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Originally Posted by lemonpen  I was also ok with the calls. His 3rd one was dumb reach in after the opponent had secured a rebound. Didn't bother me one bit that Flipper yanked AJ for it. Development ain't always pretty or kindhearted. |
3 fouls per game is AJ's limit set by the coaching staff.
I haven't read it anywhere. However, if you check all the games that he has played in since he was moved into the rotation he has not been put back in a game in the regular rotation once he has incurred three fouls in that game.
He was reinserted Sunday after incurring his 3rd foul but that was in
garbage time.
I think the coaching staff is trying to do several things with this.
1. Not get too many fouls called on us as a team
2. Not get AJ too frustrated. A lot players, especially young ones will tend to lose it a bit when they get called with too many fouls.
3. Emphasis to AJ how important it is to the team that he learn to stop committing unnecessary fouls whenever possible.
4. By yanking him at three fouls it will force him to learn to stop fouling if he wants playing time.
5. It will also change his mindset to where he starts thinking in terms of 3 fouls to foul out and not 6, though technically of course he will not have fouled out. In the long run this will improve his defense and allow him to stay on the floor longer and greatly reduce the danger of actually fouling out.
