Chris Parker
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@Chris Parker , do you anticipate Blatt shortening the rotation come playoff time? It seemed like no accident to me that only 8 guys were used against Chicago. Do you see those as the 8 guys moving forward? Shawn Marion has hardly played in months, James Jones was getting fairly consistent minutes but hasn't seen the floor much at all the last 2 weeks (save the Miami game). Part of it is match-ups I'd assume.
I think the Chicago game was a sort of test for his now standard rotation. Dave at FTS pointed out the two best 3-man squads were Iman, LeBron, TT and Love, Ky Tmo. No coincidences those correspond to the first two rotations.
I honestly would like to see him play Marion and get him ready for playoffs because I think he will be really useful. But Blatt doesn't seem to agree. If you check my column a couple days ago, I note that Blatt put the ixnay on Marion saying "we've been successful with this squad and there's not reason to change that."
I'm sure he will spot Perkins, Jones and Marion, but it certainly looks like he's ready to play potentially entire series' w/o them seeing more than garbage time minutes.
I wish I understood that, esp. w/r/t Marion who he had so much faith in heretofore.
You want some speculation? I wonder if Marion said something to Blatt, pissed him off. This is a guy who started all last season. Not only has he not come off the bench in years, but now he's not even playing --- in his swan song season?? That's pure speculation, but it's very very weird to me that Blatt had such confidence in him, and then suddenly he's getting DNPs like he's Dead-wood.