winforlose wrote:BlacJacMac wrote:winforlose wrote:
I would need to go back through and see each game again, but I remember him fumbling away a couple of fast breaks, and not shooting when he should have. This is the problem with discussing a box score months after the game. His overall offensive confidence seem to take a hit because of the diminished minutes.
I agree his minutes were cut because guys got healthy and outplayed him. That is my point. When you are too good to bench, you don’t get benched. When you are not, then it happens. He also probably performed poorly in practice to further cement his decline.
He played less than 5 minutes in 3 of the 7 games. And it wasn't because of poor play. Finch was setting his Playoff rotation.
In the 1 game he played more than 9 minutes (the 2nd to last game of the season), he scored 7 points (on 1 FGA!) with 5 rebounds, an assist, 0 turnovers and 0 fouls. He was +8.5 in 17 Minutes.
Yes in 17 minutes shooting 7 of 8 from the line. If I remember correctly that was against the tanking Nets and their mostly G league bench.
Dying on the hill of Jaylen Clark not being good at the end of last year is certainly one way to go. Clark having his playing time reduced has an obvious explanation. Same for Shannon who played a total of 15 minutes in the last 10 games of the year including 3 min total in the same stretch of April games being discussed.
Other than 3 games vs. OKC in which the Wolves situationally really needed offense, Finch trusted Clark more last year. Clark played more total minutes (522 vs 339) and in more situations.
