‘Banged up’ D-Will just keeps playing
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I wish they would limit his mins a little. I recall him playing in the last few mins of the SAC game when other starters were out.
Jazz Traveler
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His minutes need to be cut back.
I attribute D-Will's toughness to him spending time with Harpring during the summers.
They would play football together and do drills.
I don't want to hear anyone ripping on the Harp anymore, we wouldn't have the D-Willy we have now if not for Harp and his Football skillz.
"“He hasn’t said anything about not playing,” Sloan said. “I guess whenever it comes to that point, I guess we’ll have to adjust and go on. He’s evidently trying to play with it, and that’s part of the business.
“Everybody plays with something banged up on them, it doesn’t make any difference whether However, Williams acknowledged after the win over the Kings that his shot is off and his legs are not providing their normal lift. In addition, an early-season Jazz journey that has been heavy on games — and thrilling but emotionally and physically draining comeback victories — has clearly taken a toll on the All-Star guard."
Jerry needs to take note of this. Deron is a should-be all star but he cannot perform that way when he is this banged up, as noted above. Nor are the jazz going to perform well with their star playing substandard.
Deron should not have played against the queens. Let your subs and backups do their jobs Jerry. Even taking one loss is better than continuing with a much reduced DWill. But no, we're gonna be tough men and we will just keep going, even though we shoot 7 for 27 or whatever it is he is doing.
“Everybody plays with something banged up on them, it doesn’t make any difference whether However, Williams acknowledged after the win over the Kings that his shot is off and his legs are not providing their normal lift. In addition, an early-season Jazz journey that has been heavy on games — and thrilling but emotionally and physically draining comeback victories — has clearly taken a toll on the All-Star guard."
Jerry needs to take note of this. Deron is a should-be all star but he cannot perform that way when he is this banged up, as noted above. Nor are the jazz going to perform well with their star playing substandard.
Deron should not have played against the queens. Let your subs and backups do their jobs Jerry. Even taking one loss is better than continuing with a much reduced DWill. But no, we're gonna be tough men and we will just keep going, even though we shoot 7 for 27 or whatever it is he is doing.
InGameStrategy
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Most players want to play. It is not exclusively the players' job to inform the coach that they should not go back in. They might think that they would hurt the team (or signal weakness to the opposing team) by doing so.
In the last game it was plainly obvious that DW was hampered. He managed an exccellent 9 assists to only 2 TOs, but he had airballed already in the first 3 quarters (he said he had 3+ for the game). There was no reason to put DW back on the court in the 4th quarter. Although he logged a couple of assists and scored a couple from the charity stripe in six minutes in Q4, he also missed two straight FTs and got blocked.
There were alternatives who were plenty capable of preserving the lead. A primary priority of coaches (with the ultimate goal of winning << rolleyes >>) is to to observe and know who's doing well and who's doing poorly--be it due to injury or what other reason. While observation should've been plenty, asking Deron if it was better for him to rest or to go back in was also an option, although he still might have understated his lack of lift. I"m optimistic that, with a nearly 20-point lead, DW would've decided to sit longer until the lead fell to a more dangerous level.
ncoloradojazz
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YOu sir are an idiot.dwill tough cuz of harpring?lmao. YOu do know he was a stud wrestler too in school right ?