One of the big problems I have with Gordon starting is the extra minutes and workload can effect his shooting. And we NEED his shooting. Especially with Anderson out. It is a trickle down effect. Same can be said for Ariza. I know Dekker hurts the spacing, but would rather he start to help on the boards. Now is where MDA has to tweak his offense to get Dekker involved via cutting instead of carbon copying him in Anderson's role.
At least he should be perfectly ready for the playoff...MDA better be ready to play Sam and/or Wiltjer more thought, i don't like the idea of Ariza playing 40/45 minutes per game until the playoffs...
That's a wise decision. I said after the Pelicans game that they should hold him out til after the road trip. The 2 games vs Golden State will be tough even with Anderson in the lineup. And they can beat Portland and should beat Phoenix without him.
bull, clyde and worrell where laughing off that fall for several minutes thinking there's no way anyone could really get hurt off that play. but alas, anderson is like that flaky crust at the edge of a delicate strawberry tartelette
Good that they think he'll be back. Bad that it's more serious than your normal sprain. Hopefully doesn't linger.
I thought it was Flopping too like Cuz said, but with Ryno, he ain't never flopping. He can get hurt in bed.
Good opportunity for dekker to get his confidence back up a bit. That's good going into the playoffs should he see some time in various spots
Going to be the season. "D-Mo just sore back. Should be ready to go next game. . . . "D-Mo undergoes back surgery; out 6-8 months."
He takes rest give more time for gordon and Williams. Can we consider to put ryno in the bench and let gordon to play forward
We can only go as far as our role players take us when the beard is off or out. Anderson's has shown what he can do, he is hardly an X factor. He has a very good offensive game every 10 or 15 games. That is just not adequate enough. I think we need a consistent bench, bench threats to pull something big in the playoffs. I am confident we can give them more playing time come playoffs.
If we had an additional big, Anderson wouldn't have been guarding Cousins. Which means that he's probably not injured...
If the schedule makers would've scheduled that game on a different day than that means anderson wouldn't have been guarding cousins at that very moment in time so he's probably not injured
