Stotts and Mgmt: This is really starting to bug me

Huh, Nolan has a PER of 22.10 this month since getting consistent playing time (9mpg)

 

Hickson PER by month is interesting also

18.22
24.80
19.65
16.82

Seems to be trending the wrong way?

 

They are rookies that are still extremely raw. I doubt they are moved because they are still cheap; with the exception of Leonard.

The bigger picture is Aldridge bring 28. We need to set a winning culture and lure free agents here. By the time Leonard is even worthy of starting; Aldridge will be 31. That's past his prime years. We need players that already need to contribute. Leonard, Barton and freeland aren't even close.

 

if they "aren't close" then we may well play them and get them "closer", and if they don't improve then get rid of them IF we can. IMO this is the season to do at least a good amount of that, frankly th other choices off the bench are not significantly better

 

But the value of those players would diminish rapidly if we played them and they looked like shit. Maybe stotts is seeing something in practice that he doesn't want to expose; so oshley can use them in trades.

 

LOL, is this a serious thought? there value is already so low there is perhaps 100% upside and 10% down, IMO of course

 

I agree. You don't want Lillard coasting through the season knowing that nobody cares if it is a W or a L. Same actually could be said for Nik.

 

come on guys, we still play to win, we just give guys like Leonard-Claver-Barton more and regular playin time, I am not talking starting, just steady bench minutes so they can get into a flow

 

Last night's choice of bench players was totally about matchups. The Heat play small and Stotts was making the best moves he had available to adjust to the rotations the Blazers were facing. I thought it was brilliant coaching on his part. As far as developing the young guys goes, there will be plenty of nights the rest of the season for them to get minutes against players that they do match up with. The Blazers played some inspired ball and were in the game until the last few minutes. I swear some of you just like to bitch for the pure thrill of it.

 

It's not just a management decision. You have guys like Dame/LA/Wes who are going all out to get a win. What does it say to them when you have Stotts playing clearly inferior players minutes and hurting their chances at winning?

A lot of these young guys' development has to happen behind the scenes in practices. It's a bit unfortunate, but the right thing to do.

 

Who is to say at this point on who is inferior vs another on our bench? It is all about the same.

 

Where do you get monthly PER #s? Interested in seeing how Nic/Dame are doing

 

real gm

under NBA/Player Stats. The easiest thing to do from there is scroll down to #8 where LaMarcus is and click on him. After that, on the top right you can change the player. It defaults to player profile so click on NBA. Then you can play with the stats

 

Myers would have clearly hurt us if he played instead of Jeffries last night. His play hasn't warranted minutes at all, and he obviously looks over matched out there.

But ya, to an extent, it's like the best of the worst.

 

I think Jeffries vet savy is great and was warranted against a team like the Heat but advanced stats say that he is no better than Myers. So if you are talking 1 game I agree. If you are talking in general (and going forward) then refer to my previous point of them all being about the same.

 

This. Play to win. Repped.

 

Are you really not playing to win with Leonard, Barton, Freeland, Claver and Smith getting minutes instead of Hickson, Price, Pavlovic and Jeffries?

 

If Leonard and Barton played in place of Jeffries and Pavlovic last night, we lose by 40+.

 

Trade deadline is coming. You have to show it off if you want something in return.

 

Or hide it in the case of Hickson and Leonard last night