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Will the Dan Tony ever increase the size of his short bench?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Carl Herrera, Oct 28, 2017.

  1. Carl Herrera

    Carl Herrera Contributing Member

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    Maybe it's a matter injuries, but Coach Tony just doesn't do long rotations.
     
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    U know that 3 of our top players are injured right?
     
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    I'm no Troy fan, but Mike should have put the guy in last night at least to give Luc and Tucker an extra few minutes of rest.
     
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    Short answer: No

    Long answer: Nooooooo
     
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  5. Voltik

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    This is MDA’s largest flaw and this team is already so prone for injuries. Limiting minutes is key to playoff success and fresh legs for 48 minutes of defense and offense. Top teams manage minutes for key players throughout the year.
     
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    He won't and it's his biggest shortcoming. If you have a great 8-9 men rotation and it's working then I get it, why not, but that's not the case. And even then it's questionable. Look at the top 2 organisations in our league: Warriors and Spurs and see how deep they go. Easily 9-10 deep! MDA needs to stop being so stubborn, it's like McHale never left in some ways...
     
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    fkn seriously, he's paranoid as **** when it comes to using his bench. even thabeet was useful for okc in short spurts. lots of deep bench players can do the same. arguably his biggest flaw and why im not sold on him beign a championship coach. he's playing an injury proner, eg, nearly 40mpg this season. ariza doing the same as usual.
     
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    The plan this year is to run out of gas in April and refill the tank in May
     
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    Don’t want no short bench man.


    Eeeny weeny/ teeny weeny - D Antoni short bench man.
     
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    thru 6 games

    Rnk Player Total Minutes Played

    1 Kevin Durant 225
    2 James Harden 218
    3 Harrison Barnes 214
    4 Wesley Matthews 211
    5 Klay Thompson 211
    6 Andrew Wiggins 207
    7 Karl-Anthony Towns 205
    8 Stephen Curry 200
    10 Eric Gordon 195
    13 Jeff Teague 188
    18 Ryan Anderson 183
    19 PJ Tucker 182

    20 Draymond Green 182
    21 Luc Mbah a Moute 179
     
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    Who would you play out of the guys sitting on the bench? Troy Williams?

    This one's on Daryl. You want coach to play a deeper rotation, give him more proven NBA players.
     
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    Harden is currently no. 8 in terms of most minutes played per game in the league.

    Non other Rockets were in top 30 other than Harden.

    GSW on the other hand, looks like to many that having a much deeper bench than the Fox, Durant is no. 4 on the list and Thompson is no. 20.
     
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    I think MDA has been great for us but it's ridiculous that he doesn't give Troy Williams a shot.
     
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    i mean this was the biggest reason (to me) why we goofed so hard against the spurs in last years playoffs.


    and at this point i want james to have the longest career possible so it'd be nice for him not to finish top in minutes again....
     
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    Fertita will be buying a YUUUUGER plane to conpensate.
     
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    mbah avg role player-turned-superstar via mda's short rotation
     
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    last night showed mda waited too long to give brown non-garbage time minutes. compared to DJ, brown was calm, composed, deliberate and added another reliable ballhandler on the floor. he needs to run troy a few real minutes tonite now, just to see what he can give us.
     
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    And starters like CP3 and Ariza who normally gets most of those minutes not even on the list. Damn you MDA.
     
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    With regards to Troy, we got him last year and did well in a few games. My guess is Morey and MDA talked about bringing him back, so why in the world is he not playing? I think even if MDA got Troy Daniels he wouldn't play him. I'm also not sold on MDA as a championship / elite coach and at the end of the season, if all of our players make it that far, we will surely run out of gas again and we all know who will be responsible!! Sure Morey can try to get him some veterans, but would he even play them?
     
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    The Warriors' big four are all on that list. Durant the leader in minutes played, Thompson and Curry in the top ten. Our minutes will drop when CP3 gets back.
     
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