05-07-2021, 12:29 PM
(05-07-2021, 12:18 PM)fifteenth Wrote: This was done with Green. He played a good bit at the beginning of the season. No one told me, so this is a guess too, but it appears that Green got minutes early in the season, the coaching staff decided he needed some further development via practice and watching from the bench, and he was taken out of the every day rotation. Fast forward, and he returns to the rotation looking comfortable and contributing to winning
I think this describes the situation perfectly.
It is easy to forget at this point how rough Green looked until recently. I would go so far as to say that, far from the coaches withholding playing time because he was a rookie, the main reason he GOT those minutes in the first place was because he was a rookie that they were prioritizing developing.