TheBigThree wrote:Which is exactly what Tap is doing.
It's not like McGee has been getting DNP's all season. I think you know how Tap works. He gives players a week or two to see what they have, then switches it up. AJ and Caron, barring injury, are going to log minutes, considering we don't have any reason to experiment with those positions. Besides them, Tap is experimenting and mixing stuff up.
How exactly do you propose we find out what we have in Pech, Blatche and McGee without cutting back one of their minutes? I don't really understand it. Do you not see that Tap is at least making an effort to play the young guys? Just because McGee hasn't gotten much burn over the past week doesn't mean Tap isn't trying to develop our young talent.
Like I said, you can't just throw them all out there and expect them to perform properly. You need veterans there to lead them through it.
Again, expect McGee to get minutes, but the season is still early.
This is not what Tap has been doing at all (not with McGee, at least). Ever since EJ has gone, McGee hasn't notched a 20-minute game. He has been pulled from the starting lineup and seen his minutes regress on a game-by-game basis, to the point where even in blowout losses, he's getting no burn.
This is not part of Tap's master plan, nor is it something he's done with other players.
You bring up having to find out what other players have. What exactly are you talking about? What DON'T we know about Pecherov? He's a 7fter who hangs out on the perimeter, does a decent if not unimpressive job of rebounding, can't defend worth a lick, has poor shot selection and is one-dimensional.
How do I know this? He's been on the team for over a year, now. He's gotten playing time in which to evaluate him.
Crittenton plays point guard. Not very hard to find minutes for a young point guard....not on this roster.
McGuire has been getting big minutes because Stevenson has become garbage and is injured (and not playing).
It's not that difficult to find 10-15 minutes for McGee. How do you do it? You stop playing Antawn Jamison 40mpg when our team has won 7 games. Play him 30mpg. Boom, there's 10 minutes already for McGee. Cut back Blatche's minutes by 3. Bam, there 13. Cut back Songaila's by 5. And we're already up to 17.
You simply find a way to play your rookies and young players when you have 7 wins and it's almost the middle of the season. We've done a good job of this with everyone but McGee.
