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OK. What first comes to mind because they are current problems are Fes and Koufos. Like was said earlier the system as it is had their preparation level far below what it should have been. It's just not a good idea to keep players from getting minutes during the regular season and then need them for the playoffs and not have him ready.

Hopper said:
Actually I don't. Dee Brown, mebbe? He's doin purty good in Europe, I hear.
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Not sure what you're gettin at. Ya think they didn't practice with the team (or in the D-league) durin the year, that it? Ya think we would NOT have been in contention for the #2 seed in the conference with only one game to be played last year with them playin more, but instead we woulda clinched it, and mebbe even beat out the Lakers for the #1 seed? Ya think Sloan should have sat Memo all year, because everyone knew he wouldn't need to be ready come play-off time, because he would get hurt? What?

squareinthecircle said:
OK. What first comes to mind because they are current problems are Fes and Koufos. Like was said earlier the system as it is had their preparation level far below what it should have been. It's just not a good idea to keep players from getting minutes during the regular season and then need them for the playoffs and not have him ready.
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P.S.: To quote John Wooden when one of his players complained about a lack of playin time: "I'm not the one limiting your playin time. You are."
 
This is what: my problem lies in his philosophy. It makes sense on paper but come playoff time it doesn't work right. So rather than fix the symptoms my suggestion is to go for the cause.



Hopper said:
Not sure what you're gettin at. Ya think they didn't practice with the team (or in the D-league) durin the year, that it? Ya think we would NOT have been in contention for the #2 seed in the conference with only one game to be played last year with them playin more, but instead we woulda clinched it, and mebbe even beat out the Lakers for the #1 seed? Ya think Sloan should have sat Memo all year, because everyone knew he wouldn't need to be ready come play-off time, because he would get hurt? What?



P.S.: To quote John Wooden when one of his players complained about a lack of playin time: "I'm not the one limiting your playin time. You are."
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Whatever bad feelins Pop's Day brings for ya, my sympathies. Who's "philosopy" did work against the Lakers this year, come play-off time?

squareinthecircle said:
This is what: my problem lies in his philosophy. It makes sense on paper but come playoff time it doesn't work right. So rather than fix the symptoms my suggestion is to go for the cause.

Also this is not a good day for me any year. If I am more belligerent today than normal I apologize.
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...can't...resist...temptation.



I also love the notion that A) a coach can't develop players because coach doesn't follow formula v + pt = d (v is young player, pt is minutes played, d is some undetermined value of "development) and then throws specific players out there, and then of course, when mentioned of other players, their development is in spite of coach, not because of it.

Why is it in spite of the coach? Well, it wouldn't fit the easy model in fantasyworld that playing time equals development. And we can't have that, now can we? It's a damn shame coach didn't play 15 players a night at thirty minutes a game. THAT'S development right there.
 
Well first of all I would not want to make the change for the Lakers. Second changing that philosophy would not instantly ensure success, like it appears like you're looking for. Bottom line is it wouldn't work the way you are trying to measure it.

And in answer to your question I don't know. That's not my field of expertise- I'm just an armchair GM. Lucky for me that I don't need a better method in order to identify a worse one.



Hopper said:
Whatever bad feelins Pop's Day brings for ya, my sympathies. Who's "philosopy" did work against the Lakers this year, come play-off time?
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Well, Dark, as I often brag, I have a 5-year old great-great grandson who's a damn good baller! He just needs developed, that's all. If some NBA team would give him 20-30 minutes a game for a year, he would be an all-star, I tellya!
 
I'm not certain what you are getting at. Are you saying that PT does nothing for player maturation?

And if Sloan won't change his philosophies then what needs to happen is we need to move the players that will not work for him and replace them with players that will. The real problem I have is that not only are some players not prepared but they are unprepared because they don't work for Sloan- so get rid of them.

Darkwing Duck said:
...can't...resist...temptation.



I also love the notion that A) a coach can't develop players because coach doesn't follow formula v + pt = d (v is young player, pt is minutes played, d is some undetermined value of "development) and then throws specific players out there, and then of course, when mentioned of other players, their development is in spite of coach, not because of it.

Why is it in spite of the coach? Well, it wouldn't fit the easy model in fantasyworld that playing time equals development. And we can't have that, now can we? It's a damn shame coach didn't play 15 players a night at thirty minutes a game. THAT'S development right there.
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