davidfr94 wrote:I have criticized sabonis a lot since the beggining of the year.
But his recent play, and not just today but since brogdon and levert have been out of the lineup, has made me reconsider things.
Indeed, it's possible that his struggles were more a result of guard play and coaching.
Something some of you have been telling us.
Sykes, Washington and especially Stephenson have done a wonderfull job with Sabonis.
Also, he is shooting a LOT better lately and he is totally different player when his shot is falling.
Plus, it makes the pairing with Turner a lot more dangerous.
Rick needs to put levert on the bench and tell brogdon to share the ball more on offense.
Maybe start lance and let brogdon play off ball more ?
I was more on the "let's trade every one and rebuild" but seeing how our team has been playing lately, i'm more willing to let the year play out.
I would try to keep Turner, Sabonis (make him work all summer on his shot), holliday, lance, Stephenson, Duarte of course and maybe Warren if he comes back well.
Even brogdon but more on a complimentary role. He is at best a third option.
I would be ok trading the rest of the team.
If we can find a way to grab a defensive pass first point guard (rubio type), a 3 and D wing and a good iso scorer if we let Warren walk i think we can be competitive imo.
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To me, let's start with a new rule that "until further notice, no guard should play more than 25-30 minutes per night. We have some depth, and guys that will play the system we need, so everyone should work their butt off on movement/motion on offense, and working on defense, and we'll sub you out with fresh legs when needed", and go from there. Brogdon and Levert shouldn't be playing 35 minutes each when we now know that Sykes and Washington could be good for 20 minutes a night, and Duarte/Lance for 20-25 minutes a night. That's a lot of time there.
