meekrab wrote:We're constantly playing close games, its hard to criticize the coach for playing his best players in the clutch moments.
The few times we've been up 8-10 points with 4 minutes left and Billy still had the starters in I've seen complaints about it.kodo wrote:People didn't like Thibs' minutes because both he & the Bulls were contending and should have been paced for a long PS.
Billy playing the Bulls like 82 is the entire season is perfectly reasonable.
Also, Thibs had an airtight defensive system drilled into everyone's heads and a very strong bench with Taj and Asik who were at times better than the starters.
Billy's got Andre Drummond and Onuralp Bitim.
Theres no issue with playing starters in the clutch, but Billy has to manage minutes better earlier in the game. Demar can play 36 min a night and still play the majority of the 4th. Manage guys workloads better earlier on. We’ll be out of gas long before the play in games at this rate.