hoops23;635116 wrote:
Because guys like Manny Harris, Samardo Samuels, Alonzo Gee, etc.. have earned the right to quit on ANY NBA team?
Good call. Because that's clearly who I was talking about. Not the guys (looking at you Hickson) who Byron Scott called out for essentially not giving a shit. Also a good call because they've all been playing extensive minutes during this entire 1-21 stretch. Not like Gee was signed 12 days ago and Samuels has appeared in 7 games all season or anything...
This team sucks. Any 'logical NBA fan' would have seen that from the beginning (rather than, say, ridiculously predicting an above .500 finish and playoff birth. A 'logical NBA fan' also wouldn't call Byron Scott a 'master of in-game adjustments'. I digress though). While they do suck and might be the worst team in the league, they don't suck badly enough to lose 78 games, which is the pace they've been at for 6 weeks.
They were demoralized after the Miami game, and they've completely given up. Aka they've quit. Now that Varejao is hurt, there isn't any scrap in this team anymore. When you lack talent you have to make up for it by playing hard. If you don't, you lose by 55 points.
Actually I think Byron can sum it up pretty well himself: "I’m sure I’m not the only coach that has to tell his guys that they have to go out and play hard every single night, ‘We have to compete tonight’ and things like that."
He isn't the only coach who has to say it, but he might be the only coach whose players don't respond to it.
