Can Scal be Pierce's long term sub?

[xmuscularghandix]

I think that depending on the matchup it should be Billy Walker or Scalabrine.

[Eja117]

You want an honest answer, Droop?   

Hey, I am searching for an answer here that may not exist.  We still need to find rest for PP somehow.  I am thinking Scal can be part of the solution at least.  Or not.  I guess we'll see.

That's why Marquis Daniels is here. He'll be resting Ray and Paul both.

What BC said.

What Roy said

[MaineBleedsGreen]

You want an honest answer, Droop? 

Hey, I am searching for an answer here that may not exist.  We still need to find rest for PP somehow.  I am thinking Scal can be part of the solution at least.  Or not.  I guess we'll see.

That's why Marquis Daniels is here. He'll be resting Ray and Paul both.

and Rondo ... at the same time. It will be an amazing feat that I can't wait to see

False, house will sub for rondo, but daniels will bring the ball up as the PG most possessions allowing eddie to roam and spot up. ( its what their doing in practice so far anyway, according to the globe) then him and Daniels will switch defensive responsibly so that eddie covers the PG on defense.

also, considering posey rested the 2, 3 and 4 spots throughout the championship season, it's not really that difficult.

All it takes is effective subbing by the head coach, leaving 2 guys on the court and getting one guy off to rest, then rotating.

ugh ... I joke Crownsy. I joke.

[paintitgreen]

Agree with the BC/Roy/eja triumvirate, generally we'll be rolling a 9 man rotation with House, Daniels, Sheed and Baby off the bench with various combinations of the starters. When we play more of a full second unit, we have three different looks to complete our bench mob - TA for three guard situations, pushing Daniels to the 3; Scalabrine for a bigger rotation (I started to write unit there, but read it back and felt uncomfortable); and Walker for energy or when we want to stay relatively small but TA is killing us. Many of you know I am annoyed by TA's continuing presence on this roster, but as long as he's here and we have to pay him, we might as well hope for him to put together the skills he has and recognize those he doesn't. If he can be halfway between where he was last season and where he was about 3-4 years ago, he'll be a nice asset off the bench.

I had concerns as recently as two weeks ago about whether the bench had enough, whether we still needed a backup point guard, a backup 3, etc. But something about getting into camp, and seeing the roster we have, I don't know, I suddenly feel extremely comfortable with our bench, and don't think we'll have those depth issues. Obviously an injury or two changes things, but man, we made major major upgrades from Mikki Moore and Stephon Marbury to Rasheed Wallace and Marquis Daniels, and only really downgraded by going from Leon Powe to Shelden Williams. This team looks really really good, by my eyes better than anybody else.

[crownsy]

You want an honest answer, Droop? 

Hey, I am searching for an answer here that may not exist.  We still need to find rest for PP somehow.  I am thinking Scal can be part of the solution at least.  Or not.  I guess we'll see.

That's why Marquis Daniels is here. He'll be resting Ray and Paul both.

and Rondo ... at the same time. It will be an amazing feat that I can't wait to see

False, house will sub for rondo, but daniels will bring the ball up as the PG most possessions allowing eddie to roam and spot up. ( its what their doing in practice so far anyway, according to the globe) then him and Daniels will switch defensive responsibly so that eddie covers the PG on defense.

also, considering posey rested the 2, 3 and 4 spots throughout the championship season, it's not really that difficult.

All it takes is effective subbing by the head coach, leaving 2 guys on the court and getting one guy off to rest, then rotating.

ugh ... I joke Crownsy. I joke.

I know, not trying to be a jerk, just pointing out how it will be done, or at least what thier thinking appears to be, going from the initial 5 v 5 scrimmages.