Bippity10 wrote:TMS wrote:Bippity10 wrote:FistOfOakley wrote:martin wrote:i already tried to ask that question and got nada back
Anthony Randolph has a career per 36min average of almost 11 rebounds a game which would be head and shoulders above what anyone else on this team provides. That alone is reason enough to play him.
Roger Mason has a career 3 point shooting percentage of 38%, is taht reason enough to play him?
Mozgov's getting minutes & he still looks as lost as ever... at some point u have to question the reasoning behind some of these rotation decisions... they're all clearly not based on performance on the basketball court... IMHO it is in the best interest of our franchise to be playing AR over Mozgov at this point, but it's not my team & i'm not the coach.
See I disagree, and obviously D'Antoni does too. Neither of us is wrong or right, but.....That's why coaching is not an easy thing. Right and wrong is not always cut and dry
I personally would not play AR. I think he's better then Mozgov right now, but his decision making his horrendous. It messes with chemistry. You don't knwo what shot is going up and when, it wasn't in the flow of the offense and he added nothing in terms of energy. He is a ball stopper in an offense designed for ball movement. Mozgov is brutal. He's dropping balls, he doesn't finish, he fouls everyone but if you really watch.......He's a ball mover, when guards penetrate they see Mozgov, and he provides at least some sort of resistance against post players(even if a lot that is fouls) instead of being backed underneath the basket like AR. I also think a light bulb is going to go on in his head and he will be fine. I persoanlly think AR's problem is a confidence problem, a knowledge of teh game problem and a lack of understanding. I think Mozgov's biggest problem is an adjustment to the US game. One of those is easier to fix then the other. Either way I don't think it would kill us to go AR over Mozgov I just personally would play Mozgov if I was coach.
Now if you were coach you would play AR. You see the obvious unlimited potential, an ability to impact the game with his athletic ability. An ability to finish at the rim that as of right now is above what Mozgov can dream of producing. YOu probably see more reasons to play him as well.
Neither of us is right. There is no conspiracy theory in picking one over another. D'antoni has shown he will play guys that produce, but ball movement and smart decisions is key in his offense, and he seems to go for guys that are good at it. Mozgov is, AR is not. I have no doubt that when AR is productive in practice he will be in the line-up just like Shawne is.
i definitely agree w/u that Mozgov is more physical, but to me it's a clumsy, not knowing what he's doing out there type of physical... i don't see him facilitating ball movement like you do... what i see out of Moz is a guy who's almost always late on defensive rotations & as a result he's often collecting cheap fouls or missing his assignment altogether... i also see a guy who can't catch a pass thrown his way if his life depended on it, which leads to turnovers which stalls the offensive flow... it would be fine w/me if he would at least be boxing out & grabbing boards, but he's not even doing that... he's not performing up to par at all... so in that regard i don't see the harm in playing a kid with AR who has a much higher upside over him to try & build up his confidence... but if Moz is doing something in practice that's winning him playing time over AR, then so be it... like i said before, we need to value each & every game this year because we're legitimately contending for a playoff berth this year... last year i woulda been all about getting AR & Mozgov max minutes regardless if we had to take some away from a guy like Turiaf, cuz we had nothing to lose during a season where our playoff hopes were unrealistic.
After 7 years & 40K+ posts, banned by martin for calling Nalod a 'moron'. Awesome.
