why does nobody get that teams don't play 12 people? We are in the final 2/3rds of the season, there is not going to be much experimenting going on anymore. Bev Harden Ariza Smith Howard Jet D-mo Brewer Dorsey that is our rotation and that will be our rotation for the rest of the year
What is up with Papa and Canaan not getting any playing time? I thought Papa was going to relieve Ariza some minutes once we got Brewer and Shved.
I don't care about Papa not getting playing time. He didn't look ready. Canaan has shooting that the team could use though.
There was no need to give Dorsey minutes tonight. DMo only played 25 minutes. Dorsey played 7 minutes. That means DMo only played 3 minutes at the 5. He could've easily taken the other 7 minutes at the 5 and we could've replaced Dorsey's minutes with Kostas in a small ball lineup or even put in Canaan for a shot of juice to our offense or just skipped Dorsey altogether and let DMo play 32 minutes. Another mistake by McHale. I love the guy. But I think his in-game strategy is horrendous at times. I mean not switching Brewer on to Joseph when Joseph was absolutely torching Bev. Bringing in Dorsey to clank free throws at the end of the half. No minutes for Canaan when Canaan had very clearly staked his place in the rotation prior to his injury and is very obviously a superior handle and decision maker to any of Terry, Brewer, and Smith. I can't explain nor agree with the above moves and non-moves. Dorsey is the worst player on the roster and Shved is the next worst player yet both players have been given shots at the rotation while one of the top 9 players on the team makes good on his minutes and gets dropped like a hot potato for the likes of Shved and Dorsey. It makes no sense unless Canaan is already gone in some pre-arranged trade. Even if you don't like a guy you gotta do what's best for the team. Nothing else makes any sense regarding Canaan's lack of minutes while Terry, Smith, and Brewer and Harden are all out there playing soccer.
The point is that this 9 man rotation is flawed. We need Canaan. If that means Terry is left out, so be it.
we need canaan because he's the only one who can break down the defense from the perimeter other than harden. he can also hit that 3. he was playing great before he got injured. i have to agree with all the posters who are wondering about his absence of minutes. i have to think he's still not fully recovered. james harden is not a point guard. against great defenses he will get doubled and he will turn the ball over. he needs to be set up, and come off screens more, rather than trying to cross over and dribble between his legs, which leads to turn overs. we will not win a championship with out another playmaker from the wing, which has to be at the point given that we're set with 3 and D players at the 3 and beverley who's basically a 2,playing the 1. isaiah canaan is the only other playmaker we have so we may as well give him a shot at starting and see what we can do.
Read bballholic's posts on it. No need for me to repeat the case. BTW, going to OT against the Grizzlies without ZBo and losing to SA without Parker does not make us the favorites for the Championship.
Is Jones in the bottom 3rd of the depth chart when he is healthy? If NOT....then whoever has his rotation spot is ALSO in the botth 3rd of the depth chart too.
If Patty Mills can play for the Spurs championship team, Isaiah Canaan can play for the Rockets. We need another creative that can also shoot at the PG spot, we were so good with him starting and playing, we need his shooting because have have all these D guys that can't shoot consistently and Terry has fallen off a cliff. DD
Bingo. Spurs have both Mills....who contributed greatly to their championship run last year...and Cory Joseph..a very distinctive playmaker to backup Tony Parker. Having Terry, Smith, and Brewer create is like the Spurs having Danny Green and Belinelli create and leaving Joseph and Mills on the bench. Not good.
A good coach would realize these things. I just feel McHale will be the major downfall of this team in the end.
I have no idea what Canaan needs to do in order to gain some respect from the coaching staff. He has proven he can score in this league and yet McHale first tries to give his spot away to scrubby Ish Smith and then Shved. We keep hearing about court vision and passing yet Pat Bev and Jason Terry get passes for their complete lack of those qualities. Canaan is a better scorer than both of those guys with all due respect to Terry being on the downside of his career. Considering Harden is the point guard anyways, this would seem to be a perfect match, but the coach obviously doesn't feel this way. Canaan has a good enough handle to bring the ball up the court and is a knock down spot up shooter. He can also create his own shot, something that no other guard on this team not named Harden is capable of doing.
Get him on the stretching machine and stretch him out to 6-4 and then paint some freckles on his face. That way McHale thinks he's got DJ on the bench.
What do you mean by distinctive? He's a good role player, but won't say he's known for being a playmaker. Definitely plays well in general though.
