Cartman718 wrote:It's a bit early to bench Rose in favor of Jennings. Rose has about 5 more games to get it. He's never been on a team where on a given night 4 starters could score 20 pts each. Lee/Noah alternating in that 20 pt scorer possibility. Rose Melo KP can each score 20 points easily each night.

He was option #1,2,3 in his first few years before Butler came along and started to assert himself on offense.

The way he was benched against the Nets and Jennings played so much better is just a 1-game sample. Hornacek is interested in seeing Rose play with that level of intensity on both ends of the floor because he knows that takes pressure of all the starters including himself. If Rose goes to the bench, this puts even more pressure on Rose to perform well each game. Similarly it would add more pressure on Jennings to be THAT point guard each game as opposed to playing with lesser pressure off the bench. That's just not a sound move.

Rose should start and have a short string when it seems like the game could get away from us.

Like it matters, this is a 35 win team no matter what. They could start Jennings or Rose no one will defend so it doesnt make a difference

Jmpasq wrote:

Cartman718 wrote:It's a bit early to bench Rose in favor of Jennings. Rose has about 5 more games to get it. He's never been on a team where on a given night 4 starters could score 20 pts each. Lee/Noah alternating in that 20 pt scorer possibility. Rose Melo KP can each score 20 points easily each night.

He was option #1,2,3 in his first few years before Butler came along and started to assert himself on offense.

The way he was benched against the Nets and Jennings played so much better is just a 1-game sample. Hornacek is interested in seeing Rose play with that level of intensity on both ends of the floor because he knows that takes pressure of all the starters including himself. If Rose goes to the bench, this puts even more pressure on Rose to perform well each game. Similarly it would add more pressure on Jennings to be THAT point guard each game as opposed to playing with lesser pressure off the bench. That's just not a sound move.

Rose should start and have a short string when it seems like the game could get away from us.

Like it matters, this is a 35 win team no matter what. They could start Jennings or Rose no one will defend so it doesnt make a difference

not true...Jennings' defense seems decent to me.