Originally Posted by Ernie the Slow Adult

Telling sequence: Tay had Noah on him and tried to drive and could not get by him. Hemmingway could not describe his futile attempt at dribbling. It looked like an amputee trying to dribble with their stub leg. I would have to think for a while to come up with a 3 who could not drive on Noah. Noah, by the way, would look great sitting at the end of DET's bench.

Sheed had 2 fouls in the 1st half and ends up guarding Nocioni. You have to know he's probably going to pick up a cheapie there. To open the 2nd half he's guarding Smith when Ben is out there. If you are so dependent on these guys, can't you do these little things to hopefully maximize their time on the floor?

Why would you make the declaration that the rotation(?) is being trimmed if you didn't think that Stuckey could handle it? Honestly, since that announcement I've been rooting against them. I like the players but hate the team. I am tired of the pursuit of mediocrity.

There are too many players here for Flip. He laments what they can't do instead of taking advantage of what they can. A guy like AA is useless to Flip because he doesn't instinctively stand out by the 3 point line and throw shots up. It is comical to think of how he would use Bruce Bowen.

I don't know why, but this is heaven for Flip. He knows he is only a few more games like this from having some guys walk with permanent limps while others nod off on the bench. He gets paid the same regardless. Why work harder than he needs to?