Spurminator
06-16-2005, 10:36 PM
Let me prefeace by saying I love Devin's effort and would never hang any loss on him because he does not have a big enough role to be held accountable for anything. If he's getting heavy minutes, it's probably because no one else was playing worth a shit.
That said, has bringing him in early and often ever worked in the Spurs' favor? I know he will put up numbers offensively when given the opportunity, but I wonder if there are other parts of the game that are adversely affected when he sees significant time on the floor. Would it be better to stick to your guns and hope they come around? Why is it that when Devin Brown is brought into the game, the Spurs as a team seem to wave the white flag, even if it's only the second quarter?
Perhaps it's a chicken egg situation... Devin sees minutes only when the Spurs are playing bad enough to lose, so he would naturally have a lot of minutes in losses. But are we giving up opportunities to get back into the game when we mess with the regular rotation?
That said, has bringing him in early and often ever worked in the Spurs' favor? I know he will put up numbers offensively when given the opportunity, but I wonder if there are other parts of the game that are adversely affected when he sees significant time on the floor. Would it be better to stick to your guns and hope they come around? Why is it that when Devin Brown is brought into the game, the Spurs as a team seem to wave the white flag, even if it's only the second quarter?
Perhaps it's a chicken egg situation... Devin sees minutes only when the Spurs are playing bad enough to lose, so he would naturally have a lot of minutes in losses. But are we giving up opportunities to get back into the game when we mess with the regular rotation?