huh? i am talking about managing fatigue for the game they play the very next day

edit: now i imagine they are thinking more generally than resting for the b2b, but i bet they play heavy min if they find themselves in a tight game vs the spurs on sunday

Yeah, they should do that, but it shouldn't be some pre determined arbitrary limit. It depends on how it goes. Being less fatigued for the Spurs means **** all if you lose this game.

And unless bogut is nursing something, just taking him off the table when you have a rusty Ezeli and then lolAV behind him seems ridic.

Frankly, MEM is bad enough that they can all potentially sit the 4th. So just go into the game with some idea of how you don't want anyone playing crazy minutes, but don't just have guys sit and arbitrary minute limits.

Agree with KC

Bogut sore ribs. Couldn't set a pick last game.

http://espn.go.com/blog/marc-stein/p...wford-clippers

6th man of the year is an lol award anyway because it's so trivia-based, but this article is a reminder that mainstream basketball media still has no idea how basketball works.

hat the ****?

If the eligibility rules are 32 or fewer starts, more games off the bench than starts, and nothing else the obvious winner is Tristan Thompson. He has 31 starts but he might get a start or two down the stretch as the Cavs rest people.

Kanter is the next obvious choice, not Crawford, bad D and all, because he's at least good at some things, but Turner?

Ahead of like Ed Davis or Bismack? wtf.

fail

Ed Davis and Bismack are both better than Kanter IMO

Yeah if we're sorting by points to vote for sixth man obv Kanter > Crawford. He's underrated in TZ. I'm still not using my imaginary vote on him over Manu/PPat/Iggy/Davis/Bismack but I wouldn't really have a problem with it. Crawford I'd have a problem with because he sucks.

I was watching Suns/Rockets the other night and Eddie Johnson (the Suns color guy) was adamant that Teletovic is sixth man of the year

nice **** post gtfo

Must have sore arms too then

nice

Yep, they actually called a foul on him when he gave Rubio an Iron Mike Sharpe forearm to the throat trying to protect his ribs.

yeah i've noticed he often seems to give really weak contests at the rim considering his tools - lets guys sneak past him etc

One of his best friends just died.

morey gonna get fired or no?

It's definitely in play

I doubt it. Leslie Alexander likes winning very much though.

wouldn't be surprised if SECRET STATS have Evan Turner as >>> Jamal Crawford. I know raw numbers-wise Jamal outperforms him, but he's a ****ing dumpster-fire and I bet all his lineups suck. Turner, despite, not being very good, fills a specific need that the Celtics really require.

eta: after just posting that, ET has 2 straight nice top-of-the-key pnr plays. First gets all the way to the rack and creates enough space to get an easy layup on Horford. Next draws the defense out of the corner and hits Crowder for an and1 corner 3.

He's averaging 4.5 assists/gm, nearly 8ast/100pos. He's basically the back-up point guard and the only other guy on the team capable of initiating the offense.

I think I got JERGS as my COTY.

evan turner has been playing so well. guy can get a triple double off the bench. hes gaining a lot of confidence in his spots and shooting over 50 percent from three since all star break

at the beginning of the year he was obviously one of the celtics expendable guys, now im wondering how much money they are going to pay him

Any chance Houston are tanking? I mean in the grand scheme of things it doesn't help them much to make the playoffs.

don't think you need secret stats. he's not great, but Jamal Crawford is legitimately horrible. one of the worst players in the NBA, especially compared to what the casual fan thinks of him.

yeah you right. The eyetest is the only argument I need, geoff!

Hoiberg: "We got off to pretty solid start. Then some things happened. Most of that comes from the 1 comment after the NY game by Jimmy."

damn jimmy prob is gone