One is AD, who’s the other one?
He did. He didn’t play Nurk much of the game. And as a result we won. That’s literally the coach adjusting. On the fly. Something we didn’t see Vogel or Monty do very often or effectively.
I’m glad at least based on Early returns that he is on our sideline now
It can be less or equal to Nurks salary ($18,125,000) from what I am reading. It just can't be more or part of an aggregated package.
Eh, I give Monty mostly a pass for this (but not for everything). In hindsight, sure, forcing Ayton in the lineups looks like a poor decision. At the time, however, it felt warranted to get some reps in for DA in different situations to help develop him further. It obviously didn't pan out but I don't think the process was wrong.
Steven Adams would be an upgrade in almost every way, but I have no idea why Houston would want to do that, unless they want a pick way out in the future which I'm not sure if Phoenix is even allowed to trade.
Except being sat when you're playing poorly and especially when you aren't playing hard is part of developing a player. Playing him through poor effort only rewards the poor effort.
Except Dunn is proof you can develop someone young without hurting the team in the process. Plus, Monty was horrible at adjustments. He almost never made them during a game.
Sure, but that's not true of everybody. Growth curves for players are all over the place and mostly hard to predict. Given the team's investment in DA, it's not unreasonable for the team to put him out there more than his current play deserved to see if his potential can be realized.
Monty benched Ayton plenty of times during those poor effort stretches.
