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Just before the playoffs, John Schuhmann, the deep stats and power rankings guy at NBA.com, offered some thoughts on the Nets. In an article entitled, "Have we seen the best of the Nets?" Schuhmann argued that there were issues the Nets had yet to resolve, among them P.J. Carlesimo's rotations which baffled people outside --and inside-- the Nets.
On Thursday night, Schuhmann used Twitter to let loose on some of the same issues he highlighted in his NBA.com piece. Here is a sampling. He like others is more than a bit mystified.
PJ doesn't necessarily need to change his starting lineup, but he also doesn't need to play Wallace & Evans together for the entire quarter.
— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) April 26, 2013
How long does he go with Wallace/Evans here in the 3rd? Had a chance to shake things up at that timeout.
— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) April 26, 2013
Evans & Wallace have played 25 minutes together. Unbelievable.
— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) April 26, 2013
Evans can help your offense if he's getting offensive boards, but he has only 12 in 175 minutes (2.5/36) vs. CHI this season. Bad matchup.
— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) April 26, 2013
Sorry. In last 2 games, BKN is a -26 in 42 minutes w/ Evans & Wallace on the floor together, +15 in 54 other minutes. bit.ly/11IyQwN
— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) April 26, 2013
BKN wasn't bad offensively w/ those 2 together in the reg. sea., but playoffs against CHI's D is different. Need to stagger their minutes.
— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) April 26, 2013
@d_shawjr Humphries doesn't exactly give them more offense. Don't care who starts. Just don't play those 2 together more than 5 min/half.
— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) April 26, 2013
Give CHI a lot of credit, though. With all the shots BKN has missed, Evans has just 2 offensive rebounds in 80 minutes in the series.
— John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) April 26, 2013
Schuhmann of course was not alone. Peter Vecsey had a few as well, including this one, that was both critical and portentious.
P.J. is saving Brooks for his successor....
— Peter Vecsey (@PeterVecsey1) April 26, 2013
In fact, the critical tweets Thursday night are indicative of how a lot of people are feeling Friday morning.