(04-01-2021, 08:56 AM)fifteenth Wrote: Yeah, good observation. There was more going on than just "Celts went small" because we have in fact punished some teams for going small with KP. I think about how KP has feasted on Rocket meat at times. Wanting Brunson on the floor was part of it. Coach may not have wanted to take any of the other wings off the floor.
This is a shot in the dark, but is there a message about what to do against smaller players that KP has not been implementing. Is there some psychological ploy or negative reinforcement going on here? A non-verbal, "if you'll do these things we've talked about, you'll punish smaller players". Maybe not, just spit balling.
After the fact, if Rick had to do it over again, given the problems of the 4th quarter, he might not do it the same way.
Anyone have patience for a coach trying stuff and learning from the experience? Seems like not, for most fans.
Thanks, fifteenth. Not sure I am completely certain of what question you are posing.
Are you suggesting the possibility that Rick wants KP to play a certain way against smaller players, KP may not have been going along with the plan, and being pulled in the fourth was a message from Rick in that regard?
I hadn't really considered that possibility, but it's an interesting take.