No. And there has been tournaments where it was visibly brutal, especially on the women’s side, even as recently as last year when Sabalenka didn’t give Coco credit in her speech. But Novak is so experienced that it was easy for him to deal with today
I actually think guys like Furphy are good enough to play. But going 10-11 deep just ruins the rhythm for everyone. Hurley will always have basically an 8 man rotation with a possible 9th.
Someone posted advanced stats recently and Stewart’s usage rate is basically nothing. I’m assuming Ross is similar. They just aren’t part of the offensive plans.
I agree that there are plenty of cases where playing public high school ball is better...it is usually a much better game atmosphere where the fans/students/families actually care which leads to more pressure situations and games that actually matter. If the kid is playing against good...
Solo is fine. This happens all the time in the NBA where a top player isn't in the game down the stretch because something else was working better. It happened last week with Stephon Castle against the Knicks when Julian Champagne hit 10 threes...next game it was back to the usual.
Watching the playoffs and finals last year, while Dort and Caruso especially are absoluetly great on defense, they hold and hack and get away with it more than anyone I’ve seen in recent years. Caruso was actually hanging off Jokic’s back in the western conference finals with no calls.
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