At this point Devin is playing a better all-round game than Barry and deserves to be the next guard/forward off the bench. People get beat out in athletics all the time--and sometimes it's a surprise when a untouted youngster beats out a veteran. Pop should get props for recognizing this and not being influenced by the big rep.
I still think Barry was a great addition. Devin simply stepped up. Let's see how Barry handles it.
I completely agree and don't want to discredit Devin... he's an above average defender because of his youth and athleticism... and thus beat out Barry in the rotation.
But did you see what happenned at the end of the Rockets game?
Barry's experience is worth something here... though one could argue that Devin's development is equally worthy....
I know it doesn't mean much now, but Barry WAS on the court during the final ticks of that Rocket's game. In fact, he made the inbound pass to Devin Brown, with no timeouts left and the game teetering on the edge. Pop KNOWS how valuable Brent's veteran knowledge is, and I don't think he has ever discredited that.
The fact of the matter is, he still regards Devin as our best free-throw shooter, and what you do in that situation is get the ball to our best free-throw shooter.
Unfortunately for us, our best-free throw shooter happened to forget how to dribble at the time.
He shouldnt be dribbling when he had the ball 10 sec till end and his team was up 2 points, in that situation you hold the ball and you wait for other team to make a foul or for the game to end. Lack of experience got him this time, although i just watched that game yesterday and what mcgrady did it's once in a lifetime.
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