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    its a major blemish o his record

    look at this list of his choosing vets over talented young platers

    mcdice over blair
    richard jefferso over kawhi
    forbes over primo
    avery johnson over antonio daniels
    tony parker over george hill
    brent barry over beneo udrih

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    Mills over vassel etc etc

    We hear you

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    Dumb thread and looking at the list you presented becomes dumber.

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    The list presented is stupid but there is also an argument to be made that Popovich isn't great and developing players who need to have their confidence built or encouraged. Timeline wise he also has had to deal with logjams at positions at various points in his tenure which hasn't help some guys cases for playing time. I am not making excuses though to a certain extent it will sound like it. If as a coaching staff you have two guys with similar current impact on the game at this moment in time, one is being assertive for a chance at playing time and the other is ambivalent, you tend to go with the guy who is in the moment even if the other has greater long term potential.

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    Bonner over splitter and over anyone else was a travesty

    bogans lol centerpiece

    finley over bowen -ugh

    forbes over anyone

    corpse of rudy gay over anyone

    id give primo minutes over forbes,over ewwwbanks, over d white at this point also

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    Bonner over splitter and over anyone else was a travesty

    bogans lol centerpiece

    finley over bowen -ugh

    forbes over anyone

    corpse of rudy gay over anyone

    id give primo minutes over forbes,over ewwwbanks, over d white at this point also
    just the tip of the iceberg.

    Gasol over Poeltl

    Trey Lyles as starting PF over anybody

    Belinelli over Walker

    Forbes over White

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    its a major blemish o his record

    look at this list of his choosing vets over talented young platers

    mcdice over blair
    richard jefferso over kawhi
    forbes over primo
    avery johnson over antonio daniels
    tony parker over george hill
    brent barry over beneo udrih
    i know this account is pure troll

    but they literally traded richard jefferson to make room for kawhi minutes during his rookie year

    and you forgot blair/bonner over splitter, particularly against memphis

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    just the tip of the iceberg.

    Gasol over Poeltl

    Trey Lyles as starting PF over anybody

    Belinelli over Walker

    Forbes over White
    dante cunningham

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    imagine how good we'd be if james white had just played more, we'd still have kawhi and have won back to back to back to vack to back championships

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    i believe there are dozens of young players in the NBA who were thrown into the fire too quickly in this league which sabotaged their career even more ... i can totally understand why Pop is not playing an 18 year old babyface. I may not like it but I understand him ...

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    i believe there are dozens of young players in the NBA who were thrown into the fire too quickly in this league which sabotaged their career even more ... i can totally understand why Pop is not playing an 18 year old babyface. I may not like it but I understand him ...
    There are many that lost confidence because they have no success early on, Culver is the most recent one. Poku got major minutes even if he is the youngest player in the NBA last year and mostly the worst player statistically and now he is G-League bound in his second year.

    I think the worst you can do is giving a rookie major minutes and then demoting them if they fail, most of them never recover and end up as draft busts. Terry Stotts was also famous for not playing rookies, Little, Trent and Simmons are exceeding expectations. Flynn got major minutes last season for TOR even performed very well and now is out of the rotation. Aaron Nesmith got some run for BOS and now out of the rotation. DJ , KJ , LW and DV are progressing in a steady pace which is not perfect but ideal.
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    There are many that lost confidence because they have no success early on, Culver is the most recent one. Poku got major minutes even if he is the youngest player in the NBA last year and mostly the worst player statistically and now he is G-League bound in his second year.

    I think the worst you can do is giving a rookie major minutes and then demoting them if they fail, most of them never recover and end up as draft busts. Terry Stotts was also famous for not playing rookies, Little, Trent and Simmons are exceeding expectations. Flynn got major minutes last season for TOR even performed very well and now is out of the rotation. Aaron Nesmith got some run for BOS and now out of the rotation. DJ , KJ , LW and DV are progressing in a steady pace which is not perfect but ideal.
    thx for giving me some evidence! interesting

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    its a major blemish o his record

    look at this list of his choosing vets over talented young platers

    mcdice over blair
    richard jefferso over kawhi
    forbes over primo
    avery johnson over antonio daniels
    tony parker over george hill
    brent barry over beneo udrih
    Is Ducks your proofreader?

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