BoogieTime wrote:OxAndFox wrote:OGSactownballer wrote:
This part here.
Especially since every time I see the man play he aftually plays hard core man defense and just gets the usual NBA new guy screw job on calls.
And being that he is the ideal stretch PF, why he is not getting consistent minutes to get his shot smoothed just reinforces my personal feeling that while Mike Brown is a “good” coach, he is not an”great” or championship coach by a long shot.
Correct. His defensive numbers aren't horrible and his rebounding is the best off the bench. The only thing people go on is sometimes he looks horrible on D. But his team D and hustle is decent.
Also, any shooter is going to struggle when they have inconsistent minutes or no role. Would still like to see at times Lyles as the small ball 5 and Sasha at the 4 with Murray, Monk, Fox.
What do you mean his rebounding is the best off the bench? its not near lyles or Len/mcgee's who is playing in front of him. I haven't been that impressed with his rotations/paint D.. I haven't seen much other than a inconsistent shot. I guess its up to interpretation..
I should have mentioned non center position. I don't think Sasha is going up against them for minutes so I should have said that.
Yeah I mean the last 4 games where he got on the court for 3, 9, 8 & 6 minutes will drop your rebounding numbers. He had 1 in each of those games. Brown has put him in with a minute to go in the quarter a lot so far and it's not the way to utilize him.
Lyles in his last 4 games has a grand total of 15 rebounds in 83 minutes.
You give Sasha over 20mpg on a consistent basis and he will be getting 5-6 rebounds per game and at minimum 2 threes at around 40% and more than 10ppg.
His rotations haven't been that bad. Certainly not excellent by any stretch of the imagination, but decent enough, and he is never going to be a paint defender. That's just not who he is.
IMO he is a 3/4, Keegan is a 3/4, Barnes is a 4/3 and Lyles is a 4/5. It's a good mix and there are enough minutes to go around, just stop playing the big fellas unless you have a direct match up that's causing problems. Don't forget Trey owns someone like Gobert because he drags him out, so it's not just shorter guys he should be playing the 5.
Next 5 games where Trey should be playing the backup 5:
Toronto - Poetl/Boucher
New Orleans - JV/Nance
Detroit - Duren/Wiseman
Charlotte - Richards/scraps
Philly - Embiid/Reed
The only time Len/McGee should be used here is if Sabonis gets in foul trouble against JV and Embiid. That's it. I get they need to give them some time to keep the legs ticking over, but that's what garbage time is for.
You can go through all of these teams and Sasha has a spot on the floor and has a favourable match up on D.
