wakelaunch1 wrote:esqtvd wrote:playaloc916 wrote:Once Plumlee gets back, there won't be any meaningful minutes available for Brown. I wouldn't mind him getting an uptick of minutes while Plumlee is recovering, just to see what he can do with it.
Can we get to .500 first?
I get what you are saying but the minutes we are getting from that position have been disastrous. Brown is old and and has a mature body. He was solid when in the game and can hit the 3 ball. Ty Lue was worst coach for developing Mann. What he did to Mann last season was pathetic. Deciding when someone is ready when they dont even practice seems pointless. Kobe was a first pick, played well in summer league, and played well in the minutes he got. He deserves it.
Yah, we aren't disagreeing at all, bruh.
Kobe is the only G-Leaguer in line to get significant minutes--or frankly, ever. I liked him since Summer League, and Mann was the only one I've said that about, and we're going back to 2019. [And believe it or not, Reggie Bullock in 2013. Who turned into a passable pro SIX years later.]
But all the calls for "playing the kids" for the last 4 years now have been bullshtt. They are NOT real NBAers. NAME ONE.
THAT's the primary point here. Kobe is a #30 pick who had a nice Summer League, and hasn't embarrassed himself in his few minutes with the REAL team. He hasn't earned NBA minutes but he has earned a CHANCE at NBA minutes.
All I asked is that we get to .500 first.
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I mean, everybody wanted to dump Mook--who is now a continuing disaster in Philly, but Nick Nurse is giving him a veteran's respect and a chance to avoid the ashheap of NBA history--just like Ty is doing with Tucker. Other veterans notice that level of respect, that you won't be tossed aside like garbage after a few bad games.
And Ballmer, Inc. is stuck with TWO more years of PJ, so Ty is FCKED as an organization man. You'd at least love to keep PJ on as mentor for Kobe [and maybe Theis too], and you'd like to find a role for him ON the court, even only 7-10 mpg.
Yo, I'm Joe Plus-Minus around here
, and PJ should be bought out immediately based on the numbers. But PJ commands respect among his NBA peers. This team NEEDS some self-respect.
"Identity," they're calling it now. Back in the day, they called it heart. Everybody knows what that means. PJ has heart. Mook don't. Even if equally useless on the court now, they ain't the same. You WANT Tucker on your team, in your clubhouse.
Not so much on the court, but if you cut him, that's $11M in dead cap money, and another $11.5 next year.
And he ain't gonna take no buyout, lol.