obviously there is an element of random chance ... Meaning you can manage everything "correctly" and still have injuries. But MDA's lack of foresight is troubling . I feel that he's brought CP3 back before he was 100 percent . When cp3 went down with his second injury , we all thought it could be another 2-3 weeks and he came back quicker than expected . I don't think I'm alone in thinking that our losing streak at the time influenced coach's decision . The same thing happened with Clint . James plays through injuries all the time . James playing through injury is likely a contributing factor to his current injury . Ariza plays way too much . PJ plays more minutes than we originally planned . We bring in green .... And our commentators are spot on tonight ... His condition giant there yet , he just joined the ****ing team . Yet , MDA seems to Rely on him now for 30 minutes a game . What happened to sticking to the plan of reduced minutes ? What happened to looking towards the postseason as the ultimate goal . Why does it seem like after we lose a game or two , MDA pulls out all the stops to try and win the next game . it's apparent I don't think that highly of Mike . But I do think that even with MDA at the helm , if our team is fully healthy down the stretch we are gonna be great . By fully healthy I mean that guys have fresh legs and bounce . But , the way things are looking now , I doubt our ability to get to that point . I saw Luc warming up tonight . I bet he comes back " ahead of schedule." In Mike's eyes we "need him for our defense" , and he's definitely a great defensive player ... But I bet his defense won't look so good after MDA plays him 30 plus minutes right out of the gate for multiple games . All of our players are being run into the ground
MDA has no plan. its concerning. He leans on all the talent instead of his coaching. Its not plug and play it's why he doesn't trust anyone.
Hypothetical . Would you rather be a 5th or 6th seed , but everyone is fully healthy and rested ? Or be the 2 or 3 seed , but our guys are about 70% ? I take the first scenario everytime . That's where the edge comes from . That's the difference between harden getting to the rim effortlessly and having great balance on his jumper vs harden having to draw contact to score. In the NBA every tenth of a second counts so much . If our guys have that bounce in their step I'll take our chances with anyone .
This is good to give chances to new face for the bench player to make our stater heathly and use 10 people rotation in playoff
I think PJ Tucker is banged up, or just exhausted. His decline began right about the same time he started having to play more minutes. He will need to get some rest when Mbah Moute gets back.
Health is the key to everything So if we have to sit CP3 and others some and end up as a 4th or 5th seat. . . so be it Rocket River