Welcome to Boston, Hugo Gonzalez!

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If Joe handles Ooooogo' the same way he handled Walsh last season, me personally I'd be pissed.

My memory say's Walsh got in a bunch of games early in the season and not just in garbage time. And then POOF, he became an extra seat on the sideline.

From what I remember, I didn't see any terrible decisions or lots of fouls. Did he shoot well? Not really, but that's not a defining measure IMO.

Call me crazy, but if I was Walsh's agent I would have been on the phone during the summer getting a feel from teams because if Walsh is kept on the roster and the same crap happens again I'd be pissed. Unless the kid was a knucklehead off the court, which doesn't seem to be the case, why was he pretty much shut down for long stretches during last season. There's no way a 20 year old kid is gonna get in any comfort zone in that situation.

I give PP a lot of credit for making his grievances known before his big contract. You gotta walk that walk after you talk that talk, but in order for that to happen you gotta be given the opportunity to walk first.

Throw them in the fire and let them make mistakes and the coaching staff needs to develop. I'm not a Jordan Poole fan, Steve Kerr fan or Warriors fan, but Jordan Poole was the 28th pick and played a ton his rookie year. Now, it was Covid, Klay was out and Steph was pretty much out, but Kerr threw Poole in the fire.

With no JT, Jrue, Porzingis, Kornet and AL there will be opportunities to develop guys this season.

Let the young guys rock Joe.

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If Joe handles Ooooogo' the same way he handled Walsh last season, me personally I'd be pissed.

I wouldn't worry about that happening since it's clear that this season is *very* different than last season.

We just got rid of half the team and our best player tore his achilles. Our 2 FA signings are guys who were end of the bench players for the Wolves.

Clearly, there will be more opportunity this season for the young guys.

And I believe it was a Keith Smith column the other day where a Celtics coach was quoted saying Hugo will get *real minutes* with the big club this season.

My memory say's Walsh got in a bunch of games early in the season and not just in garbage time. And then POOF, he became an extra seat on the sideline.

Yeah, he got in some games because Joe had to play *somebody* with KP injured - especially in games where Al sat out if it was a back to back. Plus, Hauser missed a bunch of games early in the season as well with the back injury.

That's why Walsh played.

We got healthy and he moved back to the bench. Because last season we were THE championship favorites. When that's the case, a 20 yr old 2nd yr player is probably not gonna play much on a team with so much depth and talent that is in a title or bust season.

And he wasn't even that good when he did get those early season minutes.

I also think the mistake fans often make with regards to the playing time certain guys get is thinking that all playing time decisions are based only on what happens during the games that we see on TV. When in reality, there's a lot of that happens behind closed doors that we don't see.

As the saying goes, "You get the playing time in games that you earn in practice."

We're not there at practice, at training camp. We don't see who's better than who at those practices, how good players look, how hard they work. Which ones stay late after practice to get more shots up, which one is the first player to get there everyday, etc.

Other things that happen behind closed doors that we don't see: who is paying attention the closest in film sessions? Who wasn't in the rotation for a game because they were late to practice or missed the team bus? Who was mouthing off to one of the coaches or trainers the day before a game? Who was out late partying while the rest of the team was at the hotel keeping it low key the night before a game?

I'm not saying Walsh did any of these things. I'm just saying there's a lot that happens behind closed doors that we don't see as fans.