12-31-2019, 11:08 PM
(12-31-2019, 10:59 PM)Jannemann2 Wrote:Umm, no. I call BS on that because we are not tanking. You win the freaking game. If young guards are that much in need of development, you do that in garbage time, not when the game is on the line.(12-31-2019, 10:52 PM)mtrot Wrote: Well, we do have a guard, JJ Barea, who is absolutely able to deal with pressure on the ball, but Rick will not play him, so we see these young guards fail, again and again. Barea has a knack for not only beating the defense, but drawing fouls on them as they try to defend him.
True. Possible conclusions: Barea is still more limited from his archilles than we assume he is (doubt it), or it's just not about this season/ the regular season and Rick thinks these young guards need to learn by suffering to grow here.