2018 NBA Draft

[mac222b]

Originally Posted by spreedom

Also, anyone wanting Carlisle to "coach us to a loss" objectively doesn't understand tanking.

Not sure what you mean. All I've asked for is the occasional sitting of vets. Or giving them less minutes some games. No one is asking for Carlisle to intentionally throw games.

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by mac222b

Not sure what you mean. All I've asked for is the occasional sitting of vets. Or giving them less minutes some games. No one is asking for Carlisle to intentionally throw games.

But who are you going to put in if someone sits? With Noel, Curry, McRoberts, and DFS sidelined for various reasons, there aren't any other options than the guys we're already playing -- especially at the guard positions... Dennis and Yogi are both playing about 30 MPG, and Wes is primarily a 3 because Barnes is primarily a 4 because Powell/Kleber haven't shown consistent range and Dirk's lack of mobility has him stuck at the 5 -- so that only leaves Barea and Harris left to mop up all the remaining guard minutes... Sure, we could call up Collinsworth, but then Motley has to go back to the Legends due to limited roster space (and I get the sense that he's needed here because we're about to trade Noel and/or Mejri).

Besides, it's not like our vets are playing a ton of minutes anyway -- the only player over 25 years old who is averaging more than 25 minutes per game is Wes, and that's because he's the only guy who can play the 3 right now (you know it's bad when Devin Harris is his primary backup)... And it's not like we want to bench our Tank Commander anyway.


EDIT: looks like Barnes is out tonight, should be interesting to see what Rick does with limited options.