01-21-2021, 01:55 PM
(01-21-2021, 01:24 PM)omahen Wrote: Interesting thought from Hollinger:
Also, in a low-key bizarre twist, teams are actually being punished for having two-way players because they count toward the minimum eight players required to play a game. They’re better off not having them and rescheduling the game for later, instead of playing their 16th- and 17th-best players 20-plus minutes. The Sixers surely wish that had happened against Denver last Saturday, as do the Heat against those same Sixers two days later.
https://theathletic.com/2337139/2021/01/...e-problem/
Yeah, I feel like the Mavs have been getting the short end of the stick because of their creativity with carrying so many rookies this season. Other teams are getting to reschedule games while the Mavs stack short-handed losses.
But, at this point I guess there's nothing to be done about it. Nothing to do now but hope getting the 10th-15th men some time now pays off later, somehow.