McHale: Some young guys are getting minutes they don't deserve for developmental purposes

McHale is too real.

 

He's referring to Harden, obviously.

flamingdts pretty much nailed it in the other thread:

 

That is a really mean thing to say about Lin.

 

Well, its true. It's got to gall McHale to constantly be given younger/rawer players while trying to make the playoffs.

 

Only possibilities are DMo, TRob, and Lin.

 

Donatas is the most obvious one because he was getting starter's minutes.

Robinson is there as well. Although, not starting, based on his play on the court, he should be in the developmental leagues right now.

As of right now, Greg Smith is a better option than either of these two guys.

 

Considering Lin's played every game this season and his minutes are being restricted anyways, McHale's probably not referring to him.

 

I'd have to agree.

 

Yeah that seems pretty obvious.

Neither contribute much to winning, though some seem to think if our offense was featured DMo's post moves (all 2 of them) that we'd be better off.

And props to McHale for being honest.

 

Hmm I don't get this. You can say Morey forced his hands by trading away PPat and Morris. But after the trade was done, what choices does he have at the PF position? You obviously can't play Parsons/Delfino out of position all the time. So why does he sound like there're better alternatives on the roster than DMO and TRob?

On 2nd thought, maybe that's why he was playing Smith alongside Asik the other night...

 

But even so, Smith is himself a young player who deserves developing. I just don't get McHale sometimes...

 

Harden for sure, to "develop" his skills as the main option. Besides that i was thinking Robinson or Motiejunas, but Garcia doesn't play their position and Smith is pretty young himself.

 

But if he was talking about Lin, it would all make sense then...

 

Well... yeah. I dont see why this would be a huge shock to anyone. The whole positioning of this season was to bring in the new age, and build a team for the future. The quote is actually taken slightly out of context too if you dont watch the video to go with it.

Playing the only "true veterans" Delfino, and Garcia 40 minutes each at the 3 and 4 doesn't really do anything for the future because it cuts back on the development of the guys who are going to be with the team long term... which is not Garcia and Delfino(who both could be gone after this Summer).

IMO, Garcia, Delfino, and maybe Brooks are the one guys he could be referring to. If you pull D-Mo, or T-Rob out of the game for missing an assignment of defense, who are you going to play instead of them... Smith, Olbrecht, T. Jones, or Royce White???

Everyone else I see on the roster is still what I consider a developing player who will make alot of mistakes.... even Harden who still has a long way to go to maximize his capabilities.

*So it is possible that McHale was just referring to guys like D-Mo, & Robinson getting minutes pulled for mistakes made on a normal playoff team that actually has veteran options. McHale just does not have those options unless he's going super, super small.

 

He also said that if he rotated based on performance the rotations would rotate. But what options does he have, aren't everybody except for Garcia & Delfino being developed, so it's not like he could change the rotation dramatically. What's most interesting then is that he isn't playing Anderson much yet also doesn't play Brooks.

 

I would agree Clutch except the guys he was refering too where guys that got an opportunity in the Clips game that had not had one because they were stuck behind young guys.

Like Anderson and Garcia are the two he seems to be referencing for me....

DD

 

You would think he means DMo and TRob, but we don't have any other PFs behind them unless you count Smith...