11-14-2012 Daily Thread

[RedHopeful]

Today's Games:

Detroit 0-8 (Road: 0-6) 7:00pm ET
Philadelphia 4-3 (Home: 1-2)

Utah 4-4 (Road: 1-4) 7:30pm ET
Boston 4-3 (Home: 1-2)

Memphis 5-1 (Road: 2-1) 8:00pm ET
Oklahoma City 6-2 (Home: 4-1)

Indiana 3-5 (Road: 1-4) 8:00pm ET
Milwaukee 4-2 (Home: 1-2)

New Orleans 3-2 (Road: 1-0) 8:00pm ET
Houston 3-4 (Home: 1-3)

Charlotte 3-3 (Road: 0-2) 8:00pm ET
Minnesota 5-2 (Home: 3-0)

Washington 0-6 (Road: 0-4) 8:30pm ET
Dallas 4-4 (Home: 3-1)

Chicago 4-3 (Road: 1-0) 9:00pm ET
Phoenix 4-4 (Home: 3-1)

Atlanta 3-3 (Road: 2-1) 10:30pm ET
Golden State 3-4 (Home: 1-2)

Miami 6-2 (Road: 2-2) 10:30pm ET
LA Clippers 5-2 (Home: 3-2)

Travel day for me so make up a topic or guys.

[ggs]

will detroit finally win one?? lol

[plonden]

I'm most excited for the Memphis-Oklahoma City game. That should be a bruiser!

[cnote23]

will detroit finally win one?? lol

no

[geodbear]

will detroit finally win one?? lol

I'd say no too. Question: who will one first Detroit or Washington?

[Grounded Polo]

Definitely don't see Detroit getting their first win on the road against a decent team like Philly. Detroit is doing a fantastic job this year, they absolutely need to tank hard and get Shabazz and escape mid-lottery pick hell.

[lastemp3ror]

will detroit finally win one?? lol

I'd say no too. Question: who will one first Detroit or Washington?

I would put my money on Detroit winning first. If the Washington is getting clobbered by teams like Charlotte, there is no chance they will win soon.

[geodbear]

Of course, Detroit is up 21 with less than 5 minutes left in the game.

[bujfan2030]

Philly Shot 25 -84 They were missing from everywhere

[bujfan2030]

Charlotte won a road game against an undermanned Minny team. Almost choked it away in the 4th but still it's the kind of game they probably would have lost last season. Anyway I noticed that Charlotte has been playing Jeffrey Taylor significant minutes the last couple of games. He hasn't really done anything special. I just thought it was interesting to see a team run an unknown rookie rookie out there to see what they have, and yet still compete on a nightly basis. So, I know Charlotte has an advantage over some other teams in this respect. They're rebuilding, no one really expects much. They can afford to take some chances. I just wondered if anyone had 1)thoughts on how much rookies should play,. 2)How much players improve and learn when all they're doing is practicing.
I guess the team I wonder about the most in this regard is Houston. I feel like there's a 75% chance that some of those rookies are better than what Mchale is running out there bench-wise. And yet, if that were true, McHale would be playing those guys some wouldn't he? Most of Houston's games have been pretty close, so there hasn't been a lot of garbage time to just get players feet wet. So, do any of you believe McHale should be trying to find more minutes for his rookies, or is he doing things just right?