02-26-2020, 06:01 PM
(02-26-2020, 05:45 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: I believe we're wasting talent quotient, time, and assets if the coaching staff simply refuses to work with a certain type of players with particular weaknesses but talent and skillsets that most other NBA teams, especially the good ones, seem to make far better use of. This problem - and it is a problem - tends to cause problems for the Mavs - very little rim protection if KP and Maxi aren't on the floor, an undervaluing of rebounding (outside of the PG position, of course, lol!!!), and weaker defense all-around. It's not just a matter of Donnie needing to recognize that RC doesn't like players with certain traits and stop signing, drafting, and trading for those players. It's that RC needs to learn to see the value of what those players can bring, and learn to adapt to it. I would like to see Donnie address those issues with Rick. And yes, it is part of Donnie's job to tell Rick how to do his jobI'm not saying you don't have a point. I just can't tell. Agree that rim protection is an issue. Defense is coming along, though I agree it is not nearly as spectacular as the offense. That is at least partly a function of the players on the roster. Anyway, it would be good if you would offer some specifics. Like, what talents and skillsets of WCS do you think Sac and GSW were taking advantage of that Rick isn't? And what weakness is causing Rick to take that attitude? Like, what instructions should Donnie be giving Rick wrt WCS? "Play him x minutes" is not an instruction that makes sense by itself -- what role on the team, short-term and long-term, should Rick be nurturing him in?
If you can furnish more details, we would have something to talk about. A bald assertion that Player X should play more minutes isn't anything we have a basis to comment on, even if we would like to.