Hi Sean, nice summary of Day 1. In reading your summary, a thought and question came to mind. When Chauncey says something to the media, he is not only saying it to the media but to the players as well. So when Chauncey says, that the players will decide (based on actual performance) how the minutes are distributed. What does that really mean? On the one hand, it sounds like he's trying to establish a meritocracy. Which is a good thing.
As someone who closely follows the team. Is what Chauncey said, true? Is that how minutes are really distributed? On the surface, it doesn't seem as though that is the way minutes are distributed. For example, if actual performance was the determining factor in how many minutes you got, Scoot would not have played much last season. The decision about who gets and doesn't gets minutes, is much more complicated than just performance.
The team has tried to make it clear and obvious that Clingan isn't going to play much. Despite their best efforts of sending that message to fans, be prepared to hear a lot of people upset when the shiny new draft pick doesn't play. I question the wisdom of drafting a guy 7th overall that is going to be 3 or 4 deep at the center rotation but hey I'm not the GM and that's probably a discussion for another day.
Hi Sean, nice summary of Day 1. In reading your summary, a thought and question came to mind. When Chauncey says something to the media, he is not only saying it to the media but to the players as well. So when Chauncey says, that the players will decide (based on actual performance) how the minutes are distributed. What does that really mean? On the one hand, it sounds like he's trying to establish a meritocracy. Which is a good thing.
As someone who closely follows the team. Is what Chauncey said, true? Is that how minutes are really distributed? On the surface, it doesn't seem as though that is the way minutes are distributed. For example, if actual performance was the determining factor in how many minutes you got, Scoot would not have played much last season. The decision about who gets and doesn't gets minutes, is much more complicated than just performance.
The team has tried to make it clear and obvious that Clingan isn't going to play much. Despite their best efforts of sending that message to fans, be prepared to hear a lot of people upset when the shiny new draft pick doesn't play. I question the wisdom of drafting a guy 7th overall that is going to be 3 or 4 deep at the center rotation but hey I'm not the GM and that's probably a discussion for another day.
Thanks as always for the coverage, Sean!