Okay, we all know that with the acquisition of Andre Miller we now have four guards that deserve playing time.  I knew we would have some three guard line ups.  When I predicted before the season that we would see Miller and Blake on the floor at the same time with Roy, no one believed it.  I just can't believe we are seeing it this much.  Miller, Rudy, Roy, same thing.  It is costing us games.  It cost us this game against the Hawks.  We can't have a small line up against a long athletic team like them.  They are a good team, but we made them look great, by having them play against smaller defenders.  It also allowed them to dominate the boards, and have bigger guys on Roy most of the night, which really hurt his game. 

We need a center in the game.  One of our advantages in the league is the fact that we have two quality centers.  One of them should be on the floor almost all the time.  I'm fine with trying smaller line-ups.  Like I said, I knew we would, with the four quality guards we have, but I think we have to get serious in a tight game where defense is just as important as offense, and our centers have not fouled out.  This just seems very obvious.

The team is having some chemistry issues right now, but I believe we still could have won every game so far, in spite of those growing pains, if we were playing a balanced unit that can play defense against the other team's best group.  We've now lost to Denver and Atlanta due to too much small ball.  I'd like to see small ball, only if the other team goes there first for the next few games.  The team looks like crap right now, but they should still be able to win these games if they don't throw the defense out the window for the whole fourth quarter with a small lineup.