Im gonna have to agree for now.
D'Antoni didnt have a PG to work with for his system to even remotely work.
Now he has one and the offense is doing good and we've got 2 in a row.
HOWEVER I think its unexusable that it took this long for him to use someone other than TD and Shumpert on the roster.
Right now D'Antoni had his job saved by a real PG who can use his system and Im ok with it. I also like the way he yells at everyone lmao
Check my post from the game thread. It's relevant and makes some gd sense if i may say so:
When you think about it,(this is rarity around here mind you) it's not as easy to make the call to give Lin big minutes as you think.
Td is a third year player that's earned the opportunity to start, as we tried at the beginning of the season. He sucked terribly sooooo the next logical option would be your 1st round pick in Shumpert. He's been up and down as most rookies are, but not terrible.
Then you have Lin who's unproven, unheralded, bounced around a bit in the League so there's a progression that needs to take place, which takes some time. Seems to me that Lin gradually won the confidence of the coaches with his work ethic and improved play in practice. Apparently he was owning all of our guards. But even then, as a coach you don't just throw him in there and give him big minutes. Lin played some against Houston and from there continued to play more minutes n proved that he belongs on the floor. A player has to unequivocally PROVE that.
No coach is just gonna throw an unproven guy in there w/out exhausting other options and going through a certain process that starts in practice and ends w the player earning it in games w gradually increased minutes based on production. Lin's jumped through all the hoops and now he's where we need him to be. He earned a start and he got it.. There's always an evaluation process taking place.