Does Doc need to take a lesson from Pop?

[Goldstar88]

   Should Doc be giving the starters days off to keep them fresh? For example, having Daniels start for Pierce or R. Allen some days. TA can then be brought in on off the bench. Also, have Wallace start for KG every once and a while. They would still have Baby and Williams off the bench. I feel like its hard for the big three to admit they are tired and may need a game off every once and a while.

[Chris]

Many of the starters have been getting days off without Doc trying.

Right now, I don't see the guys as tired.  There is a chemistry issue.  That needs to be worked out by having them play together.

[sk7326]

   Should Doc be giving the starters days off to keep them fresh? For example, having Daniels start for Pierce or R. Allen some days. TA can then be brought in on off the bench. Also, have Wallace start for KG every once and a while. They would still have Baby and Williams off the bench. I feel like its hard for the big three to admit they are tired and may need a game off every once and a while.

Doc wants to limit minutes - but the bench has not been good enough largely to facilitate that.  With Daniels back, we might see more of that.  Also the chase for the 3-seed is suddenly a kind of big deal - it might not seem immediately apparently, but it does benefit the Celtics to find a way to stay out of Cleveland's half of the draw.  The 5-10 seeds are so muddled in the East, it is not worth worrying about the 1st round opponent, not this early in the game.  

[Goldstar88]

Many of the starters have been getting days off without Doc trying.

Right now, I don't see the guys as tired.  There is a chemistry issue.  That needs to be worked out by having them play together.

I mean when they are healthy not simply due to injury. They are having chemistry issue but they are also playing terrible defense. they gave up 35 points in the third quarter the other day. Is that just bad chemistry? They seem gassed on the defensive end. 

[twinbree]

Doc can take a lot of lessons from Pop. Definitely with the minutes management. I honestly wouldn't mind so much if he doesn't constantly talk about giving Paul and Ray a little more rest then proceeds to run them to the ground in the next game. And if we didn't see this spring that the end result likely will be they'll run out of steam in the playoffs.

[clover]

Doc can take a lot of lessons from Pop. Definitely with the minutes management. I honestly wouldn't mind so much if he doesn't constantly talk about giving Paul and Ray a little more rest then proceeds to run them to the ground in the next game. And if we didn't see this spring that the end result likely will be they'll run out of steam in the playoffs.

Ha!  Whenever Doc talks about giving the vets a rest or the kids a chance to play, well...

[Brickowski]

Doc could use about 10,000 lessons from Pop.

[fanofgreen]

The only person who needs rest on this team is Ray Allen.

He is 34 years old averaging almost 40 minutes a game!

No one else deserves the right to use the "more rest" excuse.

[looseball]

Well, the older you get the more you have to pace yourself.  You pick your spots to go all out, and coast a bit when you deem it to be o.k.
The problem with the Celts is that there are three older guys playing a majority of the minutes.  So, at most times, there are 3 out of 5 guys pacing themselves.  This gives other teams a chance to seize the momentum and turn the game around. 
The minutes of the older guys need to be reduced to that point where they can go all out the whole time on the court.