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[QUOTE="Ghost, post: 3314654, member: 581"]
Good questions.  :)

Whoah, I wouldn't play Goodine over Buddy at this juncture, I just wish he was used him more to supplement some of the deficiencies we've shown repeatedly.  That's some of JGIII's minutes as well.  I think integrating him more early would be paying more dividends now.  Why we play him with HoWa of late is beyond me...…….I don't need to see that.

A lot of that is defense, some about rest for the starting guards, and some of it is just having the offense rely on flow a bit, as at times I do think we hit ruts where guys are standing around.  It's more about being multi-dimensional, and defense - I do not AT ALL think he should be eating up most of Buddy's minutes.

As to the rest, I think we would be better on offense with Tyus generally - against any sort of opponent.  With that being said, Buddy is an incredibly smart player, he recognizes mismatches well, isn't prone to silly mistakes because he isn't being over-aggressive or out of control (almost ever), and can shoot the lights out.  I think they'd compliment each other well - I just see a pretty glaring whole in Buddy's game that we seem happy to ignore.  We can't always just sit around waiting for Chris Herren's little brother, or someone to end up on him so he can drive once in a bit.

If you're a shooting guard that can't find your own shot w/out a favorable defensive match-up (REALLY favorable, like another super slow kid) - I will always see that as problematic with that usage rate, the secondary skills (getting to loose balls, etc...) and the defensive awfulness - unless everyone else is insanely dynamic with the ball. And that ain't us.

The KP stuff I just like to make fun of - that's all in good fun.  :)
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