DanoMac wrote:Baddy Chuck wrote:DanoMac wrote:Is it humanly possible for Stotts to wear out his welcome quicker in Portland than both of his stints in Milwaukee?
Well if the question was "why are you playing your starters so many minutes" and he didn't reply with "because my bench **** sucks" then he was doing his best to respond to the question.
Even so, he's doing his personal best to ram Lillard's head thru the Rookie Wall if he continues to play him 42 MPG.
Maybe, unlike you, Stotts knows that In the last 20 years, 38 rookies (16 of whom were ROYs) have played 35 MPG or more. 6 of them averaged more than Lilliard has so far this year (Damon Stoudamire, Allen Iverson, Shane Battier, LeBron James, Michael Finley and Tim Duncan).
Maybe he also knows, unlike you, that 114 players in the last 20 years have played 40 minutes or more per year. But then he is not dependent upon the echo chamber from uninformed sports media.