Deke wasn't playing nearly this effectively before Yao's injury, though. And none of us had any reason to expect that he'd be able to play like this. Last year, he wasn't nearly this good.
When Yao comes back: Yao 34 mpg McGrady 36 mpg Battier 30 mpg Bonzi 20 mpg Snyder 20 mpg Hayes 20 mpg Rafer 25 mpg Head 20 mpg Deke 12 mpg Juwan 13 mpg
Hello. This is my first post so please be kind for me And about Bonzi. I heard on ESPN he has foot injury, but there isn't any details. Maybe anyone knows something more? P.S. Sorry for my english
Bonzi will not be out of the rotation. But if we need a spark defensively, you can expect Snyder to see some time. He played some great D on Carmelo last nite.
Maybe he wasn't getting enough exposure or JVG didn't trust him enough. Thats the point with these other guys who are getting benched... they are quality bench players we could use to relieve the starters. At the closing 2 minutes of a quarter or the starting 2 minutes of a quarter we can start a whole new second unit... I think our bench is that deep. Anyway, if anything good came out of Yao being out , it is that now we know he has a reliable backup center.
I fail to see why JVG reconsidering a switch of Bonzi and Snyder is grounds for JVG haters to attack him. He's doing simply what any reasonable coach do-- trying to stike a balance between giving a lineup enough time to melt together and recognizing a change is in order. Pretty much all coaches do the same, except maybe Larry Brown last season, when he simply went crazy with something like 41 different starting lineups and guys shuffling in and out of rotation all the time. The way the JVG critics would have it, the rotation would have been overhauled after every single loss.
Spot on- I like Bonzi- but he often turns the ball over. Snyder can be used to take aadvantage of his quickness. I think Luther is a defensive liability. He is too small to be a 2 guard and so far is not proving himself an NBA point guard. I like him and his shooting.
we should have traded bonzi when we had the chance.....managment is holding on to the fact that he could help us in the playoffs which is true but it would be aginst a slower team like s.a.........we have a month and ahlaf and he hasnt fit in yet...plus i like bonzi
What you also fail to see is whatever JVG does, a group of "haters" will blast him no matter what. On the Bonzi situation: At the beginning of the season, JVG was roasted and toasted by the Bonzi-lovers who put all the blame for their conflict on JVG's being "stubborn". Then, when JVG decided later to stick with Bonzi no matter how bad he played, another group of JVG critics came out and blamed JVG's being "stubborn". Now that he is considering a change in the rotation, the Bonzi-lovers are blasting JVG again. With many people, JVG can do no right because they have made up their mind not to like him. He can only do wrong. The Bonzi situation is but one example of JVG getting only blame and no credit whatever he decides.
Do you have the ability to understand this concept? If JVG is wrong on A then can he not be wrong on B, even if it just happens to be something you also agree with?
Read what posted and try to consider that PERHAPS just PERHAPS this sort of history you just described shows that the coach doesn't have any sound plan. THIS is what irks so many fans, it's like every year we see the same issues with JVG. Just like every year you saw the same issues with Rudy T. I do not understand how certain fans think it is wrong to point out these shortcomings, particularly when these SAME fans praise JVG for cracking down on any little wrong some players do.
Of course he could be wrong on B. Did I ever say otherwise? There's never 100% certainty. But some decisions make a whole lot more sense than others.
So, what is the "sound plan" in the Snyder/Bonzi situation? The best laid plans of every coach depends on players showing up and fulfill expectations. In Bonzi's case, his fitness level (and associated with that, his committment level) simply was not there sufficiently to open the season. JVG gave him a chance in a few games, he looked horrible and sluggish, and he was replaced by Snyder. Anythign wrong with this part of the "plan"? Then Snyder got hurt and Bonzi got in the rotation a bit later. Anything wrong with this decision? Should he keep Snyder playing with a broken hand? Now Bonzi is struggling again with injury, weight, or whatnot... the same people crying for him to get a chance at the beginning of the season despite playing even worse than he did recently now cries when JVG does give him time to work his kinks out...
It would be a foolish mistake to replace bonzi with snyder as bonzi brings a lot more to the table and is a legit starter in this league, snyder is a bench player. I wouldn't put it past JVG to make such a rookie mistake though, but I don't get how snyder became so overrated here.
