While I loved the way Marco played yesterday I don't blame Lavin for not playing him more this year. You have to earn your minutes and Marco didn't do that until yesterday. The few games he's been in he looked out of place, confused, and had a couple of careless turnovers. It looked like he didn't belong on the court. Hopefully he's figured it out and has confidence now.
Exactly right. When someone figures it out, we act like he's known it all along. Marco moved better yesterday and got open. More importantly, he was ready to shoot when he got the ball. That allowed him to get the shot off more quickly. That may be because DLo wasn't hitting and Coach told him he has to look for his shot. He was definitely less timid about putting it up than he has been in previous games.
He also probably sensed he wasn't gonna get yanked since Branch was out for the game. Isn't motivation a big Lavin characteristic? Marco never looked motivated before yesterday. He looked deer in headlights scared of making a mistake and getting pulled.
Yup. Let's blame Lavin for Marco's struggles too.
Your right. Lavin has constructed a perfect roster and his substitution patterns are lovely.
Any sub patterns Lavin did this year you'd have a problem with, unless we were undefeated. We're 6-4 in conference with an undersized, young roster (I know you cringe at facts, but I'll say them anyway). Lavin has done a fantastic job constructing this team with what he was given to work with, not to mention missing a year to cancer. You may not agree, but the number of coaches in the country who could've done a better job to this point, you can probably count on one hand.
Facts are great. I love facts. Especially stats.
Like how Phil gets off to blazing starts then continues to hoist up shots and finishes shooting in the 30% range. So in terms of subs I think his minutes need to be cut. Just cut enough to give him the breather he deserves.
Also I'm not a fan of the courtesy 2-3 stints he gives Marco, Felix and Christian in the first half of seemingly every game. Don't see the point of this especially when they never leave bench after.
Also Felix is a good FT shooter and Marco one would think is. Since we are a horrid FT shooting team it would be nice to have them in the game when teams are fouling. But since they have played minimal minutes it would almost look foolish to bring them in.
Marco has a rep as a shooter. Even prior to yesterday if you watch when he is in the defenders stick to him like glue. That opens avenues for others. Phil is being run into the ground and doesnt need to play all the minutes he does is my point. Sadly now we might be forced into seeing more Marco with Branch's injury.