10-31-2023, 04:55 PM
(10-31-2023, 04:42 PM)meistermatze Wrote: Seems pretty obvious to me, tbh.
Most of the stuff is debatable but his stubbornness is a real pain. I wonder how long it is going to take him to admit it is SO wrong to start DJJ.
Sometimes, the wrong choice is made for a good reason, though. Like, maybe Dan is right, and there's a specific reason Green is intended to play with the bench unit for long stretches, or maybe DJJ brings something offensively (getting downhill in transition comes to mind) that Kidd really believes the team needs to start games.
I don't feel comfortable labeling the choice as wrong (though I'm leaning that way) until I understand what he's trying to accomplish.
But...it seems clear they made that offer to Thybulle to start. They said as much. And, the late DJJ signing happened right around the time they seem to have reached the conclusion that O-Max wasn't ready. So, one read of this is that Kidd just simply doesn't believe in Green as much as he should, although closing every game with him so far casts a fair amount of doubt on that, imo. If that IS the case, then I think he's making the wrong choice not to lean into Green's development full boar, but I just don't think we can make that assumption yet.