Rick and Luka had a case of the dumb brains in the 4th quarter. Playing matchups is all well and good but with a big lead, you should be taking the position of strength and dictating the matchup, not the other way around. The strategy Rick put into place didn't work, in fact the opposite happened and yet KP stayed on the bench. KP played really well last night and was basically treated how coaches used to treat DAJ/Shaq when hack-a-Shaq was being implemented. Luka did his part in the debacle by trying to dribble out the clock for the last 4 minutes. We are just fortunate he hit another ridiculous three and that the Celtics collectively couldn't hit sand if they fell off a camel.
If I were KP, I'd be pretty upset. Why spend all those assets to bring him here and then give him a max contract if this is how we are going to use him?
If I were KP, I'd be pretty upset. Why spend all those assets to bring him here and then give him a max contract if this is how we are going to use him?