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Yup when Finley returned to the lineup even though it was short minutes it was enough to disrupt the team's chemistry, and esp Mason Jr/Bogans. Now that his minutes have steadily increased it's gotten even worse.First thing I thought of when reading this as well.
I don't hate Finley but he needs to be separated from Pop.
Finley in the last two season's has prevented developing players such as Hairston, most likely caused friction with one of our greats Bowen, and now keeping Mason out of the line up.
Mason and Fin are similar players, but at this stage of Finley's career Mason is the better player.
Finely is even now taking up minutes at PF that could go to Blair or even some to Ian but thats not happening as long as Pop has the call.
Finely... well the Finley Pop relationship is quietly killing this team.
With Hill being moved to the starting lineup Pop had his pick of Roger or Keith depending on the situation and I think that arrangement could have worked out ok (even though both would have their minutes reduced somewhat).
But Finley getting a slice of those minutes now too? Unacceptable situation for a coach to expect that many guys to share roles. And like a previous poster mentioned, he's using Finley in a power forward role almost like adding a cherry to his total mind/rotation .
