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Originally Posted by CaramonLS
I agree with most of what you said Johnny, but Moon isn't stealing AB's minutes. They usually run a 4 man PF/C rotation with Bargs/Bosh/Humphries/Baston or Nesterovich, but since Rasho is injured, and Mitchell hasn't wanted to play Baston, it has been a pretty strict 3 man rotation. Moon is getting SF/SG minutes, which is fine by me. The guy has never played against NBA level competition, and even though he is 27, you can't simply judge him as just an extra. This kid has potential and the game last night, with 6 blocks and severely limiting Deng's scoring shows he could be a long term solution. Is this even the 10th NBA game he has played yet?
However, they should feed AB down low in the post a lot more, that I completely agree with, and possibly just have him shooting 3s as the trailer in transition, not much more than that.
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He isn't stealing his minutes position by position but with Smitch playing so much small ball then AB's minutes are indeed being taken by Moon etc. I like what Moon and Delfino are doing defensively and especially on the defensive boards but it isn' the answer. They need the lineup to beat good teams and they need matchups they can count on. The team hardly ever gets to the foul line other than Bosh. They are so incredibly dependant on the outside shot -- you know in the playoffs that will kill them like it did last year.
They need more of an inside game. In fact they should have Moon cutting to the basket and looking for offensive rebounds rather than having him as just yet another jump shot option.