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Is Carl Landry *stealing* minutes from Chuck Hayes?
Is Carl Landry *stealing* minutes from Chuck Hayes?
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Is Carl Landry *stealing* minutes from Chuck Hayes?
Do you folks feel that Chuck Hayes' minutes has gone down quite a bit? Landry can play hustle basketball like Hayes. Landry is a finisher. He can "Throw It Down", and he can shoot freethrows. Can Hayes do that?
Do you folks see a role switch in the near future? I.E., Landry to replace Hayes as starter.
Do you folks see a role switch in the near future? I.E., Landry to replace Hayes as starter.
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He's earning the minutes. It's just his defense which all rookies struggle with. It's amazing how productive he is even given that. If he can go through his growing pains now while we're still winning and get into the PO's it only bodes well for us. People should be happy this is exactly the kind of thing JVG would never have done.
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BaYBaller wrote:People should be happy this is exactly the kind of thing JVG would never have done.
He played Luther Head and Chuck Hayes in 2005-2006. Hayes in particular stole minutes from prized FA acquisition Stromile Swift.
Spanoulis is garbage and didn't deserve any non-garbage minutes. Novak was (and is) too one dimensional to play.
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When will I learn?
Look at who started the thread before clicking on it. Crap.
Note to self: "Look. Then. Click."
Focus: "Stole" minutes? Huh? Did Chuck leave his playing time in an unlocked compartment? Did he somehow invite this heinous thievery? If so, it is an injustice most foul.
Oh wait. I forgot. He just sucks and Landry doesn't. My bad.
Look at who started the thread before clicking on it. Crap.
Note to self: "Look. Then. Click."
Focus: "Stole" minutes? Huh? Did Chuck leave his playing time in an unlocked compartment? Did he somehow invite this heinous thievery? If so, it is an injustice most foul.
Oh wait. I forgot. He just sucks and Landry doesn't. My bad.
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compucomp wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
He played Luther Head and Chuck Hayes in 2005-2006. Hayes in particular stole minutes from prized FA acquisition Stromile Swift.
Spanoulis is garbage and didn't deserve any non-garbage minutes. Novak was (and is) too one dimensional to play.
JVG played Hayes based on his defensive ability. Landry, nor Brooks would have gotten the chance to play under JVG IMO, just because lack of experience, and the fact that they don't come prepared defensivly. JVG wouldn't have changed that lineup from last season, and the rotation would have remiained the same except I think he would have played Scola, and James play more. I also think that if JVG was here Bonzi wouldn't be here, along with SF3, but he hasn't been much help to us, although I think come playoff time, were going to be using the vets as much as possible.
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nsballer07 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
JVG played Hayes based on his defensive ability. Landry, nor Brooks would have gotten the chance to play under JVG IMO, just because lack of experience, and the fact that they don't come prepared defensivly. JVG wouldn't have changed that lineup from last season, and the rotation would have remiained the same except I think he would have played Scola, and James play more. I also think that if JVG was here Bonzi wouldn't be here, along with SF3, but he hasn't been much help to us, although I think come playoff time, were going to be using the vets as much as possible.
Head was and is a deficient defender. Yet he got probably more PT than he could handle his rookie year.
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Head was and is a deficient defender. Yet he got probably more PT than he could handle his rookie year.
Well to be fair, we had a lot of injuries that season, I mean the league had to grant us two injury exceptions, so we played whatever live body we had and Head happened to play pretty well.
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Scola should have been starting since the beginning of the season. Hayes is a good defender and rebounder but that's pretty much it. Landry is becoming, if not already, a better player than Hayes. Scola was a better player from the start.
Until Hayes learns to make wide open layups, he shouldn't get the playing time. The other teams play off of him and double everyone else because they know he can't even finish when he's wide open right underneath the basket.
Scola should start with Landry and Hayes splitting time off the bench depending on the matchups. At the end of a close game on a defensive possession, Hayes should be in the game, just like Ryan Bowen usually was.
Until Hayes learns to make wide open layups, he shouldn't get the playing time. The other teams play off of him and double everyone else because they know he can't even finish when he's wide open right underneath the basket.
Scola should start with Landry and Hayes splitting time off the bench depending on the matchups. At the end of a close game on a defensive possession, Hayes should be in the game, just like Ryan Bowen usually was.