Brick House?
by Jeff Clark on Apr 29, 2009 11:26 PM EDT
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PrintAll year long Eddie House has been draining threes and proving scoring punch off the bench. Eddie broke Danny Ainge's long distance shooting percentage team record by tossing in 44.4% of his 3 point buckets (good for 8.5 pts. per game).
The postseason has been a different story so far though. He's only shooting 31.8% from deep so far, contributing just 4.4 points per game. He only hit more than one 3 pointer once this series (2 in game 3). He's not even playing that much. He only logged 10 minutes in Game 5's overtime effort.
So what's the deal? Doc offers some insight.
On House: "Eddie, we've just got to get going. It's tough for Eddie, though, in this series. They're attacking him when he comes on the floor. It's clear.
"We knew coming into this series the Bulls have four guys who can create their own shot and they're all at guard. So when you bring Eddie on the court they're going right at him and forcing us to take him off the floor unless he can defend.
"He's had some good stretches, but the better he can defend the longer he can stay on the floor."
So it sounds like Eddie isn't a good enough defender to stay on the court. Here's hoping he can stay in front of his man more because we could really use his shooting on the court tomorrow night.
Eddie wasn't much of a factor in the playoffs last year until he hit some timely shots against the Lakers in the Finals. However, he's been a much bigger part of the offense this year and I was hoping for more out of him in the playoffs.
If he gets some more looks (by staying on the court) I think you'll see his averages even out. Our bench sure could use the shot in the arm (bad pun intended).
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Eddie’s fantastic percentage from regular season included his carpet bombing of lousy defensive teams. These Bulls have definitely been wary of leaving him open and are up in his grill.
Eddie puts in the effort on D, he just doesn’t seem to have the mobility to hang with the Chicago guards. So yeah, if he isn’t able to get loose, not much reason to have him on the floor.
by Thruthelookingglass on Apr 29, 2009 9:24 PM EDT reply actions
Little ball movement is hurting House on offense. When he gets himself open, seldom does the ball get to him. This being the case, Eddie has no business being currently on the floor because he’s getting killed defensively. Put him in for a short stretch, if he does nothing keep him on the bench. Doc is keeping him on the floor too long.
by BudweiserCeltic on Apr 29, 2009 9:33 PM EDT reply actions
Mobile Home Eddie?
Put some wheels underneath Eddie and make him mobile. You know like skates. Tie a rope around him and attach it to the fleet footed Scali’s waist. They can play “Synchronized Defense”. As Scali whips Eddie Mobile Home around the perimeter using his effective powdery vanilla white “thunder hips” Eddie can literally be guarding three or four people at once while waving to the crowd.
Of course the added bonus to this would be that every time they passed the Celtic bench Scali could move his hips and whipsaw Eddie over to Mikki Moore on the bench to “sweep the leg” if Mikki were to stand up and try to enter the game.
Seriously – I think Eddie has had one heck of a season and he he more than done his job on both ends of the floor. Bulls are younger and quicker and we are older and slower.
For Doc to simply say his poor defense forces him to take Eddie off the floor sooner sounds as if Doc has someone else to go to on the bench who is the “complete package” on both ends of the floor (good outside shooter, knows the plays, makes decent decisions and can defend like a young Gary Payton) – and guess what??? Doc doesn’t have anyone at this point on the bench who is better than Eddie “the whole player” House. I think in this case Doc is incorrect or trying to further motivate Eddie (which I doubt he needs)..
Is it Soup Yet?
The best defense on a good offensive player is to make him play defense at the other end. The Bulls have been using it to negate House’s impact.; and they have been doing it well.
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Also, this is the playoffs. There won’t be a many open clean looks as there are in the regular season. Plus, when you play a team 5 games in a roll, you ought to have already figured all their moves and well-prepared.
by This is NOT NOT our year on Apr 29, 2009 10:38 PM EDT reply actions
Are you guys missing the obvious?
Every guard on the Bulls team is taller than 6’3, Eddie is barely 6’1 and doesn’t have the speed or leap to match. What do you think he can do on offense and defense. Marbury is not much better as a defense player, but he does have the size and strength, I think that’s why he is getting playing time also.
The reason why Marbury and TA were in the game was because the Bulls went small with Salmon at the PF. Remember the 11 point lead in the 4th quarter?
Heads up, Jeff:
you wrote “offseason” instead of “postseason.” Good post, though…personally, I still feel really confident about House. He’ll get it going soon, and maybe that’ll help make the difference in Game 6.
by FierceLikePaulPierce on Apr 29, 2009 11:17 PM EDT reply actions
He's certainly due...
If it was a matter of simply missing shots, I’d be thinking more along your line of thought. But the Bulls are preventing him from even shooting it. So, two things need to happen: he needs to get open and then take it/make it when he is open. On top of that, he’s gotta defend better as well.
Eddie’s certainly capable of having a good game tonight, but personally I think we should be using better defenders in his place. We’ll see.
by SalmonAndMashedPotatoes on Apr 30, 2009 8:00 AM EDT up reply actions
Tony Allen...the new Eddie House?
But seriously. Tony should be getting Eddie’s minutes if Eddie can’t get clean shots off and make them. it’s that simple. If we still had RA in game 5 when we went small down the stretch I don’t think it would have even been a close game (even though we were down at the time). RR, RA, TA, PP and KP is a great small ball lineup that can score and play excellent defense. I hope Doc uses it in game 6 when the Bulls go small.
It's about defense in the playoffs
Eddie can’t defend ANY of the Bulls guards and that’s why he hasn’t gotten many minutes this post-season. He also had trouble defending during the regular season—the difference being that he could score enough in the regular season to offset his poor defense. The problem now is that the Bulls are stopping him on offense as well.
TA and Marbury are the better perimeter defenders and need to play the majority of the backup 1/2/3 minutes the rest of the series…
by SalmonAndMashedPotatoes on Apr 30, 2009 7:56 AM EDT reply actions
rondo wimp foul
That was the most chicken@#$% foul !!!! What u guys cant win without that kind of unsportmanlike foul rondo should be suspended for that he wasnt going for the ball he was going for the head.
You are kidding, right?
And unless you missed it, the NBA has already reviewed the foul and nothing happened. Get over it.
Having Eddie’s scoring off the bench is no longer a luxury … it’s a necessity. I don’t care how bad of a defender he is, for Doc to have BOTH Marbury and TA on the court in overtime is a joke. Considering Perk’s offense is often a result of other players’ drives, we were basically playing 2-on-5 in OT. Whatever the hell the team can do to get House going, they have to do it. Maybe we can beat the Bulls without Eddie putting in 10 points off the bench every night, but we definitely can’t get any further.
Good point....kinda
Tony is great at getting to the hole and getting guys (like KP) open shots. just like he did on the first play in OT to get Perk to the foul line and the C’s one foul closer to the penelty. The thing is, if eddie is not hitting his shots (which means he has to at least get them off) he does no good for us. At least Tony and Marbury can get to the hole and make something happen and they play better defense.
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