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Originally Posted by j0Shi
I'm pretty sure there will be times when Fisher doesn't deserve but plays 20-25 minutes in front of more productive players. Just based on history how Carlisle/the Mavs used to handle things.
In the GSW game they turned away from a hot Majo to give the last shot in regulation to Carter. Turning to vets to a fault sometimes.
But hell who knows, maybe it'll work out great, gets Collison the kick-start.
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If Fisher is playing 20-25 minutes a night when he's not making shots, it'll probably be because he can at least be counted on to run the plays the coach wants run the way the coach wants them run, and to be where the coach wants him to be, when he wants him to be there, on the defensive end. If that comes to pass, you may call that playing when he doesn't deserve it. I'll call it the payoff for having earned the coach's trust by consistently doing what's asked of you. If any one of Dallas' other point guards had come close to doing that we wouldn't be having this conversation right now.
As for the GSW game, you're echoing what was a popular sentiment on this board and around Maverick land at the time, but without getting into the merits of the specific play-call, the fact of the matter is that OJ wasn't at all hot when the last shot was given to Vince. He didn't get hot, or start demonstrating an ability to make plays on the offensive end, until the OT period. Rick definitely has a history of turning to veterans when in doubt, but that play isn't remotely an example of him having done so to a fault.