Here's the problem we have now because of the way Casey manages minutes. JJ went from not playing to starting because Carroll went down. Now JJ went down, and we need Norman Powell, who has played a total of 100 NBA minutes to start and play 20+ minutes a night. Imagine what happens if Lowry re-injures his wrist and we suddenly need 20 minutes a night from Wright? Wouldn't it be better if he already had some NBA game experience?
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Managing Minutes - short term vs long term or short sightedness vs vision?
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Mess wrote: View PostClinching things and then resting/taking the foot of the pedal is what happened last year. I would prefer they start spreading the minutes around and as a result lose some separation if it will keep their focus and compete levels high. This is pretty much the same group that coasted and thought they could turn it on in the playoffs. Even if they were physically healthy that's not a healthy attitude for success.
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peanutwoozle wrote: View Postexcept they were still on vacation in the playoffs. They didn't even step up at all.Two beer away from being two beers away.
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JWash wrote: View PostI really don't think Lowry got hurt/burned out last year because of playing time, he played less minutes per game than he did the year before.Heir, Prince of Cambridge
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JWash wrote: View PostI really don't think Lowry got hurt/burned out last year because of playing time, he played less minutes per game than he did the year before.
I think the high minutes combined with the higher usage to cause the issues. And his usage this year is higher than last year. We either have to reduce his usage or his minutes, and only one is directly controllable.
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JWash wrote: View PostLowry played a lot of minutes (39.0) in January but his usage actually dropped from 28.0% to 24.5%
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Damn ... Lowry's minutes are about to go up again. As an interview with Casey from today stated, he said:
We’ve got to get his minutes down. Last night he was up to [42] minutes and we probably have to get him out sooner because we’re getting caught when there’s no stoppage in play, and we have a guy at the scorer’s table and there goes another minute. Those extra couple minutes add up over a period of the game and now he’s at [42] when really he should be at 36, 35 minutes."My biggest concern as a coach is to not confuse winning with progress." - Steve Kerr
"If it's unacceptable in defeat, it's unacceptable in victory." - Jeff Van Gundy
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Barolt wrote: View PostAccording to Casey he SHOULD be at 35-36 minutes every game? Jesus. I'd like to see him at 32 or so for the rest of the regular season.
This is the third time this season he's said something along these lines and after each of those times, his minutes actually went up."My biggest concern as a coach is to not confuse winning with progress." - Steve Kerr
"If it's unacceptable in defeat, it's unacceptable in victory." - Jeff Van Gundy
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Just Is wrote: View PostIt's going up. Quote me on that.
This is the third time this season he's said something along these lines and after each of those times, his minutes actually went up.9 time first team all-RR, First Ballot Hall of Forum
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Barolt wrote: View PostAccording to Casey he SHOULD be at 35-36 minutes every game? Jesus. I'd like to see him at 32 or so for the rest of the regular season.
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