No, I'm not humping any strawmen. I'm actually taking a damn position, something you don't seem capable of doing. Instead, you state the obvious over and over again, when in reality, your posts are nothing more than "Stop being mean to Brad, he knows what he's doing. In Brad I trust." If you have a position, then fucking take it. Here, let's try it this way:No I'm not making that argument. You are humping the strawman that EVERYTHING the coach does on January 28 is somehow indicative of what will happen on April 16.
The "logic" goes like this: in the regular season there are multiple things a coach probably "worries about." Winning tonight's game is one of those things. Players' overall health is another. Seeing what certain players can offer in certain situations is another. Giving players enough playing time to return to form after a full season away due to injury is another. Smart people who are good at their jobs are capable of "worrying about" multiple things at the same time.
In the playoffs the list shrinks to wining tonight's game.
Also, since the playoffs don't start for 10 weeks, its impossible to know whether January Hayward is April Hayward.
Do you believe that this Celtics team can go deep into the playoffs as a #3 seed or lower? Do you believe this Celtics team can continue doing what they are doing and giving 48+ minutes a night to Terry and GH and still overtake either Milwaukee or Toronto? Do you believe that cutting GH or Terry's minutes during the remaining regular season games will give them a better chance of overtaking Milwaukee or Toronto for the #2 seed? Or do you believe that resting 21 year old Jaylen Brown and 24 year old Marcus Smart an extra 5 minutes a night is more important than getting to that #2 seed?
Because in case it's not clear, here's my position. If Brad continues to play Gordon Hayward and Terry 48+ minutes a night, they will not win enough regular season games to make up ground and overtake either Milwaukee or Toronto for the #2 seed. AND if they do not get the #2 seed, I do not believe this Celtics team can win back to back playoff series on the road against those two teams.
The one thing we do agree on is that in the playoffs, the list does shrink to winning tonight's game. But, the regular season determines which court that game is played upon, so please stop acting like there is no connection between the regular season and the playoffs when there most certainly is.
And I will ask you one more time. When has Brad ever benched his regular season 6th man come playoff time? It's not like we don't have a sample size. You seem convinced that if Gordon is playing like crap, Brad will make a move he's never made before come playoff time. Does Amir Johnson ring any bells?
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