The one difficult ywith that is it is also the same reason he does it with Outlaw. So now you have 3 people on the bench SPECIFICALLY to get looks, but you also have Rudy and Webster there. So how does that maximize touches? I understand there is a big difference between getting Roy touches, adn getting Outlaw touches, but basically everyone outside of Joel and Blake on our team need mroe touches. Oden is more of an intimidating presence on defense right now, whether he is better or not than joel. Oden will draw the opponents best defender, which will normally leave LMA on their weaker defender. Joel is ignored on offense, allowing easier double teams. Oden draws double teams on offense, providing more open opportunities for Roy on a kcik out, LMA, Batum, or Blake. Joel, again, does not get looked at. I could kind of see the argument for Blake over Miller, even though i hate it, but I'm not buying Joel over Oden. It makes no sense to me, sorry.
Fair enough. Time will tell if you were right or not. I can not imagine that if it does not work Nate will not change it... people seem to forget that Nate's future pay depends on his success. I just do not think he does things that he does not believe in to spite people.
I'm not saying he is doing it to spite me, or anyone. Nowhere did I state that. I am sure he thinks the best thing is to have two very good seperate units, which he has seemed to like here. And he builds them as seperate units, with these 5 getting a set amount of touches, and then these 5. I can't see why we can't go with a solid rotation to where, if he sees a set 5 guys that don't work well together, the thing that would make sense is not play those guys together, as opposed to starting people not as good as others.
I read somewhere that Nate wasn't gonna mess with the lineups anymore and just play. I think it was in the "Roy and LMA at ease" thread.
We have FOUR more preseason games! I have no doubt that Greg will be the starting center on opening night.
I mean the same Phil Jackson who is a master of ego massage and management. I think it's safe to say Nate is the king of mixed messages to his players. Bench Roy if you want to bench someone, until he brings his game. Everyone else who started with Miller lit up the scoreboard.
