Fathead didnt play. Free daps inside.

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Originally Posted by SAGirl

I didn't see this game and wondered about Dedmon, but I think Pop wanted to see his preferred rotation against a hot perimeter team like the Rockets that just beat them in a game that Pau and LMA didn't play well, just 2 games ago. It's a confidence boost for his bigs to see them get the Rockets right back, and Pop went all in on the strategy of staying big so he had to go for that here. Just IMO without having watched this game though.

You mention the trade for LMA or Pau? Bc I don't think Dedmon is to be benched forever or traded. Spurs wont' survive a full RS with just their 3 main bigs... I don't think kyle will be benched to oblivion either. But that is just IMO.

Edit: Unless the tweet and the ego is a real issue. He didn't strike me as a SJAX b4... talking about Dedmon now...

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Yeah, this is a temporary thing that probably has nothing to do with Dedmon liking or re-tweeting (I'd be surprised if Pop is even aware of this) an article or his level of play.

This was more than likely about getting Gasol and to a lesser extent Aldridge going, both individually and collectively.

Pop did the same thing early last season, briefly reducing West's minutes and going to more of a 3 big rotation.

That's the good news. The bad news is, Anderson won't be out of the rotation for long either. Even in the unlikely event they play with a full squad for awhile, he'll still probably end up splitting minutes with Simmons.

In. :lol

He hasn't played so far and we owning. :lol

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Originally Posted by dabom

In. :lol

He hasn't played so far and we owning. :lol

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Rest him for the whole season

Over/Under he's trade material?

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Originally Posted by Chinook

Odd to bench him after his best game in a long time. But I like that Pop stayed big all game. When you have two all-stars starting and the best bench big-man duo, you need to ride that advantage. Didn't like that Dedmon didn't play, though. It's a month until he's tradeable. So there'd be no point in marginalizing him now.

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Phil used to that with the Lakers as well. I remember a French player named Ronny Turiaf? Phil would just benched him after his best game. I used to live in LA at the time, and I still remember Vick the Brick ranting about it lol. At the end, he did it to test his mental toughness. He delivered for them big time once in the playoffs and then signed a nice contract with Golden State :)

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Originally Posted by Mnky

Over/Under he's trade material?

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He just doesn't care anymore