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But, that's my point... this has been a culmination of what he's been letting go on for way longer than just tonight. There wasn't anything he could do once the game started. Like I stated in the other thread, we had a week and a half to lock up the 8th spot with one win, and we couldn't do it. It's because the team is undisciplined and lacks accountability. We even had Miles back the last two games of the year and still blew both of them. JB is just a mouthpiece. Indy's coach is rumored to not even be well liked by his own locker room, and yet, our first round picks are getting destroyed by guys like Keelan Martin, Oshea Brissett, TJ McConnell, and the lesser Holiday brothers lol. Those guys are playing basketball... our guys are contemplating what's for dinner and what their next Instagram post will be.

It's on players too, but when your coach is letting that poo keep sliding, that's where it begins and ends. It's a slippery slope to navigate for coaches in the NBA, but if he doesn't command the respect of the locker room and is a push over just letting guys get away with this poo over and over again without being accountable, he has to go.

Yeah, JB, this timeout should finally be the one that works.

Yeah, but its clear our guys don't give a poo. Theirs do. I get the feeling with a lot of our guys, basketball isn't what motivates them. Its why I hope we go ahead and trade guys like PJ this offseason.

But, its not hard to shoot 60% when you are shooting wide open shots every possession.

Its not just the shooting. Look at the defense. Sabonis has hardly done anything at our weakest spot defensively, and yet they're up 30. Its because guys are just out there not giving a poo. They aren't talking, not communicating, just literally watching poo as it unfolds like the rest of us. It's pathetic. And that does go on coaching.

Yup. That's exactly what i was alluding to about PJ in my thread. Dude doesn't care about winning, he just likes all the things that comes with being a pro player. His effort absolutely sucks 9 out of 10 games, which is why he's so inconsistent.

This couldn't go any worse. I really wish we would just go to the officials and just say we forfeit. Should have done it at halftime. Guys are literally watching their match-up walk past them and go up for shots and they aren't so much as lifting a finger. Every time the Pacers come down the court, someone is wide open and unguarded. They just don't care. And on offense, we are equally a trainwreck. Just chucking poo up. No plays, no screens, just coming down and jacking up horrible off-balance or contested shots for no fuging reason. Borrego is cheeks.

And this is where I throw in the towel on Borrego. I like him, but his negative just outweigh the positives. Defense is about focus and effort and we have neither. Our guys are just going through the motions... and offensively, literally anyone from this board could "coach" what they're out there doing right now... just roll the ball out there and take turns jacking horrible shots up. This has nothing to do with our youth or injuries. They have significant injuries and are still waxing us. And youth will struggle like this when there isn't any structure, which there obviously isn't. This is so frustrating to watch.

Yup, absolutely atrocious.

I hope so, but this is a bad last image to leave with voters. I knew how this game was gonna go after we flamed out that last week of the season. I honestly wish we would've just dropped completely out of the play-in. This is humiliating... guys are just standing around on defense, throwing poo up on offense. It's just tough to watch.

And I've always liked Cody as a person, and I thought he was a solid player for most of his career... he is absolutely poo now. Can't stop anyone without getting beat up in the process, can't get rebounds, can't stretch the floor, little to no post presence, always fumbling the ball now... I just can't take it. We're down 30, put Carey in the fuging game.

Honestly, I think this showing is gonna hurt LaMelo in the ROY race too, more than if we had just not even made the play-in. This is bad.

They don't have LeVert and are playing Brogdon for the first time since April and he's still playing hurt. There is no excuse for us to look this bad. This is purely lack of effort and focus.

I told yall, Borrego is the Ron Rivera of the NBA. We look completely unprepared, unengaged, uninterested. And we look this bad and they don't even have LeVert. It's pathetic.

This is about to get really ugly.

Certainly looks like they quit a month ago.

Do you think he can keep doing it? If it's not a dunk, he has just a good of a chance to miss the shots he's taken even when open. And with both of them, the opposing center just drops into the paint or plays the ball handler on picks bc they dont respect them at all. And he just isn't dependable or consistent on offense when he can't rim run, and defensively he is a liability and gets bullied.

Imagine losing a playoff/play-in game because you let Doug Hot Dog Lips McDermott drop 50 on you.

Please just play Carey or run PJ as the center. I can't take this poo anymore. Cody and Biz fuging suck. They SUCK!

Smh, welp... this is starting out just about exactly how I anticipated.

JB seemed really upbeat and encouraged with what LaMelo did against WSH, so maybe he saw something I didnt and it carries over to tonight. He just still looked really uncomfortable shooting to me, and it just seems the wrist has taken away his confidence in driving and throwing certain passes.

I dont mean to take a complete dump on JB, and obviously the initial post came off that way in the heat of the moment after we just lost a second straight winnable game that knocked us out of 8th and down to 10th. I think all we had to do was win a game over the last week to clinch 8th, and we just couldn't do it. Again, some of JB's decisions like the rotations, who is and isn't playing on any given night, and then drawing up plays for Devontae to take the last shot instead of Terry are what frustrates me. I think he's a good coach, and I would take him every time over our previous coaches, but he is still flawed... hopefully he learns and overcomes those flaws as time goes on. But, the uncanny parallel to Rivera's teams not showing up when something was on the line is a legit issue. I understand we exceeded expectations and outperformed where many thought we would be at this point, but it was just so frustrating seeing us squander all those leads late and the offense go into a complete shell for almost the entirety of the 4th quarter over several games. I understand we had key injuries, but we have to generate offense in someway, and even with the injuries, we had enough to do that... we just didn't. FWIW, I was watching The Jump yesterday, and Matt Barnes and RJ both said they think we'll beat the Pacers and raved about us, and the BPI has us at a 51% chance to win. But, I don't think national guys saw how bad we looked down the stretch here either. Again, I'm hoping for the best, but I was extremely discouraged by what I've seen over the last month.

Agreed 100%. I hope Melo is still able to get the rookie of the year, but his play since coming back from the injury has been pretty rough... like you said, he clearly isn't playing 100%, he is still favoring the wrist and doesn't trust it. He is working it out between plays and grabbing at it throughout the game, and it obviously has affected his shot both on the floor and from the line, as well as his aggression in driving. Furthermore, as you alluded to with MJ, it has been crystal clear that teams are targeting his wrist since he came back. Every game someone has taken a hard slap or shot at his wrist on the drive. It just sucks we, as a team, flamed out so bad down the stretch because I feel just like with Chinn vs Young in the NFL, Chase ended up getting ROY because they played themselves into the spotlight down the stretch and garnered national hype, while we faltered and Chinn lost the hype nationally down the stretch, despite being the best player all season.

True, but what has made this stretch so unbearable for me is that it's not just the 4th quarter of games we folded in, it was the 4th quarter of the season. When we needed it most and when it mattered, we just fell apart.