Is McCants primarily to blame for 4th quarter collapses?

[deeney0]

Any interest at trying some Shad at point for extended periods of time? During the 5 minutes or so in the GS game, it worked well. Some Shad-Brewer-Gomes at 1-2-3 would allow either Shad or Corey to guard the opposing team's PG. Could blow up in our face, but at 4-27, why not give it a shot?

[dunkonu21]

I think most of you are taking this wrong...Wittman seems to be challenging McCants right now...The reason he sits is because he doesn't play defense, same with Green...When players have bad habits, the only way to get rid of them is to not play them til they fix it...IMO Wittman is setting the standard with playing Gomes and Brewer a lot of minutes...Both of those two are hustlers, smart, defensive-minded...now no one should expect McCants to become a defensive-minded player, but he should be able to play defense good enough to make him a valuable player when his shot isn't falling...at this point when his shots aren't falling, he isn't even worth having out there...McCants' offensive prowess is not going anywhere as demonstrated by his still amazing repertoire even after a whole season out...I just wish Wittman would hold up to this standard with Craig Smith (but sadly we are to shallow at the position)...

Many people said McCants was their favorite player because of his attitude, now they hate it...Well you can't have it both ways, McCants attitude is what makes me so excited about him...He needs to learn the basics, and granted it is taking more time than any of us expected, once he learns the basics I expect him to be a ++ player

[theGreatRC]

I think most of you are taking this wrong...Wittman seems to be challenging McCants right now...The reason he sits is because he doesn't play defense, same with Green...When players have bad habits, the only way to get rid of them is to not play them til they fix it...IMO Wittman is setting the standard with playing Gomes and Brewer a lot of minutes...Both of those two are hustlers, smart, defensive-minded...now no one should expect McCants to become a defensive-minded player, but he should be able to play defense good enough to make him a valuable player when his shot isn't falling...at this point when his shots aren't falling, he isn't even worth having out there...McCants' offensive prowess is not going anywhere as demonstrated by his still amazing repertoire even after a whole season out...I just wish Wittman would hold up to this standard with Craig Smith (but sadly we are to shallow at the position)...

Many people said McCants was their favorite player because of his attitude, now they hate it...Well you can't have it both ways, McCants attitude is what makes me so excited about him...He needs to learn the basics, and granted it is taking more time than any of us expected, once he learns the basics I expect him to be a ++ player

Yes. Yes. YES. I agree with this. I love McCants' attitude, it is the same cocky and trash talking spirit that I secretly love to see out of players, I loved it when KG used to get so pumped up and do some crazy ****, McCants is like the echo of KG in terms of intensity, but not passion.

[Cy32]

McCants should definitely get 30 mpg guaranteed unless foul trouble. We need him and Foye to be the primary perimeter scoring options and Foye is gone, so we really really need McCants. Live and die with McCants. 30 mpg+ every game, no matter what.

No player should get a specified amount of playing time, no matter what especially young players as most of them think they are better prepared for the NBA than they are anyway. If you can't earn minutes players shouldn't be playing.

The NBA has been ruined by most of the teams thinking they have to go young all at once putting better players to pasture when they can play better than the young players they are being asked to teach how to play....that's the coaches job or at least it should be.

[big3_8_19_21]

We don't HAVE better, older players. That's the "beauty" of this roster.

Also...what happened to McCants' post-up game? Remember when he had one?

[shrink]

In the KFAN interview, Wittman mentioned McCants again, but did it in an interesting way. He said he was frustrated with McCants always shooting three's, because he was one of the few people on the team that can break people down and get to the basket, and the team needs that. I suppose you can say thats "calling someone out," but I think that the bar should be higher for players with more talent.

People may say that's not fair, and they may be right. But framed like that, half of it is a compliment, and the bottom line is that Wittman wants McCants to develop for the team, and for himself, and he believes he has that kind of ability in him. I don't think saying it like that is bad -- simply challenging a player that he compliments as talented.

[shrink]

Do people still think calling out McCants was a bad move by Wittman and McHale?

I think some players respond to it, and some don't, and they made the right call on Rashad.

[theGreatRC]

Rashad plays off emotion, so yes, it was a good call.

[4ho5ive]

Did anybody see his post game interview last night? They talked about it (Witt calling him out) and he seemed like he responded to it the right way, instead of holding a childish grudge he seemed to understand what Witt was getting at.

I take back what i said earlier Witt, good judgment call

[revprodeji]

Good call. Like RC said, he is an emotional player.

When Shad is pissed he drives, I really like that aspect of his game.