I could see them circling a couple games down the stretch as playoff warmup games and playing everybody who is available (Bucks, Thunder, Knicks), but other than that they have a lot of games against the dregs from here on out where they should be resting guys.
16 games left, Wizards twice, Hornets twice, Pistons twice, Hawks twice, Bulls and Blazers in there.
They should start Kornet, Tillman, Brissett, Springer and PP. Rest the starters and Al and Hauser in a rotation.
Lots of guys taking turns doing iso but none of that really matters anyway if their D is going to be so trash.
When they shoot the ball well, they win.. when they don't they lose... No, shit.
Depends on how the addition is calculated. Beal and Allen are negatives.
It’s one thing to not have good defensive players, but the Suns absolutely look like they also don’t care a lot.
Nobody wants Bradley Beal at $161MM over the next 3 seasons.
I mean actually during the playoffs against certain teams and scenarios. Might be wise to rest Al/KP/Jrue.
Might be easier to not fuck around and not have either of the first two rounds go the full seven games this time.
And they’re great at getting open looks. In the postseason if they grind their opponents on D and get their open looks, they’re gonna be damn hard to beat in a 7 game series.
This team kicks the crap out of people with 1-2 stars resting as is. If they go 7 against a vastly inferior team doing the same thing they’ve done all year, they will have choked. I’m not saying they should rest people every game, but if you’re up 2-0 heading to, say, Orlando, I would not be surprised to see Al or KP get a night off.
The coach is out there trying to block shots after the whistle. Not dressing a key player for a playoff game to rest them doesn't really comport with that mentality.
He did it last night, but he's done it before too. I saw it last season at a game I was at in Cleveland. He's a little bit crazy, in a good way.
Yeah, you could see how fatigued they were on the Boards early.
Yeah.. the postseason schedule also isn’t like the regular season.. less travel and more time between games. Guys are rested in the reg season on b2b and when the schedule is packed.. there’s no reason to do that in the playoffs.
