re: Pels @ Magic Gameday Thread 6 PM tip (7 PM E.T. )

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When Stephenson takes a shot, he takes it away from Buddy or Jones or Galloway. When Gee does "nothing", he essentially gives those shots back to those guys. So that is a positive for him in my book.

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Its a positive if we don't care about w/l's, just development, which is a case to be made(especially for Buddy). Otherwise, I don't think having a useless guy on the court is ever good. I'd argue playing Buddy with Gee doesn't do him any good, and might actually hurt his development.

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Plus, when our guys come back, Gee will accept a 12th man role and be a good guy in the locker room and be tight with AD. Can you guarantee the same for Lance? Doubtful.

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If he doesn't, he can go...

Terrence Jones has been playing extremely well.

yeah T jones looks like a real steal

You are correct. And I don't care about W/L this season. I just want them to put the guys in the positions they want them to be in down the line and guys like Lance or Tyreke aren't the types of players they want on this team. Gee stinks, but he allows you to do what you want on both sides scheme wise. It won't be done well, but it will be done.

Even if I was promised 2-3 more wins from Lance over the next two months, but they have to play differently 20 minutes per game because of it, I would say no. Wins just really don't matter to me this year. But I know they do to Dell and Gentry, so I fully expect Lance to be on the team.

And it's easy for you to say, "Just get rid of him." But that is two guaranteed contracts you have to pay (him and Gee) just to cut them. It's not a ton of money, but things like that don't look good to an owner.

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And it's easy for you to say, "Just get rid of him." But that is two guaranteed contracts you have to pay (him and Gee) just to cut them. It's not a ton of money, but things like that don't look good to an owner.

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True

frick off.

I never said Buddy was bad. In fact, I thought he played pretty well in the Hawks despite the poor shooting line.

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Whew, I was thinking we should trade him after the last three games. But this one absolutely proves he will be a stud. Ignore the others!!

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Dramatic much?

Seems the temperament on him hasn't really shifted much. You see the potential, see the skillsets, and many get excited when it shines through. But he's still a rookie, has plenty he needs to shore up before he can become a starter you want starting.

I get the impression that most will be happy if he can be a solid 7th man once we are more healthy.

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I get that Moore is more ready to start now, but i'd like them to start Buddy. I think he plays better with better players who'll provide more space a get him cleaner looks. I don't think he's ready to come in off the bench and be Jamal Crawford

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Or maybe I am bit off lol.

I like Hield, I think Moore needs to start though.

clutch buddy!

Ugly finish to what was a really encouraging start.