a couple times, mix it up.

 

I think the average fan, maybe more casual fan (or at least a good little chunk) might read somewhere or hear on the radio that we can keep our pick if we suck, and they don't get to see the actual odds. They go oh ok, so we should root for losing then or it's a wasted season. But that doesn't seem to be the majority opinion here, or most other places I've been. Or at the games, where fans are clearly cheering for the win, not the tank. Best thing to do is ignore those rooting for the tank. As I said last season, we won't lose more games if I root for losses, so I'm going to root for wins.

 

Sizzling red hot performance in the fourth. Just on fire. That was fun!

 

When I see a guy like that in the zone, I can't help but be in awe of Kobe's 81. Not taking anything away from Lou, because he was balling, but damn, for everything he did, Kobe almost had twice as much.