Chris Cote

Yeah, but the laboring gives everyone a chance.

It slows the pace down almost.

They played fast as a result, and that was great.

Yeah, the lack of depth really hurt them.

Like, they couldn't go.

That's why Barlow was such a great revelation in the second half there that Nick Nurse turns to, and he does great on both ends of the ball.

But then he got tired because he didn't sub him out.

Like, it was working, so he just kept going on with him.

I think Nick Nurse, if he had to do it all over again, maybe freshen up the rotation a little bit more.

But, again, it's tough in terms of the guards.

They don't have much.

I think there's a couple of things.

Number one, this argument where I yelled at you is because you suggested this as a form of load management, and that's ridiculous.

But this is different.

This is the case of like, hey, he's only got so much for a particular game.

Last night, I'm just assuming he couldn't play at all.

The problem is, you're assuming it's like a video game where I can just sub him in and he'll be, Joel Embiid!

And guys need the rhythm to get into the game, particularly guys who are dealing- He's pretty great in the first quarter of games, so when you say rhythm of getting into the game- But that's because everyone's starting.

It's like trying to get on a train that's-

Slowly moving versus a full-blown, the train is moving, I got to run and jump on, right?