You can throw out whatever numbers you like. 2 point percentage, 3 point percentage, effective percentage, rebounds, blocks, steals, assists, player efficiency rating.... They all take you to the same place, and for the most part they don't matter. The quicker we accept that the happier we'll all be.
Agree and disagree.
The argument is pointless. Kris is miles ahead of PMac, nepotism is the only thing holding him back. We're stuck with Fran and his boys, so accepting that he values getting little McCaffrey more minutes over playing the most skilled players is the only option for me. It doesn't do any good hoping and wishing when we know where Fran's loyalties lie. Luckily we're still a fun team to watch.
Man I don't want to agree with this 😬 but I do I just hope it doesn't cost us any games
No, im guessing kris getting beat two possessions in a row on a pick n roll giving up wide open layups probably didn’t help with his playing time yesterday. Im just throwing it out as a possibility for why kris doesn’t take many of pats minutes. We’ve all seen Rebracas tendency to get in foul trouble. He’s probably got 2 fouls in the first half more games than he hasn’t this season. Kris has also been foul prone. It’s jmo, but id guess it’s not very far off the mark.
Rebraca actually showed some fire and was playing fairly well. I'm guessing that was rewarded. And the whole mysterious sub patterns.
Fran should pull pmac each time he takes an idiotic spaz looking shot then
PMac shooting 35% from 2FGA in conferenceFran should pull pmac each time he takes an idiotic spaz looking shot then
Hey, never said i agreed with it, was only offering an opinion as to Frans possible thots on kris playing the 3/taking pats minutes. On that note, perkins/sandfort maybe should be 🤷♂️Fran should pull pmac each time he takes an idiotic spaz looking shot then
He gave up one backdoor layup on a slip and another one that was contested at the glass. Neither were pick and roll and those were the only 2 baskets he allowed in 8 first half minutes. He also had a block against a player he wasn't defending and crashed the boards resulting in 2 rebounds for himself and at least 3 others where he had his hands on it and it went to other players. His defense and rebounding are superior to everyone else on the team with the exception of Keegan.
Rebraca played great last night. He hasn't really played bad all year contrary to what some on here have suggested. He's just not a star at the 5 that's all.
So you’re saying it makes sense to have Kris watch the majority of the game from the bench?
There is some truth here for sure, at least in the first half.
Where did i even remotely insinuate that? Reading comprehension is tough sometimes i guess
I totally agree. That is just my thought process on what Fran is potentially thinking. But yes, like yesterday, if both rebraca and kris aren’t in foul trouble kris should definitely be getting moved around and playing lots of minutes. Ive been plenty critical of Frans substitution patterns, so im definitely not making excuses for him.
Agree.
The point was that both rebraca and kris are foul prone and are the 2 best options we have at the 5, and that being a reason to not play kris at the 3 for pat. For fear of him and Rebraca both getting in foul trouble. Ik how vocal a proponent uve been for ogundele so im sure you disagree there, but point still stands. Pmac never fouling doesn’t really have anything to do with kris being foul prone.
Fran would be the only coach in history to have NPOY in 3 consecutive years and not have a winning post season record
JO got all of two minutes against Illinois. And Fran wonders why people criticize him.
I think what people are saying is okay, if we are benching a guy for a couple of defensive lapses than it needs to apply to everyone. It does not appear that is the case.
We saw how purdues bigs forced Kofi into poor offensive night, 10 pts in double OT game.
Agreed. Ive been plenty vocal in other threads about Frans sub patterns and him pulling joe for no reason. But all ive done this thread are give my thoughts on why Fran is perhaps not playing kris at the 3 for Pat. And the insufferable idiots on here are acting like it’s me that isn’t playing him 🤣
Totally agree, such high efficiency scorers, it’s a shame they each don’t get 35 and 30m
