Jeff Van Gully wrote:NoDopeOnSundays wrote:seren wrote:Obviously we lost this game even before it started with all the injuries. The real question is whether we have been having all these injuries because of Thibs. His strategy of playing starters heavy minutes against other teams’ backups might just be the reason why so many of the starters are injured at the same time. Thibs is good at winning games with this strategy but is losing the season as a result. I think we need a new coach next year who can utilize the roster more efficiently if we want to be a contender
It's because of Tom, this has happened with every single team he's coached where he just runs players into the ground and everyone acts confused and dumbfounded that playing every game like it's the conference finals could have negative effects. Anyone arguing to the contrary is just being delusional at this point.
This is from 2018Take, for example, the Wolves victory over the Bulls on Saturday night, when the starters stayed in a game that was hovering around a 20-point advantage for the Wolves. They didn’t head to the bench until just over a minute remained in the game.During the 2014 season, again with Chicago, it became apparent during the playoffs that Joakim Noah seemed to be suffering from soreness in his knee. Although this wasn’t a significant tear or major injury like the other players have experienced, Thibodeau admitted Noah had been suffering from soreness in his leg for the latter part of the season.
This came in a season where Noah started a career-high 80 regular season appearances, and averaged 35.3 minutes per game.
https://dunkingwithwolves.com/2018/02/26/does-timberwolves-coach-tom-thibodeau-have-an-injury-problem/
yeah. he needs to stop doing that. hate seeing the starters in the game late with big leads. i get that he's trying to teach finishing the job. but the risk doesn't outweigh the reward after a certain point.
When the team is at full health, the 2nd unit will be Burks, Deuce, Josh, Boyan, and Precious.
He has to trust that group to hold the line.