keep playing him less

Among the gems in the blowout win over the Rockets:

Willie Green, a disappointment for most of the year, is benefiting more than
anyone from the expanded roation. Tonight, in only 28 minutes, he scores 20
(leading the team) on 8-15 shooting, and wonders of wonders, grabs six
boards and hands off for four assists. So let's keep playing WG less, keep
him under 30 minutes every night. I don't know why, but he plays so much
better in limited minutes as opposed to typical starter minutes.

----- Kurt Straub

On Dec 10, 10:27 pm, "Kurt Straub" <jkurtstr... DeleteThis @comcast.net> wrote:
> Among the gems in the blowout win over the Rockets:
>
> Willie Green, a disappointment for most of the year, is benefiting more than
> anyone from the expanded roation. Tonight, in only 28 minutes, he scores 20
> (leading the team) on 8-15 shooting, and wonders of wonders, grabs six
> boards and hands off for four assists. So let's keep playing WG less, keep
> him under 30 minutes every night. I don't know why, but he plays so much
> better in limited minutes as opposed to typical starter minutes.
>
> ----- Kurt Straub

This change in how Cheeks is running the team, coming immediately
after King is fired, raises some interesting questions. Was there
implicit or (even worse) explicit pressure to play certain players
major minutes? Was Cheeks afraid to go this route with King and Larry
Brown looking over his shoulder? Or did the new GM suggest / mandate
this change?

In the last three games they've played much more like I anticipated
going into this season. Not necessarily the outcomes, but rather the
strategy of playing everyone to evaluate who can, and who can't, play
in the NBA.

Very interesting and I wonder when the "he said, he said" stories will
start to leak into the media?

Wes