Are we really to believe that every time Willie puts BI and Jonas back into the game early in the fourth and pushes their minutes up at career highs that he is calling Nelson to get the thumbs up?

No, he sees leads slipping and realizes the only two players he has to draw from are BI and Jonas so it's push them to the limit or lose the lead.

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He has averaged right at 34mpg as a Pel. He's at 34.5 this year.

Only becuase he has left games and been on some minutes restrictions coming back from injury. The 10ish games leading up to the achilles scare he was averaging almost 39 minutes per game. Ranked top 10 during that period. During the first injury he was at 37 minutes, again top ten, playing 6 games in less than 10 days and was getting physically beat up every night.

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Posted by shel311

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Posted on 1/25/22 at 9:38 am to Bronc

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Are we really to believe that every time Willie puts BI and Jonas back into the game early in the fourth and pushes their minutes up at career highs that he is calling Nelson to get the thumbs up?

There could be a 1 time even here or there, but there is very little chance a first year coach can overrule those kinds of things. Much in the way that Gentry had to play Zion in bursts, though I doubt that's how he would have done it if he had his choice.

There's been a lot of discussion in recent years about how coaches nowadays have as little control as they've ever had.

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Posted by corndeaux

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Posted on 1/25/22 at 9:45 am to Bronc

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really to believe that every time Willie puts BI and Jonas back into the game early in the fourth and pushes their minutes up at career highs that he is calling Nelson to get the thumbs up?

It's like you contrive the most absurd takes just so you can argue against them. No one said Green consults the training staff for in game subs.

I think it's safe to assume the training staff monitors player minutes/health and has regular conversations with coaching/FO about player health.

Is it worth monitoring when guys are playing upper 30s so often? Sure. I get your concern trolling here. Is there any evidence this training staff is asleep at the wheel? None that I have seen.

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