OptionZero wrote:I'm saying it. Kerr's rotations have been horrible all post season long. There is zero reason to play Varejao or Barbosa, they are simply outclassed.
I was taught to try to begin with agreement. So let me preface this by admitting that I thought your idea was brilliant: that of waiting until the players return home for the summer and then building a huge wall all around Brazil -- and making the Brazilians pay for it.
I am somewhat conflicted, however. As a young lad I had a beloved relative who lived in Brazil for a while. She was great fun. My father would introduce her as: "My Aunt Josephine from Brazil...where the nuts come from."
So I admit to being confused by such animus about a deep bench player who didn't play in the first loss, was a plus two in 5 nice minutes in the win, and played only 4.5 minutes at a +2 in the disaster. And I'll just agree to disagree with your opinion of Barbosa. In a previous post you mentioned his wild carelessness. In reality he needs two games to make one turnover. Watch Steph and Draymond, who actually play more than fifteen minutes a game, sometime.
And while I sometimes disagree with your analysis, I applaud your hard work in thoroughly detailing your beliefs about that fiasco in OKC. But Kerr has been around long enough, I think, to expect to find anything too profound in that loss. His three best players averaged a minus 41, each, and his more preeminent bigs sucked.
