MiamiSPX wrote:I'm no fan of Darko but let's get real here, nobody is doing better with that roster last night. I am willing to bet nobody, other than Nwora, even knew who Malik Williams was. Even Darko I bet had never heard of him.
Here is who played last night:
IQ - Only legit starter, but is new to the role and has only been with the team 3 months.
Dick - Up and down year, 20 year old rookie.
Temple - Great bench vet, but old and a terrible player.
McDaniels - Only got the start because of facing his brother, which shows how seriously we are taking these games lol. Even the most ardent Masai defender will admit this guy is absolutely awful and should not be in the NBA.
Gueye - Not in the NBA next season
Malik - Not in the NBA 9 days from now.
Simmons - Not in the NBA 2 days from now.
JFL - Tops out as our 14th-15th guy next season.
Nwora - He's not good. He'll be n the NBA next season but most likely as a 3rd stringer.
The only 2 guys that have been with the team all season are McD and Temple, who never play, rightfully. Even Pop or Spoelstra aren't doing anything with that roster.
Darko has also had to deal with:
Brown - Clearly doesn't want to be on the team.
OG - Wanted out for a while, and mailed it in for his last 3 weeks once he knew trade talks were in the works.
Siakam - Wanted t stay but team didn't want to pay him and told him that, which had to have made things weird at best.
GTJ - Seemingly wants to stay but they are obviously at odds over money.
Flynn - Was obviously mandated to play him, likely out of the NBA next season.
I'm no FO fanboy (I couldn't care less if Masai, Bobby and Darko all walked out the door tomorrow) but Darko gets a pass for me this season. That doesn't mean I haven't seen some things I don't like from him. I have....but come one, you have to have some serious blinders on to not admit he was dealt a very bad hand.
Yeah, I'm not sure what people are expecting here. We basically have a g league roster of people who havent been here more than a month in most cases.
But sure, blame the coach during a blatant tank. Or people blaming him when the roster was healthy and we had dudes coming to a new team as starters with a completely new system, new teammates, and a new rookie coach.
Like god damn people, have some patience. And lets not forget, Lebron wanted to jettison Spo when he was in Miami. A rookie coach is like a rookie player, they all need time to grow and adjust. If we were getting blown out by 50 with a fully healthy lineup, night in and night out, sure raise some alarms.
Instead, how about take some context into account with what the team is doing right now. Some people are ridiculous.