(05-04-2021, 02:14 PM)Mavs2021 Wrote: LOL, whoa, Nellie.
He basically said the exact opposite of what you just said.
I agree with what he said. I believe we were making the same point -- that Carlisle's use of Green was based on reasonable decisions.
You want to bench Green, because his invididual performance wasn´t up to your eyetest standards, but the whole unit functioned (aka THE TEAM) and was outplaying the opposition, while he was on the floor. Is it really that difficult to understand?
It's not what I want, or my individual standards, that matter. I didn't want anything in particular as far as Green goes. I am just offering the view that his benching was a reasonable exercise of coaching judgment, and not the result of some anti-Green vendetta.
Porzingis is probably a better player than Tyson Chandler overall. Does that mean we´d have won the 2011 Championship, if we had replaced Tyson with Porzingis?
We are talking about the context of one game.
I don't think Porzingis and Chandler have anything to do with whether Green should have been played more or less in this game.
When Green entered the game, the team was already losing 25-36.
When Green left the game it was tied 41-41 after 16-5 run.
At HT they were down 54-61 again.
So you are telling me that GREEN was the problem and his invididual performance and standard in the team construct on THIS NIGHT justified his benching.
I am not telling you anything of the sort. The whole team's play was subpar.
You have decided that the team would have won these six minutes with Green even bigger, if Green wasn´t playing?
I have not decided anything like that.
Of course it´s easy to bench Green, when Carlisle didn´t bring him onto the floor, because he believed in Green. He was just upset the team was losing again and looking to punish Melli for his one-on-one move.
Which was pretty stupid to begin with, since it was a wide-open 4 feet hookshot. Funny as it may have looked, I bet Melli has still made more of them than he has three pointers from the corner.
Respectfully, you don't know why Carlisle brought Green on in Melli's place, and I would submit it was not in an effort to embarrass Melli by replacing him with a rookie.
You don´t do it the Carlisle way, it´s wrong. Just ask the floor general of the 2020 NBA champions Rajon Rondo or the defensive anchor of the best team defense in the NBA in 2021: Nerleans Noel. Might as well ask Delon Wright, too.
Mavs2021, if I have said something that you felt disrespected you, I assure you that was not my intent.
I am not sure why you are in such a boil about this. You offered an opinion suggesting that Green was brought on and then taken off for bogus reasons. And that Green is a net positive just because he tries. I offered an alternative point of view.
If you disagree with me, fine. Part of the whole purpose of a message board is to enrich our understanding by exchanging different points of view.
It's not helpful in trying to prove your point to counter a host of crazy positions that I never came anywhere near taking.
You think Carlisle is being unfair to Green. I don't agree with that. It's possible that you may be right in some respects, and I may be right in others. Or maybe one of us is completely right or wrong. There is no need to mount personal attacks over seeing things differently. Time should shed more light on the situation.