A very good point, can you tell that to JVG ! 28-16 is nice with all the injuries the team has had. DD
V-Span should learn the art of thinking positively. He should spend at least one extra hour in the Gym everyday and practice his shooting skills: mid-range, 3-pointers. No matter he plays or not here, he will help himself with better shooting even if he goes back to Europe.
After seeing Vspan last night, I can finally give up on him contributing this year. He's an indecisive, poor shooting, no confidence, poor defending rookie. JVG didn't insert him into the game til later when he wanted to see how JIII/head work out as backup PGs. Brightside, I got a good look at Carney and how freakishly athletic he is compared to our scrubs.
Yes, VSpan would have had a simliar stat line if he played the same number of minutes. Actually, potentially worse...
Vspan was not so bad Rockets began to suck when lucas come to the court and played PG. Vspan played badly at the begining when he played SG,but in the last 2 minutes he played in his position PG, and he did well, so did Rockets. this tells two things. first,he should play in his position. second,he need time to adapt himself for the game.
Well, fortunately, we haven't had to endure both being out. I can only recall one game where both were out against the Suns. I thought we held our own ok. Given it's only ONE game. Over a season, it would be horrible. I find that when TMac goes out of games recently, our team doesn't fall apart, often times extending a lead slightly. Now, I'm not stupid enough to say, we are a better team without McGrady, that's just stupid. BUT, I think this team without McGrady and Yao actually is not the worst in the league. Have you seen some of these teams out there now? They are baaaad.
Sam Cassell WAS a really good player, before 2 or 3 years. Accordingly #1 of the 2 things you were saying is wrong, and it was wrong when you said it, for the very same reasons you have now adoped #2. And let's not lose sight of something - last night was the EXCEPTION, not the rule. The fact of the matter is this: the vast majority of Spanoulis' minutes this season have come with other starters and at least 1 of the 2 superstars on the floor.
I wish Van Gundy had mixed in the scrubs for a couple of minutes here and there playing alongside rotation guys during the second and third quarters. That's a pretty safe way to give them some minutes without losing the structure of the game plan.
Early in the season yes, I concur. He was getting a decent run at the two guard position, and being asked to be a spot up shooter, something he is not good at right now. DD
His passes lead to clanks or TOs. And let's say he *is* making the correct passes and smart plays. Don't you think JVG would have put him behind Rafer instead of JLIII at the time then? If JVG can overlook horrible shooting and accept smart plays (Rafer), then if VSpan were making the right plays, I think he'd get at LEAST a look at the backup spot. Just sayin. If VSpan needs playing time, he needs to find it somewhere else. If you mean to play against better players, apparently the end of the opponents benches isn't good enough? He's struggling there. He needs to find a way to get on the floor. Remember a guy named Tracy? Unless my memory serves wrong or I am just sadly mistaken, he got on the court playing defense. Although we know he can play defense when he wants to, it's not his "game" as spot shooting isn't VSpans. Playing defense on this team will get you minutes. My point being he just needs to either improve or make better use of the few minutes he does get. You only get so many chances to make a good impression in the league. Look, I'm pulling for the guy. As I've said before, I support every single one of our guys. He's just not giving much to defend him about.
I think JVG is trying to get the rotation guys to play near perfect ball while we are on this roll and while they are playing focused and intense bball. JVG talks about that as being somewhat fragile. He doesn't want to lose it. He wants the rotation guys to feel it...to know what it is like. Everything is a challege. When you are up by 20 in the 3rd, it then becomes a challenge to see if you can maintain your intensity. It becomes a test for the rotation guys. I mean, doesn't that sound like what JVG is saying in the post game vid that was posted. I'm completely uninterested in taking chemistry building time away from the rotation guys in the 3rd q by trying to fit in one or two scrubs to play with TMac and Battier. Let them work their way into the lineup. I'm more concerned with the rotation getting solid now, than the rookies, because chemistry, focus, intensity can be fragile things.
I agree. Our team is playing very well. As Clyde said, they did what they were supposed to do against a sub .500 team at home. They play hard, and they play well for the most part. We are one of the top teams in the league, and we are still missing our allstar center. Why oh why, would you want to experiement right now? You win, and you get that winning attitude and mentality on this team, getting them ready for the playoffs. I don't understand how a team that is doing so well as I described above has so many whiners. How soon we forget last season...this season has been a breath of fresh air.
This is exactly the same thing I was thinking. It's all about maintaining that killer instinct throughout the entire game. I'm getting sick of all the he was "out of position" excuses for V-Span. The two TOs he got were him handling the ball. His First TO came from when he tried to beat his defender off the dribble and lost control on the ball. The 2nd TO came from when he tried to force a pass to Chuck Hayes. You can't blame those TOs on him being "out of position". In those plays, he was running the point, trying to create something. He failed.
I agree with this post. Although with the risk of injuries and the team up by 38 or so points, none of the rotation guys should be playing in the 4th quarter. DD
