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If you look back since Manu's been out Finley has peformed consistently well except for these last 4 games. Let's not make it sound like he's only had 2 good games in the last month.
Like I always say, Finley consistently shows up once or twice every 5 games.
If you look back since Manu's been out Finley has peformed consistently well except for these last 4 games. Let's not make it sound like he's only had 2 good games in the last month.
That is really not the point. The point is that this game was important from a standings standpoint and Pop went back to Finley even though he was ineffective.
HarlemHeat is right. If Finley is not in one of his shooting zones in the playoffs we don't have much of a chance...because Pop is showing no sign of wavering in his pointless commitment to him.
Fin has been much better than anyone could have predicted in the summer. A lot of people, me included, thought we should have kept Barry and let Fin go. However, we've been proven wrong and I'm glad to admit it.
Now, Fin does have a lot of flaws - he's either hot or cold, very inconsistent, etc. but that's who he's been, it's not unexpected. So I believe the bashing he gets if quite unfair. It's true that Pop has played him more than he probably should have, especially in games in which he clearly shows he's cold, but I'd expect this to change when Manu comes back and with Bowen, hopefully, start getting more minutes during the playoffs.
That said, Fin's done good and he doesn't deserve all the hate.
So far nothing indicates that this is true...and I think Manu will probably get more of Mason's minutes and not Finley's.
You might be right, we'll see.
I am by no means advocating for the idea of playing Fin 30+ mins, but the abuse he gets here is quite excessive and undeserved. And while he's no all-star, you'd be hard pressed to find other swingmen with contracts similar to his, who have had a better season.
He would probably take a lot less heat if Pop would use a little more objectivity regarding him. One could easily make the case that Pop is just as much to blame.
Totally agree with you Benefactor. I do expect Finley's minutes in the playoffs to be in the range of 20-25 max, save for unexpected cir stances.
If we want to win Finley's minuted need to be around 20-25 minutes a game, unless he's really hot.
I blame Pop because he makes the decisions. Right or wrong he trusts Finley will come out of his slumps better than we do here.
I think Udoka will take some of Finley's minutes not Mason's. Pop seems set on using him as the backup pg.
Udoka/Manu/Bowen FTW. Mason backup SG
Bury Finley like the fossil he is.
Warriors: 27 mins, 2-6, 1-3, 5 pts, 1 rb, 1stl
Hawks: 38 mins, 5-12, 3-5, 13 pts, 6 rbs, 1 as, 2 stls
Nice to see Finley bounce back after the dismal performance against the Warriors. I really like the rebounds and his 2 steals were timely.
I posted this in another thread but it fits better here. Finley is averaging 31 MPG over the last 15 games. Last night seems to indicate that this is probably not going to change.
On to next year...
He has played relatively well lately so I can't complain, but my god man, sometimes it's just too much. If he's sucking it up, Pop needs to sit him down and play to win.
Are you just looking at one end of the floor?
I think he's played better than any of us expected. He's trying on defense but some matchups (Durant, Johnson to name a couple) he will get killed but Pop continues to assign him to that player. I blame Pop for that.
I'm ok with Fin playing over Udoka, but Udoka over Bowen?
Udoka very well might be a worst defender than Finley. Especially on quicker players. He's good at guarding the stronger ones like Artest though.
I defintely agree that Bowen should be getting Udoka's minutes if not some of Finley's.
Finley shouldn't be playing more than 20 MPG..it's actually ridiculous..I'm not even hating on Finley, it's not his fault..he's 36 years old, why the would he be playing so much..anything more than 20 MPG is too much for a player his age..
he should be an offensive spark..
Pop needs to get his head outta Finley's ass.
If Finley will play over 30 min in the playoffs I'll want to kill Pop!
Finley defending Lebron today....
I can't even blame Finley at all..
Lebron is EASILY the best player in the NBA..an old man that was never known for his D in any way, shouldn't be guarding him..
Yeah I know. I'm just trying to block out the certainty of our future by entertaining myself.
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It's not Finley's fault he's being asked to do something he can't. Pop is doing that a lot lately.
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