I’d love to see us put Rudy on Dort and have him stay in the paint. If Dort beats you a few times live with it. Lots of teams have shooting bigs so need to try out some alternatives figuring the year to deal with it.
Don hasn't been great yet. Was solid in game one and showed some good defense on top of the offensive stuff. He pushed through in the second half of the Minny game but he's well below his normal standard (which is high obvi).
Currently last in the league in steals and deflections... so yeah we could use some of what Shaq would bring.
In my minutes comment somewhere on this forum, I had suggested moving him down to about 26 minutes. Maybe even 24.
The trends on Royce are no bueno. His on/off stuff in the playoffs was real bad... first two games has been quite disturbing. Gonna watch him a little closer tonight.
At very least maybe cutting the minutes a bit sends a message that we need you to bust your *** or we go another route. Might also have him give you more in the shorter minutes.
That’s my philosophy. He was 20.4 mpg in 18-19 and 28.9 mpg in 19-20. Last year too high. Year before too low. In between is just right, especially if it gives us a couple more minutes for a different type of defensive option. And allows him more energy to play defense when he’s in.
I also think Shaq could cause some issues for backup ballhandlers and get us a couple easy baskets on the bench unit. Kind of like exactly what Minny did to us.
That is why coach Frank Layden and it continued under coach Sloan always volunteered for the pre-Christmas road trip, less distractions.
I agree. He hasn't played great. To call him trash is ignorant. When he isn't hitting, he still takes the attention of the defense. People get open looks because there is a threat of DM even when he isn't hitting.
