Kurt Thomas put up 0 points and had a game-worst -12. That’s not nearly good enough. Add to that the fact that he’s slow, has no inside game and can’t or won’t run the floor and you’ve got a center who’s a dead-weight. Yeah, he plays good defense. Sometimes. Bargnani lit him up in the first half in Toronto, because for some reason Kurt refused to guard him, even after he started burying shot after shot. How much longer before we let Asik start? At least he runs the floor, which is our main problem. We can’t get fast breaks and can’t run with Derrick Rose, which is his greatest strength, when Kurt’s out there.

We need a new shooting guard. Desperately. Bogans ended up with 0 points last night. He had one assist and NOTHING ELSE. That’s fucking terrible. When two of your starting 5 don’t score, you’re going to lose. I don’t care who you’re playing or how good your defense is. No team in this league can win carrying that much dead weight in the starting rotation.

And what the hell is Ronnie Brewer doing? 2 points in 27 minutes? No free-throws? Just 2 boards? Just 2 assists? He’s gotta step up. And against New Jersey, he had just 9 points? In 30 minutes? Somebody has to score, and obviously the point guards we have now can’t or won’t produce to starting level capacity. We need a new one. Yesterday, if possible.

Oh, and someone should tell Derrick and co. that when the 3’s aren’t falling, maybe you should stop hoisting them up. Carlos was dominant; I’d have fed it to him in an isolation every time down the floor. Let him put up 40 shots if he has to. You gotta go with what works until they stop it.