Oats just said that rotation is fixing to be whittled down and those that dont play

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Any thoughts on who he is talking about?

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Holloway has probably been statistically the worst defender on the entire team thus far.

With Youngblood and Mallette now available, that'd be my initial guess, but I think this is probably just a blanket statement by Oats to get their attention.

But whatever he's doing with the rotations right now, I wish he'd get it worked out. I hate it.

Even though he said that, some of the guys that are inconsistent on D won't be left out of the rotation. I'm assuming he's talking about effort, but there's a difference between a lack of effort on D and learning positioning.

If he really wants to hold to his statement, you'll see Sears on the bench which we know isn't going to happen. I feel like he's inconsistent with defensive effort. A guy like Mallette was busting his arse last game but got caught in the wrong spot a few times.

And if we want to be real, some of it is on Oats. His defensive system isn't varied enough and doesn't adjust well. He was having guys dig down off the hot shooter to double the ball. The didn't full deny him, double team him off ball screens when he had the dribble, or sit on his right shoulder and make his arse go left.

With their athleticism, they should be much better on team defense.

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Is it likely that the odd rotations were deliberately planned

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Oh yeah, I'm pretty sure he does this every year.

And I'm a complete believer in my own personal hypothesis that he lets them suffer in games when they're not doing what they're supposed to be doing — i.e., "You're out of position and playing sloppy, and they've just gone on a 13–2 run? Let's all watch and see what happens next, because I'm not calling timeout to bail your asses out of this one."



I totally believe in what he's doing, I just mean I'm ready for him to teach these lessons and move on, because it's a painful process to watch.

It'll pay off in the end.

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Even though he said that, some of the guys that are inconsistent on D won't be left out of the rotation. If he really wants to hold to his statement, you'll see Sears on the bench

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If we're being totally honest, Dakota Durant is, at times, a defensive liability, but the stretch-four part of his game makes him so much more + on the +/- sheet, Oats would almost never take him out for extremely long stretches.

Damn, I love Nate.

Sears going to get cut?

Pep talking thru the media.