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NUMBERICA said:
Yeah but you gotta have at least eight which the Jazz didn't and don't.
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I’m done trying to explain it with this post. You almost always have one injury... we started with DM, Joe, Mike, Royce, Rudy, Bojan, Ed, Jeff as established nba players. That’s 8. Jeff is always a wildcard so that’s tough to rely on him. We also were counting on Exum which is generally not smart. So we started with 8.5ish guys. Got JC so that’s fine and helpful but also released Jeff. So we started thin on established guys and then went for even more projects.

The projects do well in the g league... great then let’s try them in the big league to see if their games and roles translate since we are thin as ****... but nah we rode with mediocre/poor performance from a couple guys rather than trying some things. Even when Quin had to know it would be tough to play Niang and TB in the playoffs.

Say we come into the season with one more established guy or pick one up during the season... might be the difference in a playoff series that went down to the wire. Either that or try to give Brantley/Morgan/Oni a realrotation spot so you can see what they have and what they need to work on. G League is great but the role those guys will play is so different than what they will play in the league. Honestly too much time down there can be counterproductive... call it the Jimmer or Morris Almond syndrome. They learn a little down there but now they need to learn the role they will play.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I’m done trying to explain it with this post. You almost always have one injury... we started with DM, Joe, Mike, Royce, Rudy, Bojan, Ed, Jeff as established nba players. That’s 8. Jeff is always a wildcard so that’s tough to rely on him. We also were counting on Exum which is generally not smart. So we started with 8.5ish guys. Got JC so that’s fine and helpful but also released Jeff. So we started thin on established guys and then went for even more projects.

The projects do well in the g league... great then let’s try them in the big league to see if their games and roles translate since we are thin as ****... but nah we rode with mediocre/poor performance from a couple guys rather than trying some things. Even when Quin had to know it would be tough to play Niang and TB in the playoffs.

Say we come into the season with one more established guy or pick one up during the season... might be the difference in a playoff series that went down to the wire. Either that or try to give Brantley/Morgan/Oni a realrotation spot so you can see what they have and what they need to work on. G League is great but the role those guys will play is so different than what they will play in the league. Honestly too much time down there can be counterproductive... call it the Jimmer or Morris Almond syndrome. They learn a little down there but now they need to learn the role they will play.
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youre a skip-stepping sonnuvabitch, aren’t u!
 
NAOS said:
youre a skip-stepping sonnuvabitch, aren’t u!
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Nah I’m a take the next step guy doe. Usually guys log 8-10 minutes and are promising but not super effective before they make a leap. Just don’t stay on the first step... or see if there is an elevator... don’t wander between the staircase and the elevator pondering which is appropriate for the situation.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
It is less about the playoffs and more about knowing what you have... if Ingles doesn’t play in actual games all those years ago you don’t know what you have.

our “proven” players included mudiay, Niang and TB. Then you add Tucker, Oni, Morgan, NWG... those guys are fine for two way projects but they can’t take up that much of your roster. Ed not working out is really problematic, but like you said those spots are for injuries. Some of those g league guys should at least be tested if you gonna have that many spots dedicated to them. Now we will add a pick and roll into next season keeping most of those guys around... they flame out and we are thin again... but folks will say it wasn’t their fault they wanted to see if the young guys could contribute... should be a one season question but will take multiple.

And spare me the practice talk... you can’t evaluate what these guys are in practice. They don’t scrimmage all the time and scrimmages are worlds different than live games.
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The thing is Ingles played because he filler a need and had good defense. Royce came in because he filled a need and improved his shot. Those guys were better prospects to make rotation because they were proven already in Europe. If Brantley or Oni were as much good they would have gotten the playing time.

As for too many projects, I don't agree. Your last 5 guys almost never play. If the FO trusted Niang and went after a wing ınstead of Jeff Green, we would have been a much better team now but they didn't.

And players are being tested, just in ways you can't see which, I guess, makes you uncomfortable. They will monitor their offseason improvements and see if they have what it takes to be tested on court next season. Also projects take multiple seasons, that's why they are called projects. What happens if Brantley go out there and sucks? Do we cut him and bring someone new?
 
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