Mavs 113, Rockets 100

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I am not arguing that at all. Quite the opposite. Being a starter doesn't inherently mean you're a better player than someone else on a team. 

What I am arguing is perverting the literal definition of a starter is wrong and annoying. If THJ does not start, he is not a starter. Doesn't matter how many minutes he plays. Whether RC wants to appease THJ either financially or to stroke his ego, his statement was wrong.

All I want is what works the best for the team. So far we've seen THJ have a great game coming off the bench. If it continues then good. He won't be a starter, but if his role is working then does it matter? No. 

It only matters if the player thinks it matters. I was listening to KOC on the Ringer. He said after the Lakers traded for Schroeder, that Schroeder did not want to come off the bench. I forgot his podcast partner, but he asked him why would Schroeder not want to continue to be a 6MOY candidate? And KOC goes, well try and think of it like a player. There are 30 teams. Only 5 starters for each. If you start, that means you're 1 of 150. Maybe Dennis wants to be back to being 1 of those 150. 

Forgot the podcast name but that was a rough summary. Overall the designation of a starter usually only matters to players who aren't stars. And when taken it in that context, the comment from RC screams that he's trying to appease THJ into a bench role.

Thanks for explaining. I had taken it that you thought the lineup change was an indication that Rick no longer thinks highly of Tim, and wants to camouflage that fact from Tim/the media. My bad. 

If he does become a sixth man, that is a super-important position, usually much more important than whatever lower-minute player is there in the sixth man's place at the start of the game. I agree that other general managers around the league aren't likely to be bumfuzzled by the semantics. If Tim becomes the sixth man, I will refer to him as such, and not as a starter. But I'm going to give Rick a pass on this one misnomer, as I believe that his actual intent was to say that Tim is a starter-minutes player on this team. If time proves me wrong, I will do my best to self-correct!

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Hmm, ML.  So why so much interest in your secret identity lately?  

Can't we just let Superman be Superman?  
Anyway, no one can tell he's really Clark Kent without the glasses right? 

hahahahaha, good one