Flip's motivation for bench development (THREAD NOW RE-NAMED!!)

If you have to rely on your unproven youth to win a championship, than we should just expect to lose in ECF again.

Cleveland was a rare exception last year b/c with so much attention being paid to LBJ, somebody was going to get tons of open looks. Not to mention, prior to that series, Boobie Gibson didn't even deserve to be paid attention too from an offensive standpoint.

In '04 none of your young guys played, and we we're fine. The Spurs NEVER play rookies and they've been fine. I'm not saying not to play Stuckey & Amir, but rather that if we were to lose a series in whichever round, it won't have anything to do with the amount of minutes those guys play.

So to blame Flip for not playing Stuck & Amir in a playoff series we end up losing is laughable.

If we want to get to the finals, it will be mainly on the backs of those who took us their previously...

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Originally Posted by Wil Ledezma

prior to that series, Boobie Gibson didn't even deserve to be paid attention too from an offensive standpoint.

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This is kind of the point. The element of surprise. Everyone knows what to expect from the regulars. Good teams know what they have to do to beat them in a 7 game series (put a bigger guard on Chauncey, trap the P&R, let them hoist from outside, and attack the rim off P&Rs). With guys like Stuckey and AJ, the scouting report is short.

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In '04 none of your young guys played, and we we're fine.

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First, you obviously didn't read my post responding to kstat saying the same thing. See it for my response. Second, Tayshaun Prince was 23, and in his 1st year of rotation minutes.

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The Spurs NEVER play rookies and they've been fine.

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uhhh, does Finals MVP Tony Parker ring a bell? Played 30mpg at the age of 19. Yes, that's like Amir playing 30mpg LAST YEAR. At Amir's age (20), Parker was playing 34mpg en route to his 1st NBA title. Coincidentally, Manu Ginobili picked up his 1st title in his rookie year (that same year), playing 28mpg in the playoffs. So that couldn't be any further from the truth.

And as I said before... I never once said that every championship team needs one of their younger guys to "blossom at the right time", but based on the last 2 years, this team does.

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If we want to get to the finals, it will be mainly on the backs of those who took us their previously...

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Obviously. But in a 7 game series against a team like the Celtics, we will need more than just the regulars doing their thing to win.