18. "I expect to hear something like this from you..." In response to In response to 8
First off players do have bad games, and if he does so what? He’s a professional and he can bounce back from a bad game. What doesn’t make sense about sitting him last night and playing him tonight? You’re still bringing him along slowly and he could’ve ran with the second against Boston and you don’t have to match him up against Kyrie at all tonight. It’s still the same thing, plus he feels comfortable playing in Boston so it wouldn’t be that tough on him. He’s a tough dude so there isn’t anything that will rattle him. They could give him 15-20 minutes against Boston and that would’ve been fine.
>so lets say he plays bad against boston..then you don't play >him against top teams until when? it makes no sense. > >You bring him along slowly..when he's 100% and ready to be >unleashed, he will be with no restrictions. Till then, kid >gloves. The goal is for him to be healthy and in top shape >come spring, not to beat Boston in January or to gauge where >he's at in his first game back.