Delfino probably out a little longer. Recalling Machado probably means Douglas spends more time as backup 2-guard.Machado would backup the 1
I don't post much but I keep up to date via CF's as often as I can. However, I've been out of touch the last couple of weeks. Can anyone fill me in on the latest with Royce White. Last I heard is he went to D-League and did a disappearing act. Is he playing with the Vipers yet? How is he doing?
I am optimistic about D-Mo playing. I don't know about the rest of you but the thought of Machado playing scares the crap out of me.
He has lost his marbles. Missing in action. Tweeting ugly things about the Rockets. He is now Morey's problem.
I think Machado is there just for practice + blowouts. Cook actually had a decent game against the Knicks and will probably will that "we need a 3-pointer Delfino" role until Delfino is healthy again. With Douglas backup 1, with occassional minutes at the 2 next to Lin even. Calling up D-Mo and Machado is also smart by Morey in general to let these guys know they are in the mix with the Rockets and provides some encouragement while playing in the D-League knowing that at any moment, you can get the call up. I think it acts as a motivator and D-Mo pretty much acknowledges that by saying he appreciated the playing time to maintain a rhythm and keep up his confidence. I'm guessing Machado will likely be sent back down once Delfino and Aldrich come back.
i've been a big Douglas critic but in fairness, he's strung together a few good games in the past week. His played good Defense (not great but good) and his 3-point shot has actually been falling somewhat and he's a good free-throw shooter. Lets give them man props and encourage his development!
Machado has the best court vision then anyone on the roster. He reads the game really well. He ant sahoot well, but the guy is a pure playmaker.
He also mentioned that Douglas and Terrence Williams have come down with the same flu bug that Harden had in Utah. Well, at least now we know which players have been building relationships with each other, as Parsons would say.
This, plus that they had 2 guys sick (see Sampson's post-workout interview) so that they couldn't play 5 on 5. And considering that they were talking about going from OKC to Minneapolis to go see McHale's family, they might've wanted everybody there for that. ...plus or minus White.
