So did Mike Brown with LeBron in Cleveland, and Vinny Del Negro with the Clippers. Some people mistake the talent for good coaching
i would like to know the answer what you will do if one orlando player had tipped in the missed shot so we would have had only 3 pts lead. would you stick with your bench or go back to your starters?
I would go back to starters long time ago, like 6-minute mark. In the scenario you described, I'd probably put Asik back in for defensive purpose. I'd leave Lin on the bench because according to a lot of people subbing him in only at the end of game is an insult to him.
no need to worry LOFs. :grin::grin::grin: i am raising the question coz mchale said clearly he would have put back his starters if orlando had made one more shot (most likely refer to missing tips) to make a 3-pt game. i would like to know how many ppl here would have had gut to stick with bench.
I very rarely come across media that is praising anything Mike Brown or Vinny Del Negro (you can go to ESPN LA if you want, you'd actually fit right in with the other pissed off people). You are somehow comparing the talent of Lebron James and the whole Clippers team to Harden/Lin/Asik/Parsons. Think about that for a quick second. Give every national media person a choice of LBJ, the Clippers roster, and the Rockets roster. Who do you think they'll pick? Who do you think they'll pick 2nd? I only hope that some moderators give you a little time out for your tantrum that you've thrown over the last 16 hours. If not, I can say that I'm probably not long for this board anymore...
No, we can all pile on Lin for each turnover. But, can't criticize McHale for leaving him in because he got the W anyway. McHale was Morey's pick for coach. He dumped Adelman for not playing along and thought McHale was the complement he needed to lead the coaching staff for his analytics-driven vision. If McHale is making suboptimal decisions, Morey will be the first person to know. As for reputation, McHale has earned a lot of respect from me, and probably quite a few people around the league by now. Or do you really think everyone believes it's all Harden dragging these kids into the playoffs with one of the most potent offenses in the league?
Seeing as how the bench has played pretty poorly recently ( despite what some people have said, when they are on the floor together they look pretty lost ) I'm glad he did it. Only because it was Orlando though. I don't see him doing this in the playoffs though, the rotation will shorten and most of them will be limited. Even Beverley unless Lin and/or harden are with him because as good as some people think he is on d, he and the rest of the bench are inept when it comes to creating something on offense.
Nah, it was a ****ty, hyperbolic statement when it was originally proposed and no one answered it for this reason.
Absolutely. Resting all your starters against a lottery team and still win? Only good coaches can do that.
HMMmm interesting question about playing garcia at C...very good question actually it points out that singling out single decision and judging it as good or bad is something very very subjective and relative...everything depends on what are your goals and whether they are long term or short term...
Most of the people who think McHale's being bailed out by his talent are the ones who think our PG is an all-star talent who's just being misused. Shouldn't be a surprise, I guess.
^ Crap. Accidentally hit the enter button. Can't make this stuff up. Check the Pacers game thread. Not 1 or 2 posters made the same comment that it was an insult to put Lin back in with still 5 minutes left and Rox only down by 10. I think AggNRox knows what I'm talking about. That's why he said "no need to worry about LOFs". And you wonder so many people including me hate LOFs...
Yes the game Lin played great in the third quarter but got benched until the end of the fourth quarter to play the garbage minutes.
No. Correlation does not equal causation. Good plays by the Rockets team in the first 3 quarters led to the win, or if you want to argue that good coaching in those 3 quarters led to the win, by all means. However, the decision to play the bench straight for 12 minutes, and watching the lead got chipped away slowly but surely, while our offense was non-existing, without any adjustment, just HOPING time would expire, is NOT a good basketball decision, and didn't pay off. Maybe you can say that it didn't end up as a complete disaster, but it did look very bad. Give credit where it's due, but the 4th quarter was NOT the reason we won, but rather we won In Spite Of that "decision".
