We're not gonna win many games this season. Okafor should get as many minutes as possible. He has the size and quickness of an all-conference player. If he's "rough around the edges" or "a project", this is the season to give as much time to work on these factors. Let Okafor play. Let Okafor play.
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At least he has strong hands.
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I agree with this approach. Lars can spell him, contribute, and otherwise provide some mentorship as well.RedlessWardrobe said:
We're not gonna win many games this season. Okafor should get as many minutes as possible. He has the size and quickness of an all-conference player. If he's "rough around the edges" or "a project", this is the season to give as much time to work on these factors. Let Okafor play. Let Okafor play.
I'd have to respectfully disagree. it is not an either/or decision. Several factors go into who gets to play the most minutes and when. If you believe in Don Nelson, it is all about matchups. This has to be factored in. The different abilities that Lars and Okafor bring to the table is a factor. Which one is more capable of playing the high post, and which one better in the low post, with his back to the basket. Do we want to play in the halfcourt, or to we want to run? And the different levels of experience. Also, a coach needs to be careful in how to play each player. He will be trying not just to give a player experience, but he needs to be careful about playing a freshman in situations where might fail, so he can learn from those mistakes, but if the player begins to lose confidence, then the coach needs to reduce his minutes. You always want to put a player where he will be most likely to succeed. That may be starting, or coming off the bench. As Nelson says, it is about matchups.
SFCityBear
For the second consecutive year I like to point out, is the coach incapable of implementing an offense that features a center and a power forward? Okafor needs minutes. Its not a Lars vs. Nd thing. Can't they both be on the court at the same time? Next year we have another center coming in. Does that mean that we can never seem him and ND at the same time? I visualize ND as a power forward. Didn't Yogi Stewart and Al Grigsby play at the same time?
Let Okafor play.
Let Okafor play.
Lars isn't a P12 player - he kills us with his terrible hands and turnovers. We aren't going to win either way. We aren't good enough to worry about matchups; we are in a much more remedial place of needing to develop people and create a style of play. There is no reason to waste another person's development. Lars can be the guy off the bench.SFCityBear said:
I'd have to respectfully disagree. it is not an either/or decision. Several factors go into who gets to play the most minutes and when. If you believe in Don Nelson, it is all about matchups. This has to be factored in. The different abilities that Lars and Okafor bring to the table is a factor. Which one is more capable of playing the high post, and which one better in the low post, with his back to the basket. Do we want to play in the halfcourt, or to we want to run? And the different levels of experience. Also, a coach needs to be careful in how to play each player. He will be trying not just to give a player experience, but he needs to be careful about playing a freshman in situations where might fail, so he can learn from those mistakes, but if the player begins to lose confidence, then the coach needs to reduce his minutes. You always want to put a player where he will be most likely to succeed. That may be starting, or coming off the bench. As Nelson says, it is about matchups.
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