Matthews is really struggling. Really going to be hard to keep his minutes away from THT who keeps doing good stuff out there
Fantastic game by Wes. Superb threes and D tonight as advertised. He should be playing more! Well, he should be starting really. But no more DNP.
i think he deserves to get KCP's minutes after his performance tonight and with how bad KCP has been lately
I am very glad Frank won't listen to this :wink: Imagine if he did last year? Do you think KCP would have been as amazing as he was in POs?
When he picked up Bazley at half court to create the turnover, that got me so hyped. I have a lot of confidence when he shoots from downtown.
KCP has been awful lately. don't see the harm in giving matthews more minutes after tonight's performance
This guy is such a professional. Gets DNPs, does not complain, works hard, then comes in and delivers on both ends of the floor. He needs to play, especially when KCP is in his (in)famous shooting slump
Well earned. Straight off the pine to game ball. If he gets that 3 to drop early, it catapults his confidence for the game. Came up huge in both sides of the ball. I think he got a few bad whistles too. Needs more PT.
Wesley Matthews, odd man out of Lakers' rotation, appreciated Frank Vogel's honesty https://www.yahoo.com/news/wesley-matthews-odd-man-lakers-150020230.html Grit.
He absolutely needs to play, that's why we got him.I mean, we started DG and what did he give us exactly, especially in the playoffs?
i agree, but who sits? caruso, schroder, or kcp? who has wes outplayed in that bunch? THT? you want him to get zero minutes unless someone's hurt? it's a tough spot for wes and the coach. i really think vogel's just expecting an injury or several to mitigate the issue, and we've been fortunate not to have those to our guards so far. eventually, someone will miss time and there won't be the minutes tension, but we've been talking about since offseason. still feel like wes needs a shot with the starters, but DS has been so useful as a pg defender at times that i'm not sure you can justify trying that, either.
Oh, I just think he should get some minutes instead of DNPs. If he has to come off the bench, so be it. But I know he can help the team. If KCP is off, maybe try giving Wes some of his minutes until he gets that shot fixed.
My thoughts exactly. We all know KCP will be back to form, but till he does drop his minutes from 26 to 21. Then pull off some of Bron's minutes from the first 3 Qs, I'd like to get him down to 30 MPG. There's another 5 for Wes. Then if you pull from whichever G/F is having a tough night, you can get him another 2-3. That gets him up to 12-15 minutes a night. I think he needs a chance to start, but that's better than giving him DNPs.
