How exactly would YOU distribute our PG minutes anyways??

no, not at all. if funny, i would be fine with it. neither funny nor meaningful. i am lost. what did you try to accomplish? if bashing 2012ers was only your goal, i think you accomplished nothing but wasted time.

 

I think this is actually a very constructive thread -- discussing the rationale of substitutions. The fact that the discussion is about PG position, i.e. focusing on Lin, makes some people upset. I don't understand this sentiment. If some think other players also deserve being discussed, then start a thread on that; no one is going to stop you from doing that.

The fact that you are not enthusiastic enough about those players to start your own research and thinking on them should not be a reason for you to object to those who are enthusiastic enough about some player on the team to think and write about him.

 

I think jeremys pt is fine at the current 32-35 range. My issue with mchale is that he has zero sense of rythm and always seems to take our guys out when they get rolling. Not just lin, but asik and others as well.

 

Yes, you can call me a LOFH. I have time while running some tests. So sue me...

 

Hmm so your point is that all lofs are unable to communicate in proper english? If we had Iverson on the team and ai fans are complaining about his minutes, are you going to mock them by typing in ebonics as well?

 

Agreed. Also make sure your starters are rested enough they can play the last 9-10 minutes in the 4th Q. Don't keep them out the whole 4th Q because you may have a small lead.

 

You think Lin & other's minutes are being mismanaged? Isn't that the point of this thread? But now you want to change direction and start to bash substitution patterns by the way of McHale. You are sort of changing to context of this thread by doing that. So you want to talk about PG minutes distribution, but you still want to gloss over the fact that Lin is still averaging 33 minutes a game.

Yes, McHale is far from a perfect coach who makes his occasional headscratcher play call, but I have no problem with his minutes distribution over the stretch of the season. 33 minutes a game for Lin, TD 19min over the course of the season, and 15 min per game over the last 10 games(meaning more minutes for Beverly & Lin).

The point Im trying to make is, I can't and shouldn't be able to tell you when and where X player, or Y player will get those minutes because of the volitility of the position that is the PG position with the Rockets. Its the nature of the fact that you cannot rely on this position yet for consistent play. The coach is still trying to get a feel for what each guy can do consistently every night.

Minute distributions from the PG position is fine. The stats are right online for the world to see. You just have a problem with WHEN X player or Y player are getting those minutes... Essentially you have a problem with TD getting minutes late in games when you think Lin should be in the game... just admit it instead of trying to skate around minutes distribution please.

 

No. I'm chinese myself and my english isn't good enough to begin with. So pls take the race card out of this.

 

Oh so becaus you claim you are chinese on an internet board, that gives you carte blanche to say something stupid? How many lofs on this board actually even write like that? Far as I can see, most of the lofs we have onboard are american and don't got an issue with engrish.

 

TD is SCARY at the the end of games...

 

Uh oh, I skipped the arguments but I'll add my minutes to the thread.

I'm taking it as Guards minutes instead of PG minutes since Douglas can sub in for Harden as well.

Harden 36 mins
Lin 32 mins
Douglas 18 mins
Beverly 10 mins
= 96 mins total

Personally, I would play them this way:
1st Quarter:
12:00 - Lin and Harden start
02:00 - Lin out, Douglas in
(Harden 12 mins, Lin 10 mins, Douglas 2 mins)

2nd Quarter:
12:00 - Harden and Douglas start
08:00 - Harden out, Lin in
06:00 - Douglas out, Beverly in
(Harden 4 mins, Lin 8 mins, Douglas 6 mins, Beverly 6 mins)

3rd Quarter
12:00 - Lin and Harden start
08:00 - Lin out, Douglas in
04:00 - Harden out, Beverly in
(Harden 8 mins, Lin 4 mins, Douglas 8 mins, Beverly 4 mins)

4th Quarter
12:00 - Harden and Douglas start
10:00 - Douglas out, Lin in.
(Harden 12 mins, Lin 10 mins, Douglas 2 mins)

 

I don't even know what that means, but whatever. LOL

If only LOFs can stop saying stupid things, I wouldn't feel the urge to attack them. Eye for an eye...

 

Stop. Hotballa just OWNED you. The OP created a detailed thread with a breakdown of minutes at the PG position, hardly anything stupid. Its pretty obvious you just wanted to troll the thread and bash 2012ers. In the words of dobro1229, just admit it and quit skirting around the issue.

 

harden's mins don't look good although overall he only plays 36 mins. i don't like playing him the whole period in 4th period. he doesn't need to start the 4th period. he can be subbed in anytime depending on how rox plays. the more tired, the less efficient he might be.

 

I see your point about tiredness and inefficiency, but I took into consideration his superstar status and how he might want to take control of the game (especially if he hasn't gotten his points quota by then).

Harden also rests 4 mins at the end of the 3rd plus the break before the start of the 4th, so I think that's enough rest to give him a full run in the 4th.

How else could you give him at least 36-40 mins without him playing almost full quarters?

 

Sorry if Im confusing you. It seems like the whole thread is about when Lin should get his minutes when the PG & the PF position are probably the most volitile and unpredictable player postion on the team with the most inconsistent play. The point is, its hard to say when and where, when the play is so inconsistent.

Im also pointing out that late in games seems to be when most people have a problem with the substitution habits from what I am seeing on this thread. It seems like people are finding other things to lump into their displeasure with McHale. Maybe that's not you, but it just seems like every time Lin isn't in the last second of a game, three similar threads gets created like clockwork... along with the "Fire McHale" thread getting resurfaced.

 

You really don't think McHales substitution patterns for not just Lin but for Asik and Patterson as well are strange? I mean how about the game he yanked Lin with 3 minutes left in the 3rd Q for Beverley and left him out for the remainder of the game? You pull your PG, who is an established NBA starter, for a guy who was playing for a second tier Russian team and has maybe 20 minutes of lifetime NBA experience? Seriously?? Then people complain and they are dubbed "LOF". Only a hater would not question that type of substitution.