“I think it was a given conclusion that the data showed that you had to rest players a certain amount and that justified guys sitting out,” Dumars said Wednesday during a conference call with national media. "We’ve gotten more data, and it just doesn’t show that resting, sitting guys out, correlates with lack of injuries or fatigue or anything like that.
This feels like the tobacco industry presenting data that smoking is not dangerous.
I’ve seen someone claim that trading him instead of waiving him themselves is bad optics, even if the Thunder are going to waive him anyways. Seems dumb, but I’ll throw it out there to see if someone agrees or has heard someone agree.
they were 10 years apart. just two years prior you in 2011 draft had Kanter (3rd), Valanciunas (5th), Jan Vesely (6th) and Byombo (7th). A solid 3 out of 4 busts and one okayish player.
Trading up to get Olynyk put the Celtics in a better position than not trading up. I consider that move a solid single which would have been considered a home run if Giannis didn’t exist. The theory of wanting floor-spreading and passing (Olynyk was a former PG with a growth spurt) up and down your lineup makes a lot of sense. Giannis didn’t seem like he’d have enough shooting to be part of that as a 6’9" wing in the NBA. He did have just enough as a 6’11" PF, especially when paired with a center who was a perimeter thread in Brook Lopez.