03-30-2021, 10:49 AM
(03-30-2021, 01:35 AM)Mavs2021 Wrote: Round of applause for Carlisle. He found 16 minutes for one rookie, against a team full of rookies, 2nd year players, two way contracts, G-Leaguers and 10 day contracts, who probably had less than 50 NBA games experience combined before this season.Great coach, great victory. The BS is strong in this recap.
Coach Boucek talked a little bit about the rookie situation last night. She said the rooks have been the players most negatively affected by the season's highly compressed schedule. With little or no practice time, they have not had a lot of opportunity to improve enough to bring their games up to snuff. She did speak highly of Josh Green, and thought it was not out of the question that he might get a defensive assignment before the season is over.
We all like to see the newbies on the floor, if only to check out how they are coming along. Unfortunately, it has seemed to me that, whenever they do get some minutes, they mostly have made a a case for why they're not playing more.
I know some will disagree with this, but I am not a fan of the idea that it's smart to throw young players out there for a few minutes a game on a sink-or-swim basis. When they go out there and screw up (and, tbh, that's likely at this point), I think it can lead to an important loss of confidence and lowered morale for the player, and really doesn't do much, if anything, to move the needle on their improvement scale. So, I'm not as infuriated by the lack of rookie time as some, although I agree that the circumstances of the season are disappointing in ways far beyond basketball.
Having said all that, I thought Green showed out well in this performance. Maybe we'll see more of him, although if Melli continues to play this well, he could be expected to slot in ahead of JG, at least for now.