12-24-2024, 09:01 AM
(12-24-2024, 08:31 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: It was a little odd. I think Kidd was trying different things. For instance, I think he made a conscious decision to give Maxi extended run to see if he could gain any confidence on offense. In the first half, he had a pretty long run. He may wanted to see other things as well, so this is why Marshall didn't get a ton of minutes. It brings up an interesting discussion though, how Marshall and Grimes are playing they absolutely deserve minutes. I think Dinwiddie may be included in this as well with his recent play and Kidd's trust in him. Minutes are very tight and someone is going to be disappointed. I would like to see Marshall get some backup 4 minutes. I didn't like when I saw it earlier in the year, but that was during our bad play. If he doesn't play backup 4, I am not sure how you keep everyone healthy.
I was noticing the same - there were even a couple of minutes where we played with PJ, Kleber and I think Gafford next to Kyrie and Luka. And that wasn’t against some kind of twin tower giant line-up of Portland, but against their usual line-ups. I don’t know, maybe they try to up Maxi‘s trade value by putting him at a higher spot in the rotation?
I watched Naji on the bench because I thought he might have an injury, he clearly wasn’t happy with his role today. Let’s hope he comes back strong from this disappointment!