Your Nesmith arguments are all based more on you wanting Nesmith to play 30 minutes than anything in how an NBA game is played, his performances or the rotation.
Nope, not really. I wanted consistent minutes (and no DNPs) to let him build confidence/develop by February. I was a Nesmith buyer during the draft, and was impressed with his energy when I saw him play. By game 20 it was more than apparent that Romeo wasn't going to be ready, Grant had moved next door to Chipotle, Semi was still Semi, Javonte was nothing more than a 15th man. Am I missing any of our other bench drivel? Oh yea Carsen, still nothing there...
I never really thought they were title contenders this season, unless they received injury luck, but the reverse happened from day 1 (actually since the playoffs last year).
Everything about this team should now be built with the JayLord timeline in mind (yes
@lovegtm, I'm breaking it out). It's been my stance for a while. So I could give a crap how scared Nesmith's eyes looked when he played. His talent, size, 3pt shot, age, contract control, energy trump the other bench jokers by a huge margin. Once he started gaining confidence in his shot 3 weeks ago & there was nobody else healthy, he should have been unleashed.
I'm not giving Brad credit for AN's development or much else this season. But of course, I'm not in the locker room, or practices or film room, so I'm sure we'll get that response in regards to any criticism about CBS.