B-Roy unhappy? (MERGED)

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  1. RoyToy

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    I think it's obvious playing Steve Blake major minutes doesn't work in the playoffs.

    Be gone, Steve. Be gone.
     
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    So then, why have it now?
     
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    Well ask Nate that question. It seems he is the one calling the shots. Oh wait, I forgot, you said everyone is blaming Roy for this.
     
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    Where did I say that? Some people are definitely blaming Roy in this thread, however. Some are even speculating that the team has out-grown him.
     
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    I dunno. It worked when he used it those two games. I'm not a big supporter of the lineup, but I do like wins. So was happy we won the last two games. Maybe the man who sees this team every day in practice, and has coached us to double digit win increases each of the last 3 seasons saw it as a better fit than just swapping the PG position right away.
     
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    Neither does playing Rudy, Batum, Joel, Greg and Outlaw.

    Begone, all of you!
     
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    Oden was one of our best players in the playoffs.
     
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    You forgot about Roy, LMA, and Oden. Oh, and Miller too, 5x over. :biglaugh:
     
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    Re: B-Roy unhappy?

    This of course leads to the question...what's YOUR take HCP? Is Broy happy?
     
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    http://sportstwo.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2162444#post2162444

    there
     
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    This is a joke, right? :biglaugh:
     
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    Because it's working now. You use something until it doesn't work and then you adjust.
     
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    None of them launched a 30 foot running jumper with 13 seconds left in the game when we only needed a 2 though.......there is not getting it done, and then there is not giving yourself even the chance to get it done.:tsktsk:
     
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    Only Joel and Outlaw on that list played major minutes for the Blazers last year :ghoti:

    The rest is tbd :devilwink:
     
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    I get confused here. Is Nate inflexible today, or is he too flexible? This is a rhetorical question, btw, as I know you are not one who is constantly criticizing McMillan.
     
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    Exactly. I REALLY doubt that McMillan does this against the Lakers. But I am refreshed to see him try something new. If anything this might teach Roy that it really is possible to push the pace ONCE in a while.

    But I'd happily accept a season of Roy averaging 10ppg and us winning 60 games. And I'd like to think that Roy would too. As I said, nobody thought Rashard Lewis was a PF until Stan Van Gundy figured that was the best way to maximize what he had. And I don't think anyone involved with Orlando is complaining now.

    Other examples:
    Boris Diaw as a center (for the Suns)
    Shawn Marion as a PF (ditto)
    Juan Jose Barea as a SG
    Josh Smith as a PF (drafted as a SF)
    Jeff Green as a PF (ditto)
    Russell Westbrook as a PG
    Dwayne Wade was supposed to be a PG

    ...and so on.
    Why such rigidity about assigned positions? Don't teams just end up playing their best five anyway? Isn't that how we play in pickup games too?
     
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    Well, Oden would have played major minutes, but he couldn't stay in the game. :devilwink:
     
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    My post wasn't a pro- or anti-McMillan one. It was just a general principle about why you'd use something that you don't necessarily expect to use forever.

    Edit: I posted before I saw your edit.
     
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    Przybilla was the starter :dunno:
     
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