Originally posted by BC867
I promised myself that I wouldn't write about Big Jake's lack of playing time for awhile . . . then I saw Norm Frauenheim's comments in Sunday's Republic.
Why doesn't Frank make Jake wear a blindfold and mittens, while he's at it?
After sitting out six of eight games, "one minute on the floor" is preparation to be valuable against Shaq?!?!?
And Frauenheim tries to sell that to the fans? Gimme a break!
I do you think it would have been a good idea to use Big Jake at times (the end of the Denver blowout) it is difficult to argue with yesterday's results. The fact of the matter is that Jake Tsakalidis is a big, unathletic stiff who missed over 30 games recently.
I think Bo Outlaw is overused, but if he plays aggressively on offense without trying to do too much like yesterday I love him.
The other key to yesterday's victory was the double teaming on Kevin Garnett and some of the other Timberwolves. They didn't do it half-assed like usual. As far as I'm concerned double teaming is an all are nothing thing.
We'll see what happens tonight, but as long as the Suns beat Denver on Tuesday I'll be happy. I fully expected 1-3 against Minnesota, the Lakers, Denver, and Dallas.
Joe Mama