[Kerr] "[I'm giving Jordan Bell] the rookie treatment" "We just don't have any time for him."

vs Looney? whoa...if Morey took Bell and MDA said that ... GARM would exploide.

3rd year player, Looney, has been handed the minutes, per Kerr. Bell's been placed on inactive list for 4 of 5 last games. Kerr still likes Bell; he's just saying that Looney took the job away from Bell.

Spoiler: my thoughts

I wish ppl who yell at coaches for presumably not developing rookies right away will take note that Kerr will in time with Bell, but is going to the 3yr "vet" Looney, because he won the job. Admit it: Who here thinks Looney has a future?

Count me as someone who has always subscribed to the coaching strategy that good teams shouldn't just hand role players early PT, just because. I'm a firm believer that winning the job in practice is key to development of the player's practice habits, drive and focus, as well as the team. Now, franchise rookies are different, of course...but they mostly win the job out of the gate, anyhow.

Jordan Bell getting ‘rookie treatment’ with Warriors

OKLAHOMA CITY — It wasn’t long ago that Warriors rookie Jordan Bellwas an early-season revelation. Now, he is struggling to get on the floor.

With Kevin Durant back in the lineup Wednesday night against the Thunder, Bell will be on the inactive list for the fourth time in five games. His only playing time in that span was a three-minute cameo with Durant sidelined for Sunday’s win over Brooklyn with a sprained left ankle.

Bell, the No. 38 pick of June’s NBA draft, has failed to log double-digit minutes in each of Golden State’s past six games. Not surprisingly, that reduced role coincides with Kevon Looney’s recent emergence. With the NBA trending toward more small-ball lineups, the third-year forward out of UCLA has been a defensive asset, switching off screens onto guards with relative ease.

After not playing in seven of the Warriors’ first nine games, Looney has appeared in eight in a row. It is his reward for a summer spent slogging through an intensive workout regimen and shedding 30 pounds from his 6-foot-9 frame.

“[Looney] has a much better sense of what we’re trying to accomplish, which he should,” Golden State head coach Steve Kerr said. “It’s his third year. It’s Jordan’s first, so he’s still learning the NBA. Looney’s done a great job, and he’s earned the consistent minutes night in and night out.”
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Free to run the floor and throw down dunks, Bell is shooting 70.4 percent from the field in limited playing time. His instincts, court awareness and defensive versatility have many in the organization believing he could be a foundational piece of the Warriors’ future.

“He’s just a victim of the numbers game,” Kerr said. “Looney came in and did a really good job for us in a few games and kind of took that role. We just don’t have any time for Jordan right now.

He’s doing fine, but we’ve barely practiced, so he doesn’t have much chance to make an impact. But it’ll come. It’s a long NBA season. There will come a game where we’ll rest someone and he’ll play. He’s getting the rookie treatment.”​

 

I can agree with this type of player development, see my OP comments. Most fans don't, *especially* after what he already showed in his garbage time minutes.

And that is exactly what 10% of the BBS would say to defend MDA if tables were turned. I guess I'm just weird. I wouldn't even need the two ring criteria to defer to a coach on this. For instance, I had no beef with McHale for giving Morris and TJones the rookie treatment....and they were first round picks.

So does it really take two championships for a coach to develop 2nd rounders like Bell this way? Or are you saying only coaches with two rings are allowed to do it without huge fan criticism.

 

Casspi started for Durant, too. Guess Kerr had it marked as a scheduled win.

Or the GSW fans blew-up over his comments and Myers forced him to play Bell.