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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 4931888, member: 837"]
agree with this but let's not lose sight of an important thing -- we don't have 7 players Red feels really comfortable with. We have, maybe, three? Judah, Brown and Cope appears to be at least nearing that level. Taylor/Bell/Benny are intriguing but incredibly inconsistent. JJ has the pedigree but we're desperate for him to find some sort of consistent offensive presence. McLeod is either injured or just going to really struggle to stay on the floor in this kind of system. Hima has actually looked OK but is a mess health-wise, apparently. Cuffe shows promise but is figuring things out at this level. Carey/patterson won't play. Westry hasn't gotten on the floor.

So I'm not knocking your point at all, but merely pointing out that it's not simply a philosophy of playing more players and letting them play through mistakes. That could well be a part of it, for sure. But if JJ was hitting shots and creating matchup problems, Bell was a factor on both ends and grabbing a few rebounds, Benny was hustling and using his athleticism on both ends and McLeod was healthy and able to hold his own outside defensively and be a big factor around the basket for 20 mpg or so, I really think that crew (just as an example) of JJ/Juda/Cope/Brown/Bell/Mcleod/Benny would be getting a huge percentage of the minutes at this point.
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