12-18-2020, 12:53 PM
(12-18-2020, 01:21 AM)fifteenth Wrote: Tonight makes me ponder what the hockey substitutions accomplished or revealed.It´s a good way to establish the regular rotation (especially during a pandemic), but it´s really hard for young guys to break through, when you are basically supposed to be the best player on the floor as a rookie like Green, instead of the 5th best player. That works when your rookie is Doncic, who is your best player on the floor or Brunson who has run a high profile college offense for multiple years.
The all 2nd unit lineup and, for some time, the all young's lineup were without help from higher ranking players. So 2nd unit and young'ns got to attempt to do more than a regular season rotation would allow, where they have to stick to more defined roles. The only players to thrive in that situation were Maxi and Burke.
I like that Green got the chance to play with the 2nd unit. I like that Terry and Green hooked up for an assisted bucket. I think the 2nd unit would have looked completely different if Brunson had played well. I think Maxi's burn and success with the 1st unit is nice.
Green and Bey are supposed to be 3&D contributors, so they´d benefit to see some time in the DFS or Powell spots. There are still a lot of poor teams that features players of similar quality. Then it´s maybe time to sacrifice some rotational minutes for development purposes, while running the risk to drop some unexpected game here or there to a Pistons or Hornets team.