In case you missed it.
Posted: Sat Oct 4, 2008 2:08 am
*Gerald Green is not presently in the mix of candidates to get real time at the 2.
*Jerry Stackhouse and Jason Terry are playing with the same unit (the Whites) and are taking turns starting at the 2.
*Erick Dampier is working with the first team, though coach Rick Carlisle told the assembled media that he will eventually mix-and-match with both Damp and ‘Gana Diop in search of the right first-team combination.
*Josh Howard worked with the second team on Thursday – but it was anything but a demotion. Carlisle decided to take one of his “top players’’ and let him lead the second unit in the team’s series of mini-games. “And Howard’s team won every time,’’ Carlisle said.
*Antoine Wright continues to impress behind Stack and Jet at the 2. In these mini-game sessions, the pace is extremely fast, and the athletes – especially the well-conditioned ones – excel. Wright is on that list.
*Brandon Bass’s work ethic has been astounding. Carlisle finds him in the gym on a regular basis at 8 p.m., a full seven hours after the end of practice. And if that’s not enough, when the end-of-bench members of this 19-man roster show up 45 minutes before practice for their mandatory “extra work’’ session, Bass participates with that group as well.
“I don’ t want him to wear himself out,’’ Carlisle said, “but boy, he loves to play.’’
*The coach noted that his versatile roster “has 14 guys who can play.’’ He went on to note that “They have all been effective NBA players during their careers.
But … I’m stuck on the “14.’’ That would seem to be written-in-ink bad news for the other five fellas.
*In fact. … I’m told that in terms of minutes given in these mini-scrimmages, it’s all about the 12 veterans from last year’s team.
*Oh, and when J-Ho left his starting 3 spot to play with the second team, who was the man who replaced him with the first-teamers? Devean George.
http://www.dallasbasketball.com/home_display.php
Well Green sucks, Josh is being "punished"and Wright needs to play in Phoenix.
*Jerry Stackhouse and Jason Terry are playing with the same unit (the Whites) and are taking turns starting at the 2.
*Erick Dampier is working with the first team, though coach Rick Carlisle told the assembled media that he will eventually mix-and-match with both Damp and ‘Gana Diop in search of the right first-team combination.
*Josh Howard worked with the second team on Thursday – but it was anything but a demotion. Carlisle decided to take one of his “top players’’ and let him lead the second unit in the team’s series of mini-games. “And Howard’s team won every time,’’ Carlisle said.
*Antoine Wright continues to impress behind Stack and Jet at the 2. In these mini-game sessions, the pace is extremely fast, and the athletes – especially the well-conditioned ones – excel. Wright is on that list.
*Brandon Bass’s work ethic has been astounding. Carlisle finds him in the gym on a regular basis at 8 p.m., a full seven hours after the end of practice. And if that’s not enough, when the end-of-bench members of this 19-man roster show up 45 minutes before practice for their mandatory “extra work’’ session, Bass participates with that group as well.
“I don’ t want him to wear himself out,’’ Carlisle said, “but boy, he loves to play.’’
*The coach noted that his versatile roster “has 14 guys who can play.’’ He went on to note that “They have all been effective NBA players during their careers.
But … I’m stuck on the “14.’’ That would seem to be written-in-ink bad news for the other five fellas.
*In fact. … I’m told that in terms of minutes given in these mini-scrimmages, it’s all about the 12 veterans from last year’s team.
*Oh, and when J-Ho left his starting 3 spot to play with the second team, who was the man who replaced him with the first-teamers? Devean George.
http://www.dallasbasketball.com/home_display.php
Well Green sucks, Josh is being "punished"and Wright needs to play in Phoenix.