01-31-2021, 12:09 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-31-2021, 12:11 AM by KillerLeft.)
(01-31-2021, 12:04 AM)SwisherPrice Wrote: Luka's usage rate is way too high. No team should ever put that much pressure on a 22 year old player...I don't care how good he may be. That's just not putting your best player in position to succeed long-term.
I agree with this whole heartedly, and Carlisle has made many comments over the past two years which seem to indicate that he does, too.
The problem is that there is no other option on the roster that even comes close. You may not want to run Emmett Smith 30 times a game. You might REALLY try to avoid doing that. But, that option is going to win out over handing the ball to Tommy Agee or whoever the hell else they had back then.
I thought they tried Luka off ball quite a bit tonight, actually. Maybe the most of the season. Did not work.