Should Donatas Motiejunas get Omri Casspi's minutes?

Did I miss something, OMR? When did DM become the savior? I thought he should get some minutes before but all of them?

He can't fix rebounding, bad shooting, assists and Turnovers. Those are our biggest flaws. Bad shooting and rebounding he is not good at.

 

His rebounding hasn't been bad in the few minutes he has played, and his shooting would get better with playing time. He is far from the savior, but he deserves consistent playing time.

 

There is no such thing as consistent playing time. Even superstars don't get consistent playing time. Dwight Howard had to sit out entire quarters.

The thing is Morey or others from the Front Office have not explained what our exact goal for this season is. Therefore no real moves are made.

Second round? First round exit?

 

Some not all, not yet. But he mos def deserves playing time.

 

Come on, there is no such thing as consistent playing time?

Howard, Harden, Lin, Parsons, Tjones, Beverley, Casspi, and Garcia, have all had consistent playing time all year.

I'm not saying he needs all of the playing time, but I think he needs 15 to 20 minutes a games on a consistent basis while the season is still young, so you can see how good he is. Can he play much worse than Garcia?

 

Ok.... there is such a thing as what starters minutes are likely going to look like and veteran minutes

Dmo is neither a veteran nor a pillar of this team.
Again you have to turn to Morey. That guy forced McHale's hand last year. Hasn't done much this year, no cavalry coming, eh?

 

Why are people anti-Semitic?

 

please dont take it there

if XoF case , ppl are X player fan so they hate any player who outplay him/ take his spot

and considering hardly anyone even dream Casspi will give a very decent season ( i KNOW some did perdicted that -> hence the hardly ), i understand why some ppl hate on Casspi, it kind of a wierd compliment they hate him BECOUSE he play decent and contribute to the team

 

I'd rather have Omri on the court and Cisco.

 

I think people are saying that he can play at the 3 in a lot of games and play better than Garcia. He has been a pretty good player off of the bench this year.

 

A lot people here seem to have a strong dislike for Casspi's game which I don't quite get. It may not look pretty, but he's been effective for us as a stretch 4. I feel he's been a very solid bench player for us.

 

Casspi is a twinner a 3.5
as 3 he slow but bigger as 4 he relativly small and weak but faster

considering Rocket have a great defensive 5 in D12 (had 2 before Asik went M.I.A) Casspi is better as 4 where he can utilize he speed and passing and be able to lure a big out from the post clearing it to his big man while having hs weakness coverd buy the center he play with.

considering Dmo size he fit much better as a 4/5 player covering what TJ bring and Asik brought-> being a force INSIDE the post and not a threat from outside

 

forgot to mention:
Casspi also hassle very hard and by so he able to guard stronger /bigger players which also contribute to his efficency as a 4

 

LOL. WUT?

 

He is mos def better than Garcia, but I feel we can do better. JH and DH deserve better support for a run at the finals. He seems liek a nice guy though.

 

Basketball is about matchups. So in certain nights Dmo should see more minutes and certain nights will see more minutes. This should be the way and not by limiting the bench players to 8-9 man rotation of Casspi, Cisco, Lin and Asik( when the team is healthy).

 

lets see...

the last 2 games that DMO got to play meaningful minutes were.

16 minutes against OKC on sunday 29.12.13, shooting 1-3 for 2 points and 2 rebounds.

and in the game today he got 10 minutes, and shot 2-7 for 6 points and 5 rebounds+ 1 assist and 1 block.

CASSPI during this games, playing with DMO, played 30 minutes against OKC and shot 6-12 for 15 points and 6 rebounds + 1 steal.

and in the game today he got 21 minutes, and shot 3-5 for 9 points and 6 rebounds+ 4 assists.

btw, last game against the knicks, casspi played only 6 minutes scoring 5 points shooting 2-3 + 1 rebound.


I think that Garcia should get less minutes because he is not playing well right now.
and also parsons who is playing great, but too much time, and can get injured because of it.

parsons played 39.8 mpg in the last 10 games(44 mpg in January). we need him healthy in the playoffs.

 

Yeah don't really understand the hate for Casspi.

I think he could up his 3 point consistency a bit, but other than that he moves great without the ball, has good ball-handling skills and plays hard.

Casspi isn't an old veteran. He is 25, exact same age as Lin and Parsons. He still has a lot of room for development.

 

His shot and the way he moves may look ugly and awkward but he gets it done more than not.

 

Since when did 10 minutes become saviour ball? I'm not talking all minutes. I am only talking the backup minutes when Casspi is in for Parsons. Casspi is a better 3 than Garcia. If Parsons plays 38 minutes that only leaves 10. We're talking 10 minutes. There's nothing saviour about 10 minutes.

The thing is he has talent. He needs minutes to improve. He is good enough to contribute now. He is a better option than Garcia now and will only get better with more minutes. His rebounding has improved and he is our second best post up player.His 3 point shooting is bad no question but it will improve with more playing time and at least return to 30% where it was last year. The thing is he should be posting up backup centers. 90% of backup centers can't stop him.

He is an offensive weapon in the post and when Howard is sitting he could be utilized. Not a saviour just a better player off the bench than Garcia as you said. 10 minutes the team plays a little better without Garcia killing the pace on both sides of the court. Slide Casspi over to the 3 and give those ten minutes to Casspi. Casspi plays both sides of the court better than Garcia. Plus Casspi performs better at the three where he doesn't have to continually pound stronger PF's on D. It's a no brainer. Take Garcia out of the equation and give a consistent 10 minutes for DMo the unsaviour.