Tim Hardaway Jr.

[Kammrath]

If the rest of the roster sees the coach making losing decisions like playing someone because he "owes" it to them vs playing the better player you can start to lose the locker room.

AMEN.

Like I said in the game thread, the players KNOW who is best and who deserves to play. When coaches don't follow that reality they will quickly lose the trust of the coaching staff. And then it is game over.