Wesley Matthews Inserted Into Starting Lineup

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I wonder if Nate's logic is something like this:

Plan: Prove Matthews improves as a starter

Step 1 - put Matthews in for the worst-performing starter (excepting Camby)
Step 2 - wait for Roy to break down again
Step 3 - insert Batum again
Step 4 - "ease" Roy back in by having him play of the bench
Step 5 - if winning occurs, don't change anything
 
beating philly and wiz are must wins at this point....
 
BlazerCaravan said:
I wonder if Nate's logic is something like this:

Plan: Prove Matthews improves as a starter

Step 1 - put Matthews in for the worst-performing starter (excepting Camby)
Step 2 - wait for Roy to break down again
Step 3 - insert Batum again
Step 4 - "ease" Roy back in by having him play of the bench
Step 5 - if winning occurs, don't change anything
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I have seen a report from CBS sports that says Roy is considering shutting it down for a season linked off of hoopworld.com. But it also doesn't mention many sources about that decision.

I also believe the team will not improve much until bigs are brought in to do the work needed to make the rest of the team better.
 
I think the thinking is for him to backup Aldridge, Roy or Matthews for the time being..which isn't so bad.
 
Stupid.... This is Batums and Aldridges team going forward, so lets bench him
 
OSUBlazerfan said:
Stupid.... This is Batums and Aldridges team going forward, so lets bench him
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If this is Batum and Aldridge's team then were done. Because a couple of average players aren't going to take you anywhere.
 
Another stupid move by Nate.


This might work short term, but long term you just told your pretty damn good SF of the future that he sucks.
 
Mediocre Man said:
This might work short term, but long term you just told your pretty damn good SF of the future that he sucks.
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He was anointed "SF of the future" mostly because the other options, Webster & TO, were terrible. If he's good enough to start for a playoff team, he should be good enough to reclaim his starting role.
 
craigehlo said:
He was anointed "SF of the future" mostly because the other options, Webster & TO, were terrible. If he's good enough to start for a playoff team, he should be good enough to reclaim his starting role.
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If he is good enough to start for a playoff team, he shouldn't lose his starting spot in the first place.
 
Batum has played worse as his minutes have increased this season.

Maybe Nate knew what he was doing by limiting Nic's minutes last season.
 
craigehlo said:
Andre won his starting spot eventually. If Batum is so good, he'll be able to do the same.
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Exactly. I think Nate's just trying to inject some energy into the starting five. Batum looks like he is sleepwalking the past two weeks.
 
Mediocre Man said:
If he is good enough to start for a playoff team, he shouldn't lose his starting spot in the first place.
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Well maybe you need to look at the question you just asked. Is he good enough to start for a real playoff team? Or was he the defacto starter because we had nobody else worth a damn. Who else was going to start? Webster? ROFL good one! If you go down the playoff basketball teams and list their starting SF, where do you see Batum on the ranking of that list? Can you name one team that went to the playoffs that didn't have a starting SF who wasn't better than Batum?

LA- Artest. Nuff said.
SA-RJ.
Utah-Kirilenko
PHX-Hill
Dallas-Shawn Marion
Denver-Carmello
OKC-Durant.

So you want to put Batum on that list? Because last I looked, all those guys have accomplished stuff in their careers. Last I looked with Batum, is he really hasn't accomplished anything besides stepping in when the chips were down and not stinking it up.
 
hasoos said:
LA- Artest. Nuff said.
SA-RJ.
Utah-Kirilenko
PHX-Hill
Dallas-Shawn Marion
Denver-Carmello
OKC-Durant.

So you want to put Batum on that list? Because last I looked, all those guys have accomplished stuff in their careers. Last I looked with Batum, is he really hasn't accomplished anything besides stepping in when the chips were down and not stinking it up.
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Artest was a 12 PER player in the regular season and postseason last year, and Jefferson was a 13 in the regular season and an 11 in the playoffs. Plus, Kirilenko only started 35 games last season for Utah, and was hurt for all but two games in the playoffs.

At this stage, I would take Batum over all three of those players, considering age, contract, and production.
 
Our best stretch of the Nets game was at the end of the first half. Matthews and Roy played very well off each other with Matthews playing a similar role that Steve Blake did. It made absolute sense to start Matthews at the beginning of the second half. We're on a losing streak. It's not so much what did Batum did wry g but what Matthews was doing right. He was making shots. I have no problem with this change, at least in the short term. Batum is very overrated on this board. If Batum was so great, it would be obvious to keep Batum in the starting lineup, but he's not that great. And I don't see him as good defensively as many in here do. Deng and Durant destroyed Batum. It was like Batum wasn't even there for various stretches.
 
This makes me worried about our bench pts. Maybe they'll run some stuff through Nic now.
 
HCP said:
This makes me worried about our bench pts. Maybe they'll run some stuff through Nic now.
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Run what through him? He can't post up or create his own shot. All he's good at is finishing on the break and knocking down threes. He's a complementary player. Not someone you run offense through. We'll be running the offense through Johnson. Hopefully, he can create good shots for Batum.
 
KingSpeed said:
Run what through him? He can't post up or create his own shot. All he's good at is finishing on the break and knocking down threes. He's a complementary player. Not someone you run offense through. We'll be running the offense through Johnson. Hopefully, he can create good shots for Batum.
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I actually agree. Batum has not shown himself capable of posting up (even on point guards..) or creating his own shot.
 
HailBlazers said:
..for Nic Batum. Personally I'd rather see Roy get the axe, if he wants to slow down a unit it should be the second, then he can take all the shots he wants, while keeping his minutes down till the fourth.

I like the tempo, and defense when these two are in:

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I don't get your logic, so bench Roy (who is shooting 53% and scoring 24 pts a game since his return) instead of the guy who has scored 7 points in the last two games. If Roy is hurt or not able to play much this season we won't make the playoffs. With Roy at least we have a shot. My hope is we use our golden chips (Pryz and Millers contracts) at the trade deadline and pick up another scorer or big who rebounds like Noah. They'll be some very good available players at the deadline hopefully we'll finally make that big trade we've all been waiting for.
 
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