re: Monty is pissing me off

Can you imagine the shite Monty would catch if he played Davis for extended minutes and the kid developed a serious problem with the foot/ankle?

Hazelnut,

Overall, this is the kind of stuff that keeps me on board with Monty. Digging deeper into the numbers gives me even more encouragement and a little worry.

Looking at Davis' average mpg is misleading. He played longer minutes before the stress reaction. They ramped him up over a few games, but he played horribly in long minutes (over 30 here). Since then, he rarely if ever goes over 30the and gets under 20 about as often.

Also, his FT rate and FT% are down since then by a good bit, and his FG% is down, but not by as much.

There's been a drop, and it was abrupt and associated with his foot injury at least in terms of timing.

Agree with all of that.

Expecting greatness this season is nuts, and ut's better to be safe than sorry with a prospect like Davis, but he's exceeded my expectations, frankly.

While I agree expectations were high for this team, I can see annoyance in using this whole year as a try out for future and not really trying to win. Let's try this line up out to see what happens can make one wonder what if we played best lineup in 4th most of time instead of some.

Month and Dell must know their job is secure for awhile to throw away a season in regards to w/l

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While I agree expectations were high for this team, I can see annoyance in using this whole year as a try out for future and not really trying to win. Let's try this line up out to see what happens can make one wonder what if we played best lineup in 4th most of time instead of some.

Month and Dell must know their job is secure for awhile to throw away a season in regards to w/l

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Nothing wrong with any of this. The fact that what you laid out is not happening makes me wonder if there is another hidden item in the balance pan.

The simplest thing to posit is that his relatively quick return from the stress reaction combined with reduced minutes and performance in those minutes is that this is some compromise between him missing more time completely and risking worsening the situation there.

I have no evidence of something ljke this other than the box score and my eyes, but why would his free throw accuracy plummet? And his contact aversion, as seen in a decent drop off in getting to the line?

Just a possibility. It's frustrating regardless, agreed. The idea that they are doing a good thing, even if it tastes bad now, is appealing and may be skewing my judgment.

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I start anointing him a god like the rest of this board.

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I really think this is very overstated. Monty is fortunate in that circumstances surrounding the franchise prevent us from adequately judging him at a time where most other coaches would have to put up or shut up. However, especially compared to the previous regime, he is living up to his billing in terms of player development. I think he needs better assistants for long term success, but I'm pretty comfortable with him at this point in the rebuild.