playa-hater wrote:MagicBagley18 wrote:playa-hater wrote:
the thing that worries me about R Williams is that my faith in him seems to be > than Brad Stevens.. He wasn't always hurt and had games when he showed great signs of play. INCLUDING THESE PLAYOFFS Then Brad inexplicably stopped playing him. I had always hoped when drafting a player like R Williams, Romeo Langford, that they get all the playing time over players that WILL NOT be a part of the team going forward.
examples - Green getting whatever minutes as a backup, was a waste of time. Should have given ALL of those minutes, most of Semi's minutes, and let Romeo get the all imortant game experience and confidence.
as much as Kanter had a positive affect at times, Timelord should have played all backup minutes and given the chance to DEVELOP..
Think about how Spo threw 2 NON DRAFTED ROOKIES into the starting lineup early on (D Robinson and K Nunn) and allowed to to develop and gain unbelievable confidence, he also let Herro basically come off the bench and do whatever he wanted, just be aggressive.
All above things seem to be polar opposite of Stevens and his rookies. I imagine what R William and Romeo could have done given a far greater opportunity and confidence from their coach.
Tyler herro would come off any bench and be aggressive....that’s who he is as a player. He’s incredibly confident and on offense he’s incredibly comfortable in his game. Spo def empowered him but herro is a player that has a swag about him where he always think he’s the best player on the court-even when he’s clearly not. He’s fearless and that’s a trait that makes him special and he would flourish most place including Boston.
Robinson has an incredible elite skill set that mandates he gets minutes on the court- robs skill set closest to this would Be his ability to block shots but it’s negated by him being out of position and or chasing those blocks and committing bad fouls. Alternately if Duncan is having a bad shooting night- u still need to know where he is on the court at all times and he can completely wreck a defense by the attention that’s giving to him.
Lastly rob was a rookie on a team with championship aspirations his rookie year and he was incredibly raw. Rookies who are incredibly raw and who are backs up to a max player in horford whose vital to the teams success and fits the coaches play style more and a guy like Baynes whose incredibly solid and potential starter typically don’t get time.
This year yes he should have played more but again he’s been injured often- theis has proved solid.
I get your points on Herro, but mine is different.. Spo decided to start, in the begiiningod the year, 2 Rookies, who haven't proven a single thing (D RoB, K Nunn) over the 13th pick in the draft (Herro) and told an former All-star ( Dragic) to come off the bench in favor of 2 yet to prove anything players, and allowed D Robinson to develop that shooting confidence. Same with Nunn.
Develop a game = giving confidence to a player as well as experience. With Brad it's the other way around..that's all I am saying... looking at Brad's track record with young players ( 20 NON top 6 draft picks) since Brad became coach, NOT a single one has become a quality NBA player yet. (except Rozier)
So at minimum Ainge's drafting with Brad's lack of youth development has killed Boston more than any other reason.
And then he benched nunn put in the veteran and the season turned around and nunn barely played in the playoffs.
