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James Edwards

👤 Speaker
1346 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

The Ryen Russillo Show
Rockets Problems & Spurs Minus Wemby (Scoot!), Plus Knicks, Pistons & Kerr’s Future w/ James Edwards & Anthony Slater

I do think that in most cases, and he comes from Golden State where Kerr is obviously synonymous with that type of offense, I do think it makes you more unpredictable.

The Ryen Russillo Show
Rockets Problems & Spurs Minus Wemby (Scoot!), Plus Knicks, Pistons & Kerr’s Future w/ James Edwards & Anthony Slater

With that said, you have to have the players with the –

The Ryen Russillo Show
Rockets Problems & Spurs Minus Wemby (Scoot!), Plus Knicks, Pistons & Kerr’s Future w/ James Edwards & Anthony Slater

know-all to be able to execute something like that consistently.

The Ryen Russillo Show
Rockets Problems & Spurs Minus Wemby (Scoot!), Plus Knicks, Pistons & Kerr’s Future w/ James Edwards & Anthony Slater

And I've wondered if the Knicks... I think they have a lot of very smart players on this team.

The Ryen Russillo Show
Rockets Problems & Spurs Minus Wemby (Scoot!), Plus Knicks, Pistons & Kerr’s Future w/ James Edwards & Anthony Slater

I think there are some, though, that when you're asking them to do things based on feel, that...

The Ryen Russillo Show
Rockets Problems & Spurs Minus Wemby (Scoot!), Plus Knicks, Pistons & Kerr’s Future w/ James Edwards & Anthony Slater

It can get a little ugly.

The Ryen Russillo Show
Rockets Problems & Spurs Minus Wemby (Scoot!), Plus Knicks, Pistons & Kerr’s Future w/ James Edwards & Anthony Slater

And I thought that's been some of the issues in the fourth quarter, specifically in game two.

The Ryen Russillo Show
Rockets Problems & Spurs Minus Wemby (Scoot!), Plus Knicks, Pistons & Kerr’s Future w/ James Edwards & Anthony Slater

It is something that Mike did the last two or three weeks of the regular season.

The Ryen Russillo Show
Rockets Problems & Spurs Minus Wemby (Scoot!), Plus Knicks, Pistons & Kerr’s Future w/ James Edwards & Anthony Slater

Maybe even four.

The Ryen Russillo Show
Rockets Problems & Spurs Minus Wemby (Scoot!), Plus Knicks, Pistons & Kerr’s Future w/ James Edwards & Anthony Slater

I want to say it felt like longer than people thought.

The Ryen Russillo Show
Rockets Problems & Spurs Minus Wemby (Scoot!), Plus Knicks, Pistons & Kerr’s Future w/ James Edwards & Anthony Slater

I thought it was more like the last month or so of the regular season.

The Ryen Russillo Show
Rockets Problems & Spurs Minus Wemby (Scoot!), Plus Knicks, Pistons & Kerr’s Future w/ James Edwards & Anthony Slater

And yes, there was some positive results there.

The Ryen Russillo Show
Rockets Problems & Spurs Minus Wemby (Scoot!), Plus Knicks, Pistons & Kerr’s Future w/ James Edwards & Anthony Slater

But

The Ryen Russillo Show
Rockets Problems & Spurs Minus Wemby (Scoot!), Plus Knicks, Pistons & Kerr’s Future w/ James Edwards & Anthony Slater

They played a lot of bad teams in that stretch.

The Ryen Russillo Show
Rockets Problems & Spurs Minus Wemby (Scoot!), Plus Knicks, Pistons & Kerr’s Future w/ James Edwards & Anthony Slater

They had the seven-game win streak in March against all tanking teams.

The Ryen Russillo Show
Rockets Problems & Spurs Minus Wemby (Scoot!), Plus Knicks, Pistons & Kerr’s Future w/ James Edwards & Anthony Slater

And then you question, like, okay, I understand why you're doing it in the regular season, and I think Mike has done a tremendous job of giving guys opportunities, empowering a lot of players on the bench.

The Ryen Russillo Show
Rockets Problems & Spurs Minus Wemby (Scoot!), Plus Knicks, Pistons & Kerr’s Future w/ James Edwards & Anthony Slater

Like, the reincarnation of Jordan Clarkson's been awesome.

The Ryen Russillo Show
Rockets Problems & Spurs Minus Wemby (Scoot!), Plus Knicks, Pistons & Kerr’s Future w/ James Edwards & Anthony Slater

Working Deuce McBride back in from injury.

The Ryen Russillo Show
Rockets Problems & Spurs Minus Wemby (Scoot!), Plus Knicks, Pistons & Kerr’s Future w/ James Edwards & Anthony Slater

Landry Schammett, for most of the year, was really good.

The Ryen Russillo Show
Rockets Problems & Spurs Minus Wemby (Scoot!), Plus Knicks, Pistons & Kerr’s Future w/ James Edwards & Anthony Slater

There was some Muhammad Diawara stuff that was really intriguing.