Mathletics: Letting Gordon Go One of Dumbest Moves

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JimmyBulls wrote:

Deng can't create his own offense, and that creates certain chemistry issues when he forces his offense. If you factor in Rose, Salmons, and Gordon being guys that can ALL get their own, I think it's likely Deng would've got lost in the offensive mix. Hell, there is a chance that could happen this season, but less likely because a productive Deng is needed for team success.

As far as injuries are concerned, both teams had to deal with nagging injuires. But it doesn't defeat the ultimate fact that we lost to a team without their best player.

No team that won 50 games would've lost to that Celtics team without KG. I doubt the Hawks would've lost to the Celtics without KG. The C's did take to Magic to seven, but that's about as meaningful as the Bulls taking a KG-less Celtics team to seven games.

Even if we had Deng just for defensive purpose, we would have won the series and there is NO DOUBT.

People forget but Deng plays the best defense against Pierce than anyone else in the league (especially without KG there to help Pierce).

Also, if Celtics weren't tired after that long grueling series against us, they would have beat Magic in 6. Remember they were up 3-2 against Magic.