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sunshoopjunky wrote:I think that Watson drew that up....

Yeah we just stole it from Portland from 2 nights ago.

I just wish we'd play our young guys more. Tucker played 32 minutes..

Tyson 35 minutes, Alex Len 14 minutes..

iLLmatic wrote:I just wish we'd play our young guys more. Tucker played 32 minutes..

True, but tonight he contributed on defense and rebounding. Plus that last play.

LazarusLong wrote:

iLLmatic wrote:I just wish we'd play our young guys more. Tucker played 32 minutes..

True, but tonight he contributed on defense and rebounding. Plus that last play.

No doubt, not complaining about his play. Just saying it'd be nice if our younger guys would get more minutes in lieu of winning.

Fun game.

Good to see Chandler still playing well. His presence on the court is big for the young guys, I think.
Good to see Booker looking comfortable in the offense. Only forced a few, but didn't look tentative like he has. The toe is back!
TJ's shot wasn't there, but he found his way to the line.
Booker and Warren combine for 20 free throws. That may be the best stat of the game. If those two can get some calls, we will be a different team.

Tucker and chandler were solid so fair play to them... Amazing what a pair of shoes that fit can do for someones game!

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iLLmatic wrote:Tyson 35 minutes, Alex Len 14 minutes..

Len 1-4 from the field, Chandler 5-8. Chandler more effective on offense tonight.

iLLmatic wrote:

LazarusLong wrote:

iLLmatic wrote:I just wish we'd play our young guys more. Tucker played 32 minutes..

True, but tonight he contributed on defense and rebounding. Plus that last play.

No doubt, not complaining about his play. Just saying it'd be nice if our younger guys would get more minutes in lieu of winning.

Totally understand. It's a long season ... let's hope their turns will come.

Don't care that Tucker made that pass and had some decent defensive plays. I'm not sure Bender couldn't have done it. I'm ready to move on from him and from Knight. Like... tomorrow.

LazarusLong wrote:

iLLmatic wrote:Tyson 35 minutes, Alex Len 14 minutes..

Len 1-4 from the field, Chandler 5-8. Chandler more effective on offense tonight.

28 rebounds between them which is very good

I don't think you put an untested 18-19 year old in that situation. That would be unwise coaching.

carey wrote:

sunshoopjunky wrote:I think that Watson drew that up....

Yeah we just stole it from Portland from 2 nights ago.

Was that a Portland play? Good either way just surprised me he was so open. I think the Ebled misdirection at half court was purdy sick.

On a side note it left way to much time on the clock.

iLLmatic wrote:

LazarusLong wrote:

iLLmatic wrote:I just wish we'd play our young guys more. Tucker played 32 minutes..

True, but tonight he contributed on defense and rebounding. Plus that last play.

No doubt, not complaining about his play. Just saying it'd be nice if our younger guys would get more minutes in lieu of winning.

It's a balance. You can't repeatedly lose night in and night out and expect morale to stay high and for guys to develop a winning mentality. As much as we'd love to see youth and continual losing, that creates a losing mentality where players are checking out and morale drops drastically.

AmareIsGod wrote:

iLLmatic wrote:

LazarusLong wrote:

iLLmatic wrote:I just wish we'd play our young guys more. Tucker played 32 minutes..

True, but tonight he contributed on defense and rebounding. Plus that last play.

No doubt, not complaining about his play. Just saying it'd be nice if our younger guys would get more minutes in lieu of winning.

It's a balance. You can't repeatedly lose night in and night out and expect morale to stay high and for guys to develop a winning mentality. As much as we'd love to see youth and continual losing, that creates a losing mentality where players are checking out and morale drops drastically.

Thank you.

sunshoopjunky wrote: Was that a Portland play? Good either way just surprised me he was so open. I think the Ebled misdirection at half court was purdy sick.

On a side note it left way to much time on the clock.

Was basically the play Portland burned us with to force OT 2 nights ago.

LazarusLong wrote:

AmareIsGod wrote:

iLLmatic wrote:

LazarusLong wrote:

iLLmatic wrote:I just wish we'd play our young guys more. Tucker played 32 minutes..

True, but tonight he contributed on defense and rebounding. Plus that last play.

No doubt, not complaining about his play. Just saying it'd be nice if our younger guys would get more minutes in lieu of winning.

It's a balance. You can't repeatedly lose night in and night out and expect morale to stay high and for guys to develop a winning mentality. As much as we'd love to see youth and continual losing, that creates a losing mentality where players are checking out and morale drops drastically.

Thank you.

I think people around here have sometimes lost their way. Yes, develop the young guys. But don't foster an environment where it becomes accepted to lose 5 or 6 games in a row with a win sprinkled in. Your valuable vets like Bledsoe and Chandler will alienate themselves from the young players and guys will stop listening to coach. You create a roster of Morris twins that do what they want without giving a damn about the rest of the team because we aren't going anywhere and losing is expected. You end up firing coach because the players aren't buying in and you continually start over at square one. It's all about balance and I expect people around here to understand and adopt that. Not just play the young guys all of the minutes simply because they need to develop and winning is irrelevant. Winning is ALWAYS relevant today. It's finding a nice balance to compliment it where the young guys are able to grow in a positive environment.

AmareIsGod wrote:

iLLmatic wrote:

LazarusLong wrote:

iLLmatic wrote:I just wish we'd play our young guys more. Tucker played 32 minutes..

True, but tonight he contributed on defense and rebounding. Plus that last play.

No doubt, not complaining about his play. Just saying it'd be nice if our younger guys would get more minutes in lieu of winning.

It's a balance. You can't repeatedly lose night in and night out and expect morale to stay high and for guys to develop a winning mentality. As much as we'd love to see youth and continual losing, that creates a losing mentality where players are checking out and morale drops drastically.

Couldn't agree more. We don't want to "tank" - intentionally losing when we could be competing to win. Knight is playing poorly, so he got his fewest minutes of the season. PJ played very good defense on Davis, so he got the time.

Hopefully we can trade them both before the season is out.

I'd like to see Ulis get more run. But I will be patient, hoping Watson, a former guard, will develop a feel on who to play when.

As for NO, I forgot what a clown act Stephenson is. He's competent on one series, then chucks an airball three on the next. And his mouth never closes.... I think he has a plate of worms on meth for brains.