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[QUOTE="6Nattys4Us, post: 5189790, member: 13819"]
We needed Ross and Diarra, and maybe also Mahaney to get the ball up and not eat 8-9 seconds to cross half court. How many times did we see Hurley or McNeeley screaming to get help to the ball? All these shot clock violations (turnovers) are the direct result of too little time left to properly run our O indeed.

And the Johnson starting experiment has to end.

Johnson - 8 min, 4 fouls, 4 pts, 1 block, 1 assist, 1 rebound (1 D), 1-2 FG, 2-2 FT
Reed, Jr. - 32 min, 3 fouls, 12 pts, 3 blocks, 0 assists, 15 rebounds (7 O), 5-7 FG, 2-4 FT

I get Johnson gives some offensive prowess to make teams guard against slip screen dunks, but that's really it. He is almost always out of position for a proper pass to him, and he has no idea what to do offensively if he's not 2 ft from the rim.

Reed, Jr. can muscle up a shot, back down a player, or draw a double-team - he needs to work on getting the ball back out vs a double-team, but he is a sure-handed rebounding machine that can score and has the body to box out.
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