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Replacing Solomon Hill's defense poses challenge for Pacers

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  • #31
    Re: Replacing Solomon Hill's defense poses challenge for Pacers

    Defense might be a problem for this team, but the lack of Solomon Hill will be far down the list of reasons as to why that is.

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    • #32
      Re: Replacing Solomon Hill's defense poses challenge for Pacers

      Originally posted by freddielewis14 View Post
      What are you talking about? He guarded/was guarded by starters for an entire season.

      Nobody is saying he's an All Star, but he has proven his athleticism and defensive skills, period. Being able to play defense and having athleticism does not mean your a good NBA rotational player, but Solo has those things. Again, if you don't know that, you probably haven't been watching.

      Also, you CONSTANTLY bring up CJ Miles 3 pt shooting in the playoffs this year to call him a bad shooter. Well Solo shot 57% from 3 in the playoffs. I'm not saying he has proven he is a good shooter, but you should try being consistent with your arguments.
      CJ has a long history of being inconsistent. Solo has a long history of being a poor 3 point shooter. Actually, it is I that am looking for consistency and I don't see that. Neither are starting quality btw...but at least Solo doesn't hurt you. Solo is a far better player than CJ.

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      • #33
        Re: Replacing Solomon Hill's defense poses challenge for Pacers

        Originally posted by BlueNGold View Post
        CJ has a long history of being inconsistent. Solo has a long history of being a poor 3 point shooter. Actually, it is I that am looking for consistency and I don't see that. Neither are starting quality btw...but at least Solo doesn't hurt you. Solo is a far better player than CJ.
        You're all over the place.

        How is Solo both lucky to be in NBA while also being far better than CJ?

        And CJ has shot 37% over the last 4 years, and shot 37% last year.

        FYI, you called Lance a 3pt shooter when he shot 35%

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        • #34
          Re: Replacing Solomon Hill's defense poses challenge for Pacers

          Originally posted by freddielewis14 View Post
          That remains to be seen. We're just talking about slowing down here. Thad can help. GRIII and CJ Miles can contribute.

          The article basically says "CJ Miles got beat up playing PF and missed 18 games (he missed 12 season before and did not play PF) so that means he can't help PG defend Lebron like players spots minutes throughout the year" which is a dumb conclusion.

          Like I said, we have guys that can defend the wing to give PG a break, what we will miss is Solo versatility. Solo could guard 1-4 which is rare, BUT it was hard to fully utilize that if he wasn't making shots.
          You defiently have a better view of CJ's one on one defense ability. Thad might be able to help, I don't know. I am not looking up stats for when he guarded Lebron in the last three years. My guess is that it is average at best. We need someone to be above average for 10 minutes a game if PG is looking to get more ISOs.

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          • #35
            Re: Replacing Solomon Hill's defense poses challenge for Pacers

            Originally posted by cdash View Post
            Defense might be a problem for this team, but the lack of Solomon Hill will be far down the list of reasons as to why that is.
            Not finding another perimeter defender makes losing Solomon Hill a big deal. No I don't think we would have offered him a contract, but then not to bring in a proven 3D player on top of it makes a weakness of ours backcourt defense. Then we can talk about losing GHill, another proven perimeter defender.

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            • #36
              Re: Replacing Solomon Hill's defense poses challenge for Pacers

              Originally posted by Major Cold View Post
              Not finding another perimeter defender makes losing Solomon Hill a big deal. No I don't think we would have offered him a contract, but then not to bring in a proven 3D player on top of it makes a weakness of ours backcourt defense. Then we can talk about losing GHill, another proven perimeter defender.
              Our defense was fine the first half of the year when Solo was riding the pine. The losses of George Hill and Ian Mahinmi are bigger problems imo.

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              • #37
                Re: Replacing Solomon Hill's defense poses challenge for Pacers

                Originally posted by cdash View Post
                Our defense was fine the first half of the year when Solo was riding the pine. The losses of George Hill and Ian Mahinmi are bigger problems imo.
                Not sure what planet I'm on, but I 100% agree. Solo is not a bad backup. Ian is a legitimate starting C. George Hill is a very good starter. The fact Solo makes much more money than GHill right now is pure insanity.

                Mark my words...when Solo's youthful exuberance fades he will find an early exit out of the league. His only saving grace is if he continues to be pretty good defensively. He will not improve offensively. People have seen the best of that and it's not much.

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                • #38
                  Re: Replacing Solomon Hill's defense poses challenge for Pacers

                  Originally posted by BlueNGold View Post
                  Not sure what planet I'm on, but I 100% agree. Solo is not a bad backup. Ian is a legitimate starting C. George Hill is a very good starter. The fact Solo makes much more money than GHill right now is pure insanity.

                  Mark my words...when Solo's youthful exuberance fades he will find an early exit out of the league. His only saving grace is if he continues to be pretty good defensively. He will not improve offensively. People have seen the best of that and it's not much.
                  "Solo is far better than CJ"

                  "Solo will have an early exit and is lucky to be in the NBA."

                  *CJ Miles enters his 12th season*

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                  • #39
                    Re: Replacing Solomon Hill's defense poses challenge for Pacers

                    Originally posted by freddielewis14 View Post
                    "Solo is far better than CJ"

                    "Solo will have an early exit and is lucky to be in the NBA."

                    *CJ Miles enters his 12th season*
                    Yes, Solo is far better than CJ. Yes, I believe he will drop off the map and become non-functional. Perhaps at that point he's worse than CJ Miles but even that will be difficult. CJ has a lot of people fooled while killing their chances to win. 10% from 3 in the playoff should be enough for teams to learn but they just don't. There are a SLEW of wings we've had over the last decade who are better assets than CJ Miles and that includes Solo. Fact CJ has stuck for 12 years just shows that teams have not wised up. Yes, he can play well for a game but he will lose two games for you for every one he helps...and that is a poison pill. At least Solo is out there not killing teams...

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                    • #40
                      Re: Replacing Solomon Hill's defense poses challenge for Pacers

                      Originally posted by BlueNGold View Post
                      Not sure what planet I'm on, but I 100% agree. Solo is not a bad backup. Ian is a legitimate starting C. George Hill is a very good starter. The fact Solo makes much more money than GHill right now is pure insanity.

                      Mark my words...when Solo's youthful exuberance fades he will find an early exit out of the league. His only saving grace is if he continues to be pretty good defensively. He will not improve offensively. People have seen the best of that and it's not much.
                      Solo has shot so much worse than CJ. Lance too. You don't make any sense.

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                      • #41
                        Re: Replacing Solomon Hill's defense poses challenge for Pacers

                        The goal is to not rely on a player like CJ. If he gets hot he can win you a game, but if he is not, let him miss a few shots then plant him on the bench. The fact that he has 0-9 games is on the coach. Hopefully our new coach will pay more attention to that aspect of the game.

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                        • #42
                          Re: Replacing Solomon Hill's defense poses challenge for Pacers

                          Point is: we are likely to have concerns defending the perimeter this season with Hill AND Solomon gone and not getting a specialist back (Gerald Henderson is whom I liked us to have gone after personally). I expect C.J. Miles, whom I have been down on for sometime, to have a better season as I expect him to virtually not play any minutes at the 4 this season, while gaining a bigger role at 2, which should (atleast in theory) make him less worn down offensively when he gets an opportunity to shoot. I also hope he recognizes better when to pass the ball on to the next player better then he has recently, but that remains to be seen.

                          I think he will bounce back a bit from a (aside for the first 1+ month) pretty disastrous 2015-2016 season from him and pray (!!!) that he covers some of the losses on our perimeter defense, while beying more in sync when to shoot and when not to shoot with the offense.

                          It's no secret though that from now on to the start of the 2017-2018 season our most likely priority FA or trade target will be a SG.
                          Last edited by Mourning; 09-15-2016, 07:01 AM.
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                          • #43
                            Re: Replacing Solomon Hill's defense poses challenge for Pacers

                            Originally posted by freddielewis14 View Post
                            Solo has shot so much worse than CJ. Lance too. You don't make any sense.
                            Shooting is just one aspect of the game and CJ shot 10% from 3 in the playoffs. His true self was able to shine through. He's just flat out awful and poison to a contender. On a bad team I would say he's fine because they will be losing anyway and his 0-9 games are not going to single handedly lose games for them because they would already be losing.

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                            • #44
                              Re: Replacing Solomon Hill's defense poses challenge for Pacers

                              Originally posted by BlueNGold View Post
                              Shooting is just one aspect of the game and CJ shot 10% from 3 in the playoffs. His true self was able to shine through. He's just flat out awful and poison to a contender. On a bad team I would say he's fine because they will be losing anyway and his 0-9 games are not going to single handedly lose games for them because they would already be losing.
                              Again, CJ shot 37% last year, the same % he's shot over 4 years. This while he was literally the team's second leading scorer most this year and last year, a role he should never have. His percentage should be even better this year because we have so many weapons.

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                              • #45
                                Re: Replacing Solomon Hill's defense poses challenge for Pacers

                                Originally posted by kent beckley View Post
                                The goal is to not rely on a player like CJ. If he gets hot he can win you a game, but if he is not, let him miss a few shots then plant him on the bench. The fact that he has 0-9 games is on the coach. Hopefully our new coach will pay more attention to that aspect of the game.
                                There is some truth to this. But it's very hard to know when his shot is off and I don't believe he's a playoff performer. You put pressure on him and he becomes a brick layer.

                                Your first sentence really gets to the root of it. If you cannot rely on a player, he's not worth playing on a contender. Solo could actually help a contender. That's why I consider him a much more valuable player even with his obvious limitations. I suppose CJ is an NBA player because there are a lot of inconsistent backups on bad teams...

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