We desperately need him, but he played 51 minutes last night and 49 against the L*kers. By my poor math that is 100 minutes in the last two games. Portland needs to start being extremely pro active and sign at least 1 big from the D league ASAP. LA can't continue to go that many minutes.
Said this after the Lakers game. McMillan can easily give him a couple more minutes before putting him back in the 2nd quarter. Last night the Blazers were up by 4 and Aldridge checked in with 11min to play in the 2nd quarter. McMillan could have easily waited a couple more minutes at the very least. Same thing can be said for the Lakers game. Unless the team is getting drilled without him just give him the extra minutes on the bench. Just because you go down by 4 doesn't mean you have to bring him right in.
What we really need to do is win games in regulation. Anyway, Camby's back tomorrow. Wallace joins tomorrow. LMA will rest.
Those are both overtime games, though, which makes the raw numbers somewhat meaningless. 44 and 46 minutes in back to back games is high, but not unheard of.
I couldn't agree more ... but I've got to believe this hasn't completely slipped Cho's attention either.
Where did you hear that Camby is back tomorrow? Good news if true. And those were OT games yeah, but he averaged over 40min a game in January and he's averaging 42min a game this month. That's just too much. Guys are coming back so hopefully it will go down now. It really needs to.
I wonder if they could convince Leon Powe to come here for the rest of the season? I liked him a lot before the knee injury in Boston.
McMillan said he thinks Camby will play Sunday on the post-game show last night with Wheels and Harvey.
LA has played what, the second most minutes in the legue this year? That's not good for the long haul
We have 2 roster spots open, Joel will not be bought out (see link in Joel thread), and Chosen 1 said he'd address the situation this week. I think we'll see a big here soon enough.
It's a temporary move, and after a week off from the All Star break, LA had to be feeling a bit fresher. If these games would have come before the All Star break, I think it would have been a different story. Wallace helps tremendously with allowing him to get some rest. Camby needs to come back, too. At that point, we can get his minutes down between 32-38 a night. Mostly, we need to start blowing shit teams out, so he can sit the entire 4th quarter.
Yet another anti-Nate thread, but this time in a more back-handed manner. "You play to win the game."
Some players I might consider for our big man hole: -Troy Murphy -Steve Novak -Leon Powe -Courtney Sims -Marcus Cousin -Pops Mensah Bonsu I also want a PG with the roster spot, and I'll take either Bibby or Ford.
Just say no to Bibby. Please. I beg you. Don't do it. Even with his ~40% 3pt shooting (43% this year, 39% last year) he's hovering around a 12 PER in his last 150 games. Why? He turns the ball over a ton, doesn't bring much offense to the table other than those 3s, and doesn't have an appreciably high assist ratio (on a team with Joe Johnson, Josh Smith and Al Horford?). And yes, PER encapsulates most of his worth to a team b/c he "plays" defense like a paraplegic plays Wii. "Playoff experience": He's been in the playoffs 4 of the last 5 years. PERs of 12, 7, 15 and 12. http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/bibbymi01.html
2nd time I've posted this today... in his 20's, KG averaged 39.7 MPG over 5 seasons missing only 3 games. He's a 34 year old 14 time All Star. How's that for the long haul? I'm not worried about LA's minutes so much as I'm thrilled about his play STOMP
Co-sign. Hell, I'll pay for the signature gatherers on the petition. How bad of an idea is going after Bibby? John Canzano was on the radio saying they should sign him, that's how bad.
I think only people who haven't seen him since he was on the Kings with Webber would really be pining for him... he's fallen far from that level since.
