The C's are red-hot, and now they're healthy too. Delonte and Perk are back to reinforce a club that was already beating playoff teams without them. Delonte's return couldn't come soon enough, as Orien Greene has been totally overmatched playing 40 minutes a night at the point. Hopefully the strong play from Captain Truth will continue.
Most importantly, not only are we seeing a legitimate nine-man rotation from Doc Rivers, but we're seeing the correct nine-man rotation based on recent play. Greene, Allen, Perkins and Jefferson off the bench, with no sign of Veal Scalabrine or Michael Olowokandi. Further, the only questionable move in terms of talent (Raef starting ahead of Perk) was almost certainly due to Perk's return from injury. So, Doc, for the time being, you are not the Isiah Thomas of coaching.* You're just the Billy King of coaching. Congratulations!
* - Technically, Isiah Thomas is the Isiah Thomas of coaching. I may have addressed that in my earlier Doc-hating post. But it warrants mentioning that Doc's pre-trade rotations made about as much sense as Isiah's rotations while coaching the Pacers to repeatedly-disappointing finishes.
Most importantly, not only are we seeing a legitimate nine-man rotation from Doc Rivers, but we're seeing the correct nine-man rotation based on recent play. Greene, Allen, Perkins and Jefferson off the bench, with no sign of Veal Scalabrine or Michael Olowokandi. Further, the only questionable move in terms of talent (Raef starting ahead of Perk) was almost certainly due to Perk's return from injury. So, Doc, for the time being, you are not the Isiah Thomas of coaching.* You're just the Billy King of coaching. Congratulations!
* - Technically, Isiah Thomas is the Isiah Thomas of coaching. I may have addressed that in my earlier Doc-hating post. But it warrants mentioning that Doc's pre-trade rotations made about as much sense as Isiah's rotations while coaching the Pacers to repeatedly-disappointing finishes.
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