You don't need to completely sub 5 players for the starters.

[magnifier661]

Things are very interchangeable. For example: Let's say you have this Miller, Rudy, Roy, Aldridge, Oden starting core.

First sub: Webster for Rudy, and Blake for Miller have Roy slide to SG and they can play Roy ball iso (GAG, but effective). Line-up: Blake, Roy, Webster, Aldridge and Oden

Second sub: Pryzbilla for Oden, Bayless for blake. (noticed that Roy is still on the floor?)

Third sub: Howard for Aldridge, Miller for Webster, Rudy for Roy. Now we still have a starter on the floor (Miller)

4th sub: Oden for Pryzbilla, Aldridge for Howard

Anyways, you get the point. You can always have a starter or scorer in the game. That's why teams with 8 or 9 man rotations are just fine. And of course this isn't the "Golden ticket" subbing patterns, just an example.

I just don't see why having to substitute 11 players the entire game results with all Miller, Roy, (whomever the other starter is), Aldridge and Oden. I would like to always have at least Oden, Roy and Aldridge on the floor at all times on the floor.

 

[RR7]

I mentioned yesterday, but last game, at least one of them was one the floor for all but 1:19. That's pretty good.

 

[magnifier661]

I mentioned yesterday, but last game, at least one of them was one the floor for all but 1:19. That's pretty good.

I saw that brother and it's great. And for all argument sake, if our legs didn't give out, it would have been a successful strategy.

 

[RR7]

Agreed. I want mroe of it. I totally agree with having one of them on the court at all times. I think one of the biggest issues in most games is Greg. Both his fouls, and possibly also his conditioning. He seems in fine shape, but I think as big ofa guy as he is, I think in the back of Nate's mind, he is thinking about the 4th quarter. He knows, and we know that we can play with any team in this league. He knows without Greg in there, we still can. I think a big part of his thinking, especially if it is a game we are not going to win in a blowout, is make sure he has his guys for crunch time. Everyone talks about letting Greg foul out, o rpick up 4 fouls in the first half, etc. Nate knows we can win without him, but can win easier with him. So if it's having him in the first half, or having him in the 2nd with limited fouls and rested, I'll take the second half. I think as the season progresses, that will change slightly, as Greg gets rolling more. But for now, I think it's an alright strategy.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Things are very interchangeable. For example: Let's say you have this Miller, Rudy, Roy, Aldridge, Oden starting core.

First sub: Webster for Rudy, and Blake for Miller have Roy slide to SG and they can play Roy ball iso (GAG, but effective). Line-up: Blake, Roy, Webster, Aldridge and Oden

Second sub: Pryzbilla for Oden, Bayless for blake. (noticed that Roy is still on the floor?)

Third sub: Howard for Aldridge, Miller for Webster, Rudy for Roy. Now we still have a starter on the floor (Miller)

4th sub: Oden for Pryzbilla, Aldridge for Howard

Anyways, you get the point. You can always have a starter or scorer in the game. That's why teams with 8 or 9 man rotations are just fine. And of course this isn't the "Golden ticket" subbing patterns, just an example.

I just don't see why having to substitute 11 players the entire game results with all Miller, Roy, (whomever the other starter is), Aldridge and Oden. I would like to always have at least Oden, Roy and Aldridge on the floor at all times on the floor.

I don't really think it's most of us that you need to convinvce. You should be sending this to Nate nate.mcmillan@blazers.com