longstrangetrip wrote:I can't figure Adelman out. With Cousins out and the only guy left who can play center being something called Aaron Gray, I actually would have given Rick a pass on not playing Dieng tonight. But instead he chooses this game to give him 37 minutes (and counting), when his two biggest prior games were 22 and 14 minutes. It's like he's on some sort of weird drug.
who else is suppose to play? Pek and Turiaf are both out
longstrangetrip wrote:I can't figure Adelman out. With Cousins out and the only guy left who can play center being something called Aaron Gray, I actually would have given Rick a pass on not playing Dieng tonight. But instead he chooses this game to give him 37 minutes (and counting), when his two biggest prior games were 22 and 14 minutes. It's like he's on some sort of weird drug.
who else is suppose to play? Pek and Turiaf are both out
He's been going with Love and Cunningham at the 4 and 5 for significant minutes since Turiaf went down. I would have thought he would have done that again. Don't get me wrong...I'm happy to see Dieng get some minutes. It's just that Rick surprises me.
KiwiMatt wrote:I'm not going to jump to conclusion based off one start, but has Dieng's performance made Pek even more expendable?
I think so, Matt. Rubio is always going to get easy buckets for whoever his center is, and Dieng significantly changes our defensive performance. I love Pek, but if we're looking for assets that can bring a significant return, we should at least be open to offers for Pek.
