blkexec wrote:If a coach randomly decided to bench a starter for the 13th or 14th or 15th guy on the bench who has not earned his minutes, what does that typically do to the lockeroom and guys who that 13th-15th guy jumped over without earning those minutes?
I was invited to an nba camp but turned it down. I was making more money as an engineer than I would’ve been if I got picked up in the g league or overseas. With no college experience I didn’t feel like it was worth riding the bench in some country when my wife and son are home plus I was getting paid decently. Young mechanical engineer.
I answered this but not to your liking I guess. Deuce to me is the 3rd PG on the depth chart so I don’t look at it that way. Each position has a ranking of players. Also if the vets in front of him are injured I don’t see your point. If the vets are healthy and playing bad, some coaches will make a point to play the rookie and sit the vet. Just to make a point that if u don’t play my way, take the highway. But the rookie has to earn it in practice, which is what we can’t see and only assume. But it depends on the coach. If I’m playing bad and not playing defense I deserve to be benched. Moves like that wakes you up. Case in point see Kemba when he came back.
Now to your point if thibs believes IQ and Burks are PGs then he has to earn that starting spot and will start on the bench to earn it. He can’t jump over IQ and Burks. I just don’t see them as PGs. So I gave an answer based on my perspective. But to your point and Thibs old school approach, he has to beat out Kemba IQ Rose Burks before deuce even gets mins forget starting. Me wanting him to be a starter is my fan craze and liking for deuce. I believe he can be groomed long term as a permanent starter and he might be the missing link for the 2 way PG who doesn’t need or try to be on Randle level. He could be a good compliment. But so can IQ. Now if we talking about the SG or wing position, that’s loaded and damn near impossible for deuce. Half the team are wing players. But I see him as a PG which is a limited position on this team and easier to make an impact since Kemba is always hurt, rose hurt IQ os a shooting guard and so is Burks. Deuce comes off the bench as a backup and shines. My own story book tail. Not a reality but I’m aloud to dream.
Thanks for this reply and the others. I didn't mean to pry into your personal story, just wanted to know or confirm what level of ball you had been exposed to but the details are fantastic. It must be incredible to get that type of opportunity.
I can get behind a crazed fan who is realistically only taking on his own perspective about what he would do. I was trying to take on what Thib's or any coaches realistic perspective and the additional responsibilities they have to manage and undertake. I would only add, if you don't take on Thib's and the realistic approach of what we think is going on with the team, it'll be lacking in the real world of things, but we know that and don't care from a Bing Bonger's perspective.
And I think you probably understand this: I am asking you questions that I think you and I both already know the answers to. For instance, in the NBA if you elevate McBride from barely playing to starter, it'll ruin lockeroom and make for very unhappy players and you are pretty much ruining any type of culture you try to establish and probably your own career. This is their livelihood. In a vacuum, I'd love to see more McBride and Jericho play over Taj but it ain't happening; ding Thibs as much as you want but no coach makes that type of elevation (outside of dire injury and COVID situations) from high level high school through college and upwards. You and I and just about everyone else who has played on a team environment knows this.
1/25/2022 6:18 PM