yosemiteben wrote:KembaWalker wrote:yosemiteben wrote:They redid our entire medical staff and forced him into ankle braces. They obviously care about keeping him healthy.
He also only played 35 minutes last night and he is only averaging 33.5 minutes on the season. They are extremely far from overplaying him.
its not a matter of minutes, his ankle injuries haven't been wear and tear (although now you might consider it that since we've seen him pop up on the report with soreness which is probably chronic at this point). any minute you play LaMelo that is unnecessary is just rolling the dice on another random bad step on someones foot for no reason
to me, its pretty clear that the organizations actual priority and probably step 2 of their master plan is establishing LaMelo as a true star player, getting that referee respect and putting some eyes on the team. its probably pretty embarrassing for ownership that we don't even have a jersey patch this season. they are likely prioritizing this "4th quarter Melo" narrative as its the little good press we have actually gotten and want to juice his numbers up as high as they can. theres no actual defensible reason to put him back in that game last night given his history, its totally moronic. gotta trust the overarching master plan
I'm really confused by the mixed narrative here.
"We are making a mistake by not leaning in on LaMelo, he's changing our timeline and we should be capitalizing on it."
"We made a mistake by playing LaMelo unnecessarily because every minute we do that is a risk."
If we're changing our organizational approach to accommodate him, I don't want to be scared to play him 35 minutes in a meaningful Cup game where the final score matters.
It doesn't feel like you can look at how our team is approaching Melo and objectively say that they are not providing him adequate support or that they are being reckless with his health.
i feel like youre being purposely obtuse at this point, maybe upset at me after the poor outcomes from the conversations yesterday and looking to bicker further
there is obviously a very big difference between making a move to get the guy some help because he's playing at a level far far far above the rest of the roster and playing him in absolute garbage time. these are not conflicting stances. no team should be putting their star player in down 35 pts with 5 minutes left in the game, injury history or not. of course the Emirates cup is not relevant in either case and nobody cares about that here or organizationally. you know this, i know this, everyone knows this.
gonna disengage from this bad faith conversation, you clearly have an issue with me all of a sudden. if the team actually prioritizes their Emirates cup point differential during a complete blowout to the point of throwing their star player out there but isn't prioritizing getting the team some actual help ASAP then we are in for some dark days anyway and none of this matters
are yall seeing this the same way as me lmao. I see your response smushed up under your favorite teams and my name is mod color and the next messages are all outside screen boundary
