Phil sucks with this rotation, luckily the rest of the team seems to be playing generally well and getting their decent share of minutes.
Well, for what it's worth, I don't know if he really needed to play tonight. Fish played decent, and has actually been good all series after playing terrible early in the playoffs, and Farmar was solid tonight too, giving us a decent boost off the bench. Though I do think he needs to get some PT, at the very least over Vujabrick.
At least Farmar started a crucial playoff game for us and was decent offensively. That's why I don't hate on him as much but Shannon is probably better if not more consistent and what we needed tonight.
What happened to Machine? Can you believe the same guy scored 20pts last year against Boston. he didn't have an injury or nothing.
Derek Fisher deserved to be benched last night. Rafer Alston beat him off the dribble anytime he wanted. When Alston is able to get in the paint and plays a mid-range game it breaks down our defense and creates high percentage looks for Orlando. This is how we lost the two games in the regular season against Orlando. Dribble penetration by Jameer Nelson. It was also what allowed Houston to almost upset us in Round 2. Fisher simply can't stay in front of quicker guards. Shannon deserves a look OR we need to move Kobe to PG and play with a long lineup to punish Orlando in the post. Kobe actually checked Alston late in the 4th quarter after watching Fisher give up 3 easy buckets. Kobe told Fisher to switch and right after Alston and forced a turnover. I wish Kobe stuck with that assignment the rest of the 4th.
Since Denver Shannon hasn't been able to get enough time. Phil still loves experimenting with Sasha, he thinks he does well on Defense.
Disagree with you HK, Sasha's minutes are way down. I don't think Phil is experimenting with him. Sasha is Kobe's back up, SB is the 3rd string PG. Farmar is obviously doing something over Shannon, maybe in practice, that Phil likes. I still have my theory that Shannon will only get playing time when Phil feels like we're about to be blown out and needs a jolt of energy. Back in the Denver series, I believe it was game 5 where Phil inserted Shannon in during the 2nd half for the 1st time and he really brought a lot of energy. Up until that point, the game was up in the air. I think we'll see Shannon get some PT if we're about to go down double digits, or if the game is up in the air and we're looking lazy. If that isn't the case, I don't expect much PT for him. However, that is just my theory.
If the theory is true then that's bullshit. Shannon should be the backup SG, he plays both PG and SG.
Yeah, SB can play the 2 guard but he rarely does. A couple times last series we saw Farmar - Brown - Kobe - Odom - Gasol. I actually liked that lineup. Maybe Phil just doesn't trust Shannon yet with the triangle. Brown himself has admitted to having a hard time learning it.
Yep, a combo guard. Why the eff would you trust Sasha? Shannon owns him at Shooting guard, center, whatever.
Speaking of Sasha, I finally watched the entire Kobe Doin' Work documentary last night. There's some footage in there with Kobe explaining to Sasha some nuances of the game and Sasha is completely lost. He doesn't see the game the same way and tries arguing his point in vain. Damn he's annoying. I really liked the documentary.
I can see why people wouldn't like it. I'm sure they were expecting something completely different and it only documented one game against the Spurs. I just took it for what it was and enjoyed Kobe narrating how he sees the game.
