jmause3 wrote:

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I wanted to slap the hell out of Lucas today

I been feeling like this, thank god CJ is back.

I still think it's way to early to give up on both Noah and Boozer, but I do think that one of the 2 needs to come off the bench.

arstyle27 wrote:

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I've defended Booz all the way, but he's just not gonna play the way he did in Utah when he had that great stretch. And that means he's not worth all the money we're paying. Don't know if it's health or just a decline, but he's way too soft.

I'm gonna go with decline.  He just turned 30 and he's definitely digressing. Asik is progressing well though.

I'm gonna agree with Da R entertainment and say it's decline, but also a lack of pick and roll plays.
I think this is a bigger indication that maybe DRose and Booz's style don't mesh.
Boozers bread and butter was always that elbow jumper with D-Will feeding him off the screen's, that and his ability to grab rebounds (where the hell did that go??).
He was never an elite defender, but even then he still had the strength to man up on opponents and some explosiveness left in those legs........but now he looks done.

Noah on the other hand.
I don't know what the hell is up with this guy, I truly can't figure it out.
He plays better with Taj and maybe he should come off the bench.
I just think he needs to be that scrappy dude who will go all out, and just crash the boards hard and play solid D down low.
Too often I see this clown get switched on screens and he just calls other guys off like "I got him, don't trip" and tries to D up a SG or SF and gets torched (Rudy baptized him today).
He needs to stop trying to be something he is not.