<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">If you think there's no rhyme or reason to Grizzlies' coach Mike Fratello's playing rotation, well, there isn't. Because with point guard Damon Stoudamire out for the season with a torn patella tendon, combo guard Bobby Jackson in just his third game back from an eight-game absence after pulling a hamstring and Mike Miller's ankle still aching, a coach has got to do what a coach has to do. And expect more of the same until further notice. "You take the immediate situation at hand, you deal with it and you win that game," Fratello said. "We're nicked up, so we're trying to give ourselves a chance to hang in and win games. "Guys who go in and play, if they can maintain what they are doing and keep us ahead or even, I can stay with them. If it doesn't work, I've got to go back and make changes." The approach has made for some interesting peaks and valleys in playing time, such as just 3:35 of playing time for center Lorenzen Wright against the Lakers on Dec. 28, then two games later playing more than 35 minutes against the Sonics. Or swingman Dahntay Jones playing 27:44 against the Lakers, not playing at all two nights later at Portland, then playing 21:10 the next night at Seattle. On the surface, it rivals the patchwork approach that Fratello had to use in February and March last year when Pau Gasol was recovering from a foot injury and Stromile Swift kept re-injuring an ankle. Toss in other aches and pains, and last season might have been as big a rotation nightmare for Fratello. Except there's one difference this season. "I don't think we knew last year that one of your five starters would be gone for the remainder of the season (like with Stoudamire)," Fratello said. "This one is cut-and-dry, so we've move forward and go from there." </div> Source
