I think we need to be able to sit Ray, KG and Pierce at the same time. They need plenty of rest. That likely means we need either TA, Scal, or Giddens to be able to give minutes at the 2 or 3 when Daniels is in.

With Walker down, it’s making me nervous.

One way in which Doc differs from the likes of Belichick, is that he shares his thoughts freely with reporters. Having worked in the media, he is very comfortable saying whatever comes into his head, no filter. You can tell in the clip he is just throwing it out there, even was unsure as he was saying it. Camp is the time to figure out what you have, and who can do what. Much better to have an open mind as a coach, then behave as a blogger and have set lineups all figured out already.

This may be a part of Doc’s coaching you don’t like, but the results, however he has reached them, speak for themselves. Whose to say if he mixed and matched exactly as you want, the end result would be better than what he decides? I know whose choices I am most comfortable with, and that is the man who led the team to a title and another 62 wins last year with a hobbled team.

Besides, I don’t think you’ll see much of Scal covering 2s with Marquis covering 3s, just a quick example Doc gave off the top of his head reflecting the versatility he has from his bench players.

I just don’t understand why Doc continues to seek to play Scal.
Scal had his chance and we know he is a player with limited talent .

He has a valuable expiring contract and the C’s goal should be to trade him for better a better talented bench player.
If possible a legit 7 foot back up center or strong, big defending small forward.

The 2nd unit which we spent all summer building is all set with.
 
Hudson
House
Rasheed
Williams
Daniels

Play them, not Scal!.

They could defenitley do that lineup, Quis, Sheed, and Baby were all starters last year.

That’s it? There’s only one thing Doc has to find out about? One thing? And it’s about Scalabrine?

Is he kidding? Hey, here’re a few other things to check out: One, is Garnett going to be alright? Two, can Daniels actually handle the point? Three, is his defense good enough? Four, when and where is Wallace going to play? Five, how about Davis? Six, is Giddens going to be any use at all? Seven, how ‘bout Williams? Eight, are there any other hidden injuries out there that we don’t yet know about?

One thing my eye.

I can think of happy answers to all eight of your questions and I suspect I’d be right about most if not all of them.

Folks need to chill. He was just shooting the breeze. ‘The one thing’ is just a lazy figure of speech used to start a statement while still forming the thought … which in this case just streamed out without a lot of editing.

Doc likes Scal for a lot of reasons. Scal is a smart, versatile player who has helped out this team many times. Too many people forget that when KG & Powe went down, Scal played PF very well for a stretch before getting the concussion. No, he’s not very athletic. No I don’t want to see him on defense in front of any but the slowest #2. But he’s got a lot of utility in other ways and to those who think we should trade him, we won’t get any value for him unless Doc figures out ways to get him minutes.

In all likelihood, Doc was ruminating on that problem (how to get Scal minutes – not easy with THIS lineup) – and just blurted out the latest craziness in his head.

Or so I keep hoping that was it. I’ll be pretty shocked if I ever see Scal guarding an SG in a game! :-D

next to mikki moore scal looked pretty good. why is doc even thinking about scal covering 3’s? training camp must be getting boring or he has too much time and his rational mind took leave.

nuf said 8^D

and so Nilly should still have that opportunity soon enough.

They are pushing Scal’s value. If they won’t get to trade him until February, they will tell the media he’ll play more PG on offense from then on and defend the 5. Brian Scala-Magic!