10-25-2019, 11:37 PM
(10-25-2019, 11:14 PM)Chrisjen Wrote: From the ESPN video Kamm posted:
Reporter - "Carlisle said that you were just gassed at the end there, was that what happened?"
KP - "No."
Me - "Don't mess this up Carlisle!"
What's a better Carlisle explanation -- "I just wanted to bench him"? People overreact to quotes like this. I think both player and coach handled it fine.
In any case, Carlisle pulled him after he missed a shot pretty badly and immediately took a bad foul to stop a fast break. Regardless of KP's confidence in the locker room, I did think he looked a little gassed at the time. Which is also no surprise given his direct quote after game one:
“I’ve still got to get my lungs right,” he said. “It’s been 20 months and I’ve been killing myself to be in the best shape possible, but it’s going to take me a little bit to get into that 82-game, whatever-30-minutes on the floor every night.