What is the rationale behind the lack of defined rotations?
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I don't know if Mike Brown is to be blamed since I haven't been watching the Kings. But one thing is certain...Mike Brown sucks at substitution. I witnessed it one time when he was out ill and Jordi Fernandez took over and I was AMAZED with Jordi's substitution. He knows who to put in and it's a like a chess match and he put the team in a position to win. He doesn't play around. As a fan watching, I was comfortable for Jordi's lineups. But Mike Brown like to gamble and take risk with small lineups and thinking he has the advantage when he's not and sometimes I do not like what he put out there. And have you noticed that Jordi is not with the team anymore? I think Mike Brown might be relying on him sometimes throughout the season as far as who put in at different situations.
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Lately, Brown has started questioning the players publicly. It appears he no longer can control the locker room turmoil and it's getting out of control. Otherwise, any other confident management staff would stand with the team and try to solve the problem behind a closed door. He lost the team, didn’t he?
Another raising question is if he’s out of depth with his rotations, offensive and defensive schemes etc..
As for Monte, he hasn't addressed the wing weakness of this team making some cosmetic repairs for the last 2 seasons, instead bringing impactful players.
Another raising question is if he’s out of depth with his rotations, offensive and defensive schemes etc..
As for Monte, he hasn't addressed the wing weakness of this team making some cosmetic repairs for the last 2 seasons, instead bringing impactful players.
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Part of the rationale has to do with all the injuries, which really affected training camp. We saw Kevin Huerter start right at the beginning of the season even though he had not played in a single game. Trey Lyles has only played in 18 games. Malik Monk missed 7, as well. DeMar DeRozan missed 5. Jae Crowder started mere hours after signing a contract due to an injury to DeRozan.
Another part has to do with a largely inexperienced bench. Like many NBA coaches, Mike Brown does not trust rookies or even second-year players. He has fidgeted around, trying to find consistency, when more patience with the young guys might be advisable. Frankly, he has a much poorer bench compared to his first two seasons.
Meanwhile, the coach has tried to find a "formula" for rotations that works, even up to now, a third of the way through the season. This happened last year, as well. Instead, we get good performances rewarded with DPCDs, bad performances rewarded with starting positions, too many minutes for all the starters, and so on.
Another part has to do with a largely inexperienced bench. Like many NBA coaches, Mike Brown does not trust rookies or even second-year players. He has fidgeted around, trying to find consistency, when more patience with the young guys might be advisable. Frankly, he has a much poorer bench compared to his first two seasons.
Meanwhile, the coach has tried to find a "formula" for rotations that works, even up to now, a third of the way through the season. This happened last year, as well. Instead, we get good performances rewarded with DPCDs, bad performances rewarded with starting positions, too many minutes for all the starters, and so on.
Your 6th man is now in the starting lineup. Your 7th guy has been a starter for his kings career and has missed time due to injury at critical times.
Your 8th guy has played consistently outside of a few game stretch.
Back up 5 rotation has been inconsistent and your back up to the back up 4 rotation has been inconsistent
Your 8th guy has played consistently outside of a few game stretch.
Back up 5 rotation has been inconsistent and your back up to the back up 4 rotation has been inconsistent
"back up 5 rotation has been inconsistent" Gee I wonder why ... Brown just rotates the backup 5 every game; it's not correlated at all to how the guys played the previous game. Of course there's no consistency when they're not played consistency.
We are 30 games into the season and we still don't know precisely what we have in the bench players. That's on the coaching staff. Len should have been the backup from Game 1 for 10-15 games at least (Playing 180/200+ minutes in those games) to at least accurately judge how he's playing. He didn't get the opportunity to do so instead being swapped as early as Game #3 I might add ... Len's played 140 minutes all season & prob have that has been garbage time. You might think with Len playing literally about 10% of the Kings minutes for the season, other backup 5's got some run .... Well not really, Orlando Robinson has 45 minutes ALL YEAR. Isaac Jones has 164 & much of that is at the 4'.
Basically, you can not evaluate players if they're not in the rotation. When a dude plays 5 minutes literally in the game, I'm sorry he's not "inconsistent" - he's just not given a legit opportunity to play.
I feel like I'm watching a middle school coach with these rotations only playing your starters cause your bench is just there because Mommy wanted them to do an after school activity. THIS IS THE NBA. They are NBA players.
Brown chose to run his starters 34 - 40 minutes from Game #1 even before the bench had any chance to do anything good or bad. They make it complicated by switching the rotation every game instead of sticking with something for a 5-10 game stretch at the very least.
We are 30 games into the season and we still don't know precisely what we have in the bench players. That's on the coaching staff. Len should have been the backup from Game 1 for 10-15 games at least (Playing 180/200+ minutes in those games) to at least accurately judge how he's playing. He didn't get the opportunity to do so instead being swapped as early as Game #3 I might add ... Len's played 140 minutes all season & prob have that has been garbage time. You might think with Len playing literally about 10% of the Kings minutes for the season, other backup 5's got some run .... Well not really, Orlando Robinson has 45 minutes ALL YEAR. Isaac Jones has 164 & much of that is at the 4'.
Basically, you can not evaluate players if they're not in the rotation. When a dude plays 5 minutes literally in the game, I'm sorry he's not "inconsistent" - he's just not given a legit opportunity to play.
I feel like I'm watching a middle school coach with these rotations only playing your starters cause your bench is just there because Mommy wanted them to do an after school activity. THIS IS THE NBA. They are NBA players.
Brown chose to run his starters 34 - 40 minutes from Game #1 even before the bench had any chance to do anything good or bad. They make it complicated by switching the rotation every game instead of sticking with something for a 5-10 game stretch at the very least.