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Originally Posted by ssmokinjoe
 Please, don't try yet another smoke screen. You have numerous guards in training camp right now. Odom was NOT your last resort. SG's are able to slide down to PG when needed, as are some SF's. Put Slava in and slide Mckie to PG or whatever.
And to answer you question seriously... neither one would have had to go in. If Ellis went out then we'll throw another scub in there at whatever position and slide Fisher to PG. Wow, you must have really long arms because i've never seen anyone so good at reaching. |
You amuse me. I was being sarcastic, but oh well. I guess I wasn't using enough smiley faces and rolling laughing icons for it to be apparent. My only reason for bring that up is because you didn't ask me why didn't the Lakers just play Sasha (who I think you originally mistook for Slava, which would explain why you are so out there), Wafer, etc.. Or one of the other SF's that might be able to run the floor, you keep talking about Slava. Why don't we just put Slava at the 3? Because Slava is a center genius. For the same reason you wouldn't run Foyle at the 3.
The sad thing is, if the game was important for GS, perhaps they should have put Davis in the fourth or something? They didn't because the warriors coaching staff knows it's a preseason game and didn't care rather they won or lost, they were there to see who goes where, who starts and who doesn't, and why gets the axe. That's what preseason has been and always will be.
Odom is the second most important part of the Lakers. Love him or hate him, Phil Jackson has said probably a thousands times this off-season that Odom will make the difference between making the playoffs, or finishing with 34 again. I know this is just logic speaking, which doesn't seem to flow well with your posts, but perhaps Phil wanted to see if Lamar could run the offense without Kobe in the game? Or.. Perhaps he wanted to get Odom out there practicing with the bench, since that doesn't happen much in camp.
But the truth is if Phil was so concerned with winning the preseason game that you hold so dear to your heart, he simply would have had kobe go in. Because running the offense or not, Kobe was 10-18, with 28 points in 27 minutes. Was hot when he went to the bench and would have easily wiped the floor with your bench scrubs. He went with Odom, because Odom is our starting 3, because Odom needs the practice, Because Odom has a lot more to gain than just a preseason win here. You'd think the way you talk, it was game seven of the finals. It was the first PRESEASON GAME OF THE YEAR. Maybe it's because your not used to having a good team.. Lord knows the Warriors history shows that, but I just wish you spent more time figuring out what the preseason really is about. It doesn't matter if a win in preseason is important to you personally, because the Warriors team itself probably couldn't careless.
Cheers
