So Who's Gonna Write The Reports? Official Brooklyn Nets Season Thread
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AJtheOne
Nets/Giants/Yankees
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Piff Lord
Yall gonna get this work
AJtheOne
Nets/Giants/Yankees
its goin just how we expected
AJtheOne
Nets/Giants/Yankees
at least 
is playin well
is playin well
AJtheOne
Nets/Giants/Yankees
The Sudden Fall of Ma$e 
After Mason Plumlee exceeded expectations as a rookie and was a surprise selection for Team USA’s entry in the FIBA World Cup this summer, he entered his second NBA season looking to build off both experiences and become a key contributor for the Nets under new coach Lionel Hollins.
But things haven’t worked out that way, as Plumlee is shooting under 40 percent from the floor, has fallen behind Jerome Jordan in the rotation and played sparingly in the first half of each of the Nets’ last two games.
“It’s not what I expected,” Plumlee said after Saturday’s loss to the Spurs. “I want to stay away from the word frustrated, because you just have to look forward, focus on what positives there is and just start playing better.
“If you just start saying, ‘I’m frustrated, I’m frustrated,’ that doesn’t get you anywhere.”
Plumlee might not want to say it, but it would be hard to believe he wasn’t frustrated with his opening few weeks of the season.
Plumlee fit nicely into the perimeter-based offense and aggressive defense the Nets ran under Jason Kidd last season, when Plumlee often functioned as the lone big man on the court after the Nets went to a four-out, one-in system over the second half of the season. He shot 65.9 percent from the field and made 22 starts as a rookie.
In the two-big system Hollins runs, however, Plumlee hasn’t been the same player. He has struggled, shooting just 39.7 percent overall and getting 10 of his 58 shot attempts blocked. He is shooting just 40.4 percent (19-for-47) from inside 5 feet after shooting nearly 71 percent in the same range last season.
Both Plumlee and the coaching staff talked about him becoming more of a post-up threat, and the Nets have given him the ball there and allowed him to try and score when single-covered — a strategy that, so far, has failed more often than it’s succeeded.
But while the results haven’t been what he or the team would like, Plumlee said the bigger issue for him is trying to do too much.
“By the end of last year I kind of had a rhythm, I was playing extended minutes, and to go from that back to spot minutes is an adjustment,” Plumlee said. “I have to be better in the minutes I have.
“I’m not always getting a lather, I’m not always getting a sweat, and I think that’s probably the biggest thing. I don’t think it’s so much style of play, or anything like that, but I think that’s why I’ll be in foul trouble a lot. … I’ll be eager to do something, instead of just playing the same way in a shorter time period and building off of that, where you’re not pressing, you’re not forcing things.”
But while Plumlee has struggled, Jordan has surpassed him in the rotation by doing what Plumlee hasn’t been: Making the plays he’s supposed to. Jordan played 13 solid minutes in Saturday’s loss, finishing with five points and five rebounds, and Hollins made it clear Jordan has earned the time he’s being given
“I’m just trying to give us a little life and energy,” Hollins said of playing Jordan. “Jerome has played well. He deserves to be in the rotation.”
Now in a battle just to get on the floor, let alone be a rotation player, Plumlee said he’s trying to get back to the basics and start building himself up again by taking whatever positive plays come out of the minutes he’s getting.
“You look for any little thing,” he said, “and try to build on that.”
After Mason Plumlee exceeded expectations as a rookie and was a surprise selection for Team USA’s entry in the FIBA World Cup this summer, he entered his second NBA season looking to build off both experiences and become a key contributor for the Nets under new coach Lionel Hollins.
But things haven’t worked out that way, as Plumlee is shooting under 40 percent from the floor, has fallen behind Jerome Jordan in the rotation and played sparingly in the first half of each of the Nets’ last two games.
“It’s not what I expected,” Plumlee said after Saturday’s loss to the Spurs. “I want to stay away from the word frustrated, because you just have to look forward, focus on what positives there is and just start playing better.
“If you just start saying, ‘I’m frustrated, I’m frustrated,’ that doesn’t get you anywhere.”
Plumlee might not want to say it, but it would be hard to believe he wasn’t frustrated with his opening few weeks of the season.
Plumlee fit nicely into the perimeter-based offense and aggressive defense the Nets ran under Jason Kidd last season, when Plumlee often functioned as the lone big man on the court after the Nets went to a four-out, one-in system over the second half of the season. He shot 65.9 percent from the field and made 22 starts as a rookie.
In the two-big system Hollins runs, however, Plumlee hasn’t been the same player. He has struggled, shooting just 39.7 percent overall and getting 10 of his 58 shot attempts blocked. He is shooting just 40.4 percent (19-for-47) from inside 5 feet after shooting nearly 71 percent in the same range last season.
Both Plumlee and the coaching staff talked about him becoming more of a post-up threat, and the Nets have given him the ball there and allowed him to try and score when single-covered — a strategy that, so far, has failed more often than it’s succeeded.
But while the results haven’t been what he or the team would like, Plumlee said the bigger issue for him is trying to do too much.
“By the end of last year I kind of had a rhythm, I was playing extended minutes, and to go from that back to spot minutes is an adjustment,” Plumlee said. “I have to be better in the minutes I have.
“I’m not always getting a lather, I’m not always getting a sweat, and I think that’s probably the biggest thing. I don’t think it’s so much style of play, or anything like that, but I think that’s why I’ll be in foul trouble a lot. … I’ll be eager to do something, instead of just playing the same way in a shorter time period and building off of that, where you’re not pressing, you’re not forcing things.”
But while Plumlee has struggled, Jordan has surpassed him in the rotation by doing what Plumlee hasn’t been: Making the plays he’s supposed to. Jordan played 13 solid minutes in Saturday’s loss, finishing with five points and five rebounds, and Hollins made it clear Jordan has earned the time he’s being given
“I’m just trying to give us a little life and energy,” Hollins said of playing Jordan. “Jerome has played well. He deserves to be in the rotation.”
Now in a battle just to get on the floor, let alone be a rotation player, Plumlee said he’s trying to get back to the basics and start building himself up again by taking whatever positive plays come out of the minutes he’s getting.
“You look for any little thing,” he said, “and try to build on that.”
TR7
Trust in Sean Marks
Plumlee has sucked this season, he needs to figure out how to play with a second big and how to go up strong instead of like a bytch and getting blocked. How are you near 7 feet shooting 40% from inside 5 feet?
Jordan has been great off the bench and deserves the minutes, until Plumlee figures out his shyt keep feeding Jordan those minutes.
Jordan has been great off the bench and deserves the minutes, until Plumlee figures out his shyt keep feeding Jordan those minutes.
AJtheOne
Nets/Giants/Yankees
Also him and brook dont know how to pass once they get the ballthat shyt bothers me to no end.
same here
TR7
Trust in Sean Marks
Plumlee needs to take his time and go up strong..he still needs another off season of work on his one on one game. Also him and brook dont know how to pass once they get the ball
Yea but when he does take his time he then takes too much and lets the big recover and block his shot. He's either too quick and out of control, or too passive and he gets swatted.
This is the first system he's really ever played that always has 2 bigs on the floor (at least thats Hollins' plan right now) and clearly he's still learning.
He needs to look at Jordan to watch and learn. He's active, goes all in for every rebound, and finishes every time he's given an open look.
AJtheOne
Nets/Giants/Yankees
the Sixers have a bunch of no names
looks so much healthier/better this year
that block from Lopez tho
looks so much healthier/better this yearthat block from Lopez tho
Crack Daniels
Under New Management
Got a hard time believing Markel Brown can't beat out Alan Anderson in the rotation right now. I really think he'd be perfect to inject some life into the bench