I only watched part of the game - caught a snippit of Hahn & Wally on the post game - and clearly the starting line up is not getting it done.

Barret looks like an embarrassment. A #3 pick and his impact on the game was what exactly?

Finally a Trier sighting and he proved he should be playing - and this is something that has nagged on me. I know Trier is a knucklehead. I know he is an iso specialist and maybe will never be able to be part of a team oriented offense. But clearly he can contribute.

Bobby Portis gets a lot of hate around here- and I know he is another knucklehead. But while he may not be a 1a kind of player, he is a great 2a player.

If I were miller, I'd go with this group for a stretch:

Harkless
Portis
Robinson
Trier
Payton

Randle is my big off the bench.
DSjr or Frank is my backup PG
And RJ Barrett and Bullock can back up the 2 & sf spots.

Now - chances those players get exposed as bench scrubs. But maybe it lights a fire under this group.

Is Harkless a stretch 4 or something, why is he playing 25 minutes (guess knox sucks that bad that he can't even capitalize on Morris departure)

Guys like Frank, Knox, Smith.. all these young guys keep getting pulled in and out of games just because....you need to make them earn their spot (Fiz had the right idea but worst execution ever). At the PG spot Payton is the best option. He has outplayed Smith and Frank. Just because Smith has a decent t game you dont swap out Payton. Bad teams stay bad because they don't have structure. Once a guy like Smith outplays a guy like Payton on a consistent basis, you make the switch and stick with it.

Problem with this team is no one has a role and everyone gets swapped out because they had a couple good games.

SupremeCommander wrote:don't you mean time for a new roster?

LOL!!!!

I'll keep Mitch, RJ, bullock, and the only way i'll keep Randle is if we trade for CP3. I think he can have the same impact Kidd had on melo, and melo had (arguably) his best overall season playing with that kind of leadership.

franco12 wrote:I love Miller and I've advocated keeping him, but last night and of late, I am losing my enthusiasm for him and this team.

I only watched part of the game - caught a snippit of Hahn & Wally on the post game - and clearly the starting line up is not getting it done.

Barret looks like an embarrassment. A #3 pick and his impact on the game was what exactly?

Finally a Trier sighting and he proved he should be playing - and this is something that has nagged on me. I know Trier is a knucklehead. I know he is an iso specialist and maybe will never be able to be part of a team oriented offense. But clearly he can contribute.

Bobby Portis gets a lot of hate around here- and I know he is another knucklehead. But while he may not be a 1a kind of player, he is a great 2a player.

If I were miller, I'd go with this group for a stretch:

Harkless
Portis
Robinson
Trier
Payton

Randle is my big off the bench.
DSjr or Frank is my backup PG
And RJ Barrett and Bullock can back up the 2 & sf spots.

Now - chances those players get exposed as bench scrubs. But maybe it lights a fire under this group.

HofstraBBall wrote:

Sambakick wrote:I'm genuinely surprised at Miller for playing Harkless so many minutes this early. We have too many guys who need to play and the departure of Morris was supposed to open up opportunities for our youth movement. Miller is playing to win and i appreciate that. But he needs to show some loyalty to HIS guys. Not just throw em away for the newest shiny object. He's at risk of losing the locker room by doing this. Maybe he doesn't care.

He is playing guys that may show he deserves a shot to coach. Here or elsewhere. Interesting to see the directive once Rose comes in. Think its time for the tank. Only Golden State has less wins then we do.

Would love to see more of

Mitch, Knox, RJ, Frank, Smith, Trier, Dotson, Iggy. Less of Randle, Payton, Mo, Bullock and Portis. The latter have proven to be what everyone knew them to be. Average NBA role players. Time to see which one of the youngins deserves another year. But no way that happens till the last two weeks. Unfortunately.

None of these guys deserve anything, earn it, or gtfoh..work on your damn game, after practice, after games, before practice..

what has tanking done for anybody in this franchise, has it help knox or frank, has it help trier, dotson or mitch, has it landed us a franchise talent.

Our tank leads to drafting avg role players, presidents and coaches getting fired, revamp roster every season that leads to another tank season..

Keep playing hard and smart, keep playing the guys that give you a chance to win every time you step on the floor.