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Originally Posted by Ernie the Slow Adult  Am I the only one who thought JJ Reddick did a pretty good job on Rip in the 2nd half? |
Orlando fans did.
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| Do you think Rip is telling Curry not to play Amir or Afflalo in favor of Herrrrman? |
LOL. If he is, he's an idiot j/k. Amir and AA can't contribute from the bench so comparing them to Hermann's minimal contribution is puzzling to me.
For every good play Hermann makes we're lucky if it replaces his bad ones at a good %.
The problem with relying on bad bench players is they get exposed when you actually play great teams in the PO's. Hermann's defense will get eaten alive when it matters. Is Curry planning on putting him on LBJ, Pierce?, etc.
Playing Aaron reaps the benefits of a good defender who will get comfortable with his shot, and at this point is still a better scorer than Hermann.
But hey it's cute for a win or two in March.
KB's post defense is also an asset, but when he's playing like an idiot you have to know when to take him out. Curry's biggest problem is that when things are going wrong he sits on his hands. I'd rather be developing an effective PO strategy than "getting by". We took
31 more shots than ORL and won by 4 with their starting PG and SF out. Not diminishing the win b/c we didn't have Sheed and we showed heart, but keeping it in perspective. Those rebounding advantages won't always be there.
It's like the last two years when we've played ORL well and then faced teams that were actually good in CLE/BOS.
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maybe the trick to getting PT from Curry as a bench player is to be overall really bad so when you do something good it's 10x more exciting and seems like a much bigger deal.