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Game Thread Feb 25, 2023 07:00PM MT: Jazz vs. Spurs

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Lakers closing the game with vando.
Vando just forced the mavs into a turnover when mavs were down 3 with the ball with 15 seconds left.
Lakers gonna win. Which is good for the minny pick!


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The idea of entitled minutes is dumb. Let Hardy play who he wants depending on game situation.

Sure. I agree clarksons minutes shouldn’t be guaranteed. Especially when he sucks as bad as he did last night.
Sadly they are though.
Probably should get the minutes when they play great though like kessler did.

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You are oddly sensitive to me wanting to watch kessler play more basketball.
(Couldnt quote for some reason. I think my ipad is too old and on the way out. Its like 8 years old)

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Sure. I agree clarksons minutes shouldn’t be guaranteed. Especially when he sucks as bad as he did last night.
Sadly they are though.
Probably should get the minutes when they play great though like kessler did.

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Everybody sucked in the 1st half then the starters turned it around in the 2nd half. Clarkson made some key assist. We erased that 10pt lead in 8mins. scored 30-14 in that 3Q. In the 4th the last 2 crucial plays for lauri was executed by him. If you just look at stats and highlight replays sure he sucked but it doesn't tell everything.

As for Kessler his 27 minutes was fine . It's just the spurs. Nobody played over 33mins
 
I saw the first sentence and stopped reading. I dont care if he was badly outplayed. He has earned the right to play 30 plus minutes per game by this point. He is by far our best center. This season is supossed to be all about development and seeing what we have in the young guys. Wins and losses dont really matter.

In summary, idgaf what is going on in the game. If kessler isnt hurt and isnt fouled out then he should never get less that 30 minutes in a game the rest of the season.

By the way, lauri sucked for much of the game too. So did clarkson. (He sucked basically the entire game). They both played over 30 minutes.

Anyways dont give me this he was badly outplayed crap. He was 4-6 from the field (2nd on the team) with 12 rebounds (led the team) and 5 blocks! (led the team) and a plus 10 in plus minus for the game. (3rd on the team) Zero turnovers (led the team). 1 foul. Even had a couple assists. He played quite good.


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Hardy said why he went for the smaller ball in the postgame interview. Kessler wasnt benched really, but the triple tower wasnt working because they were moving off the ball and passing so much. Hardy wanted to speed up pace and transition while being faster to switch on defense. Also its worthwhile noting that KO lost way more minutes than Kessler due to that change and even Lauri played less minutes than he averages.

Remember all the coaches we have had who stick with the exact lineups, rotations and minute distributions game to game without adjusting to the opponent? Hardy adjusts.

Also wins and losses dont really matter to you. The team instead is doing their absolute best to win every game.
 
Hardy said why he went for the smaller ball in the postgame interview. Kessler wasnt benched really, but the triple tower wasnt working because they were moving off the ball and passing so much. Hardy wanted to speed up pace and transition while being faster to switch on defense. Also its worthwhile noting that KO lost way more minutes than Kessler due to that change and even Lauri played less minutes than he averages.

Remember all the coaches we have had who stick with the exact lineups, rotations and minute distributions game to game without adjusting to the opponent? Hardy adjusts.

Also wins and losses dont really matter to you. The team instead is doing their absolute best to win every game.
Fish doesn't care. He only cares if Walker gets 30 minutes because the 3 minute difference between 27 and 30 is life-changing
 
If they are doing thier best to win and they care about winning then it would make sense to play the best players the most. Especially when they are playing fantastic. Kessler played amazing. Not ok. Not good. He was fantastic. And he is by far our best center.

(Tried to quote hermanG but either the app isnt working right or my ipad isnt)

Clarkson on the other hand played like total crap. Stayed on the court all game doe.
 
If they are doing thier best to win and they care about winning then it would make sense to play the best players the most. Especially when they are playing fantastic. Kessler played amazing. Not ok. Not good. He was fantastic. And he is by far our best center.

(Tried to quote hermanG but either the app isnt working right or my ipad isnt)

Clarkson on the other hand played like total crap. Stayed on the court all game doe.
Well Hardys adjustments turned a 14 point deficit to 16 point victory so...

Besides I was not arguing Kessler performance or time. Just told you why Hardy cut all bigs minutes.
 
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