12-05-2024, 08:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-05-2024, 09:23 PM by KillerLeft.)
(12-05-2024, 08:03 PM)F Gump Wrote: You keep pointing to the fact (which I haven't disagreed with) that Naji played a lot of PF early in the season. But you are missing on "why" - and that is key to understanding.
No, sir. I’m not “missing“ the injuries, which I have already agreed are part of the equation. I’m disagreeing with your conclusion (as I understand it) that because there are injuries involved, that’s proof that there can be no other reasoning for the lineup changes. I don’t see mutual exclusivity there, nor am I even looking for any.
You might be right, but I don’t think so, based on my read of what we have seen so far and some other observations/thoughts I have and have read/heard some really smart basketball minds support.
I do agree that Kidd wants to play with the rotation you laid out, and I suppose it’s true that any NBA coach hopes that his plan A will just steamroll all of the competition, so in a way I’m in lockstep with you.
But, if he’s going to be as stubborn about that as you seem to think, this season is going to end with disappointment. If I agreed with you, I would be pretty worried about the implications that kind of thinking are bound to have on this season’s ceiling. But again, I just don’t agree. Not in total, and not so far, at least.