Why didn’t Biggie or Collins play?

[Schilly]

Preseason + 1st 2 games = big leads... game #3 short rotation not so successful.

 

[dviss1]

I would have tried Collins on the freak.

Lol. Glad you're not the coach.

You didn't just see TJ Leaf gettin' and 1s on him?

TJ Leaf....

 

[Natebishop3]

Yes because desperation in the second quarter is a quality I look for in a coach.

I'm going to put some money on this being a PapaG account.

 

[mook]

It was the right call. As much as I'd love to see Collins get meaningful minutes, both guys played badly in the prior game, and this Bucks team is no joke on the road on a back-to-back. Portland played an 8 man veteran rotation, and it just didn't work.

These guys will hopefully get a few practices in, prove they learned some lessons since their last PT, and get inserted in less hostile environments (or when an injury inevitably takes somebody out).

My big gripe was that Ed Davis only got 16 minutes.

 

[tlongII]

Lol. Glad you're not the coach.

You didn't just see TJ Leaf gettin' and 1s on him?

TJ Leaf....

He wouldn't have done worse than Aminu. Dude went for a career high.

 

[dviss1]

Guys look, That Bucks team is pretty well built. Middleton was doing shit he doesn't regularly do like he's been working in the offseason.

Beating guys off the dribble and shooting floaters in the lane hasn't really been his forté. He's even better than he used to be.

They also start Snell who stretches the floor as a 3 & D guy.

They beat us by 3, on their floor, and it took 3 spectacular defensive plays (Giannis is a BEAST) to do it.

Calm down and wait till they come to town. We'll win that one.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Lol. Glad you're not the coach.

You didn't just see TJ Leaf gettin' and 1s on him?

TJ Leaf....

Speaking of TJ Leaf....I wanted him at 20 and was laughed at. He is still a year away but I still say he will be a player.

 

[dviss1]

Speaking of TJ Leaf....I wanted him at 20 and was laughed at. He is still a year away but I still say he will be a player.

I still say Meh. Not as much upside. I'll take Biggie over him 10x out of 10.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

As much as I am loathe to agree with anyone in the anti-Stotts camp, it does indeed to make more sense to expand, not contract, the rotation on a b2b.

 

[e_blazer]

As much as I am loathe to agree with anyone in the anti-Stotts camp, it does indeed to make more sense to expand, not contract, the rotation on a b2b.

Not when the guys you’re talking about would likely end up matched up against the Greek Freak. He would eat Swanigan an Collins alive.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Not when the guys you’re talking about would likely end up matched up against the Greek Freak. He would eat Swanigan an Collins alive.

Play them in the first half, not in the 2nd. Greek Freak would eat the best of the best NBA defender alive, if they were exhausted.

 

[e_blazer]

Play them in the first half, not in the 2nd. Greek Freak would eat the best of the best NBA defender alive, if they were exhausted.

I would have tried Harkless on him, but the simple fact is he’s a great player who played the best game of his career. It likely wouldn’t have mattered who Stotts put on him. The Blazers lost because of two blown possessions, one by CJ and one by Nurk. Playing Swanigan or Collins wouldn’t have been likely to change that.

 

[theprunetang]

I would have tried Harkless on him, but the simple fact is he’s a great player who played the best game of his career. It likely wouldn’t have mattered who Stotts put on him. The Blazers lost because of two blown possessions, one by CJ and one by Nurk. Playing Swanigan or Collins wouldn’t have been likely to change that.

I have a feeling that Giannis will have a lot of "career games" this season. He's just now scratching his potential.

 

[THE HCP]

I have a feeling that Giannis will have a lot of "career games" this season. He's just now scratching his potential.

Dude is 22 right? DAMN! Just watched the game against the Cavs and he posted up and scored on lebron a couple times! When he gets his midrange J down, he'll be at an even higher level.

 

[Denny Crane]

Dude is 22 right? DAMN! Just watched the game against the Cavs and he posted up and scored on lebron a couple times! When he gets his midrange J down, he'll be at an even higher level.

He might not develop a midrange J. This is his 5th season in the league already