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Originally Posted by BigDog63
Carlisle HATES unforced turnovers. Who does he especially hate those from? PG's. Who is likely to have lots of unforced turnovers? Rookie guards. Hard to really fault that mindset...but easy to see how it impacts people getting minutes.
You also have to consider he was never in a 'this is a rebuild year' situation. Always trying to win. Playing those rookies, while perhaps beneficial long term, was mostly never going to improve the Mavs ability to win now. In different situations, his rotations might well look different.
You also have to look at what the Mavs needed at the time. Take Green, for example. Mavs struggled offensively quite a bit this year. Was he going to help or hurt them offensively? Hurt, clearly. That alone really limited his playing opportunities. Where could he then best develop his skills? G league. Which is where he went. It should also be noted he didn't exactly tear it up there, either.
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Even when we got the pick for Luka we stupidly kept trying to win games because of "culture". We lost tie breaker and moved from 3rd to 5th iirc and then had to trade a future pick to get Luka. That kind of shit really hurts when compounded with the free agency failures.