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Lyles' Rise = Gobert and Favors' injuries a blessing in disguise?

sahlensguy said:
I think you cam compare them. Swimmers, race horses, and basketball players are not robots. They all love to compete. The best ones do anyway. Without competition when it counts, there is no fire at shoot around. Game time and post time counts more than practice.
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Game time makes many practice harder.
 
Pitting playing time vs. practice is a false argument. Basketball is a culture that encompasses both, and each player is a mixture of talent and confidence. The latter of those two maximizes the former, and sometimes the talent level demands playing time because of the confidence level that is apparent in the player.

These dynamics play out in both practice and games, and no matter how many of the players on the roster happen to be displaying talent-maximizing confidence, every coach is still limited to 5 players at a time and 240 minutes total. So intuition is required, which is informed by being involved in practices and games. Fans second guess that understanding and those choices all the time, but it is always from a position of ignorance. Even practice film and/or transcripts would not help a fan understand more than a coach.

Even after all of the evaluation and scheme implementation, some of the stardom and contract negotiation is still subject to factors like timing, fit, and opportunity. Many players are stuck on teams that they don't have the right playing chemistry with, and others who have loads of that chemistry but do not properly shunt their own play to accommodate their teammates because of ego or personality. Some players are talented, but simply cannot play unselfishly, and others have difficulty communicating to teammates and/or coaches. The factors involved here are myriad and complex.

Isaiah Thomas should have been on the Dream Team, but personality conflicts dictated otherwise. Shaq should have been on that team also, but politics and need dictated otherwise. The opportunity is past, but the result is not necissarily what it could have been.

Rony Seikaly would have been a major talent upgrade at the center position for the Jazz, but he didnt want to come here. That choice affected the Jazz' championship hopes and also his own.

So opportunity is always subject to multiple factors, and history bears out those who take advantage of the opportunites that they are given, and sometimes they are unfair. But I find it much more compelling to discus the factors in play than to rank their importance. It is all important because it is all basketball.
 
tldr
 
Trey Lyles averages over last three games: 17.3 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 66.7% FG, 55% 3PT
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Is Lyles making Favors expendable/tradeable? Lyles, with his outside game, seems like a better fit with Rudy.
 
yamers said:
defense?
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If he shoots 66% from the field, and 55% from three, along with his other offensive skills (passing, ball handling) and has a high bbiq (Not turning it over or taking crappy shots)..... idgaf about his defense
 
defense is where Trey is furthest ahead of schedule. The dude projected to suck hard, and he's definitely not doing that. He needs at least 20 lbs, imo, without jeopardizing his mobility, if he's going to sniff his potential on D. I think he'll get there.
 
I posted this on December 27th when Burks went out:

"Exum being out has been good for Burke and Neto. Gobert and Favors being out has been good for Lyles and Withey. Will Burks being out be good for Hood and Hayward? How much of a silver lining is there to these injuries?"

It turns out the Favors injury is a golden lining.
 
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