You're really starting to annoy me Cordobes, I wasn't comparing their games I was comparing their impact and upside - both are role players with little chance to be more - Giddens and Walker have higher upside potential than either...I've seen Mbah Moute probably 12 times this season and pretty much 50% of his college games.
Mbah Moute's stock was its highest as a freshmen in college becuase he was an off-ball hustle guy who defended and rebounded. He hurt himself by going away from his strengths and working on becoming a scorer.
I think he is a fundamentally sound defender, though I don't keep a running list of the top 10 wing defenders in my head. He needs more help on that team before you can fully gauge his defensive potential because he doesn't have great interior support when at the 3 and he isn't a true 4...his minutes at the 2 are extremely limited - he's a 3/4 where Gomes started as a 4/3 - they are both tweeners...
Keep telling me I haven't watched him all you want - your opinion of him is different than mine I guess...Mbah Moute is a P&R and basket cut player who is trying to develop a jumper in order to solidify and offensive role - he's never going to be an ISO or a Post guy he's a catch-and-shoot/kick-out player who can attack off one or two dribbles when within 15 feet...I don't see what i'm missing here...I like his energy and endorsed the Milwaukee pick even though he could have slipped out of the draft entirely...
...but he doesn't have Giddens or Walker's high end potential...
The reason I said you don't watch him playing is because you asked why was Sessions seeing his minutes diminished when that was pretty evident to everyone actually watching the games. If you indeed watch the games and didn't understand why was he losing minutes, I don't know what to say.
By the way, can you quickly explain the difference between the 2 and the 3 on Skiles motion offence?
I actually found out the real reason Sessions got his PT cut and it had little to do with your explanation that he was a ball-hog...I wish I could elaborate on the real reason, but explaining it on a message board isn't worth compromising my sources - it is 99% to do with his impending free agency...
As for the 2 and the 3 in Skiles offense - it depends on the personnel on the court, but the distribution of shots is substantially different as most of Milwaukees true 2's do more ball-handling and 3 point shooting - Charlie V is the only one who does everything.
Defensively, Skiles likes to use Mbah Moute so he can switch on picks instead of risking the penetration - Mbah Moute is excellent for this to be sure. but he doesn't consistently take 2 guards as a principle assignment.
Mbah Moute crashes Glass, uses P&R, and cuts to the basket - how more complicated does it get?
Yeah, good fiction, but it had nothing to do with impending free-agency; you'll see him playing more now that are more minutes available and he'll still be a free-agent by the end of the season. He just can't run an offence and is a sieve on defence. He's also a ball-hog, but I doubt I provided you that explanation.
I can't understand your explanation about the difference between the 2 and the 3. What's a "true 2"? What if no "true 2" is playing, are they playing with 2 3s? Weird stuff.
And I'm actually embarrassed to tell you this, but Skiles never switches on big/small screens, except on last possession plays. LRMAM takes 2guards as his defensive assignment when it pays and is needed. For example, he took Wade, Kobe or Nick Young when the Wizards guard was creaming Sessions and Redd on the first half.
ANyway, it's nice to see you recognizing that LRMAM would see minutes if he was in Boston. A few weeks ago there was no reason whatsoever to assume he'd be getting them. Oh well, I guess you've re-watched those games you were watching quite a bit once again.