Nate should start Batum on the road and Gerald at home. Why not when you have two capable SFs? Just flip their minutes, Gerald gets ~35 at home, ~20 on the road. Nate is too stubborn to try something like this.
On the bright side. If he keeps this up, then maybe we can drop his per year contract and still be able to keep him. And... I think Wallace is fine coming off the bench anyway. It's not like Wallace is some prima donna that demands to start. I think he just wants to win. We still need his energy and I believe that Batum will learn a great deal watching Wallace. I've seen Batum really progress much more since the arrival of Wallace. A friendly competition of playing time doesn't hurt those that want to win. If you want to start then prove it! I think Batum is making a good case so far.
Hard to fathom. Is the sample size too small? Some weird statistical coincidence that all the games he has been digned up and/or had a bad matchup situation were road games? Maybe Wallace gets terrible sleep away from home/family?
That's a pretty intriguing point. From the current interviews I've seen; you can tell he loves his family so much. And when the trade first happened; it was like he felt betrayed. Almost like his family turned his back on him or something. I'd be curious just how well he would do if his family ever traveled with him? Also, there was a comment that Wallace made that he is happy here and that his "FAMILY" is very happy here. That may seem small; but can it be a concern?
We got Wallace for 2 1st round picks (and Przybilla, Marks, and Cunningham). The 2 picks are 2011 #19 Tobias Harris and a 2013 1st rounder. If we let Gerald go after this season (and get nothing), we will have gotten 1 1/2 years for him. If we trade him at the midseason deadline (and get something), make that only 1 season of having him. Was having him only 1 season (or 1 1/2) worth the 2 picks? Was that a bad trade, if we get rid of Wallace?
Gerald has looked gassed, IMO, especially the last few games. I think a lot of his misses close in around the rim are from fatigue. Regardless of what the causes are (???), and in spite of them, McMillan has kept his minutes up. I've been facepalming during games when Wallace looks completely exhausted, is missing shots & can't elevate; yet Nate refuses to rest him. At the same time, Batum has has been playing at a level where he certainly should be getting more minutes, but McDipshit won't sub Wallace out and continues to run him into the ground. Two negative effects from Nate's stubbornness. Less development from Batum and a run-down Wallace. Genius.
Why the fuck is that so "asinine"? What do you know? It's asinine to keep on doing the same thing that is obviously not working.
Alternate starting lineups based on road/home games. Go find me anyone who's done that, EVER. Please.
The world is flat, the Sun is the center of the Universe, playing to a players ability of playing on the road (off the bench)and a home(Start), all crazy thoughts. Personally if you are looking to be on the cutting edge of anything, you don't do what other before you have EVER done before, you have to be creative and do what works, this concept might actually work, even if no one has ever done such a thing EVER before.
If this were NBA2K12 I'd be all for it, but professional athletes -- no matter how nice they are or may seem -- all have egos, and splitting Gerald or Nic as the home-away starters is ultimately just bad management of people. If Gerald isn't your full-time starter then bench him. If they don't think Nic can be a full-time starter then bench him ... or maybe the solution is you trade them both for somebody you think can be a full-time starter, but the yo-yo idea is pretty horrendous.
Easy answer for me, neither Wes should be starting and now ay I start Crawchuck, Wes has been really bad. So start Nic at SG and Wallace at SF.
Lets' try it. Wes has been awful lately and Nic improving his play. Wallace has been incredibly up and down but trying Nic at SG IMO is certainly worth a shot and maybe Wes needs a wakeup call himself, like Nic got when Wallace came here.
The only concern is Luke Babbitt being our 3 back up. I usually love all blazers, but I absolutely cringe when I see him get on the court.
Rotate out Gwall and Batum so babbit does not play SF, bring in Wes a little earlier and take out Gwall or Nic, then rotate Nic or Gwall back in, we don't have to play Babbitt at all. It ain't rocket science
