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Mozgov doesn't play because Karl already has two bigs that are really good. Just goes to show you that they could have held back on giving them Mozgov.... I won't blame them for it, though. Hindsight is always 20/20.
Mike does play favorites... you know he does. Players have said he does on numerous occasions. Also... dude.... Anthony Carter, Renaldo Balkman are not the players that make him able to play a 10 man roster now.
Our team was more balanced before (though it still wasn't balanced too well) and he only played 7-8 players. Walker couldn't find playing time. Mozgov was benched for 2-2/1/2 months. Anthony Randolph never saw the court unless there was garbage (minutes) on it.
The problem MDA is running into now... and I said it in the other thread... is that the inmates (players) are running the asylum. Billups is slowing down the offense and the players are calling the coach out on his (lack of) defensive mindset. If he wants to keep his job, he NEEDS to keep Billups and Melo (half-court players) happy. That is why he decided to have a defensive practice -- not because he had an epiphany, but because the players wanted it.
Let's be honest. MDA is what he is: a one dimensional coach that lives off a gimmick.
that goes to prove my pint that mozgov is not really good. not that you ever said he was really good, but in another thread it was stated after he had that one good game, that he should be getting consistent minutes.
Im sure kobe is phil jacksons favorite player on the team, and duncan is pops fav as well. So what.
Sooo, they didnt play in the miami game? balkman and carter played valuable minutes in our win over miami. The fact of the matter is, it has evolved into an offense to incorperate more players than before.
when have the PLAYERS called the coach out? what i read, and heard was that mike called billups, amare and melo aside and had a meeting with them, then mike called a meeting with the team to discuss defense for a few hours. where did it come from that the players were calling the shots? last player that undermined dantoni was marbury, and look where he is now.
yes, dantoni doesnt hang his hat on defense, but he does stress it, and with a defensive minded centre, we are in the hunt for a ring