Why don't bad teams play their young players more?

[iamgine]

For example, Utah. Why don't they play Rudy Gobert more so he can maybe develop faster into a quality player? Instead they have old ass Richard Jefferson taking up minutes.

Or Boston with Kelly. Why isn't he playing 30+ minutes? Especially when they know they're not making the playoff anyways.

Yes they gonna suck probably but even Durant kinda suck his first season and look what he turned into.

Is it a stamina issue?

[stalkerforlife]

The best players should be the ones playing, regardless of age.

Unfortunately, there are also a lot of politics at play.

[iamgine]

The best players should be the ones playing, regardless of age.

Unfortunately, there are also a lot of politics at play.

Not really. It depends on the direction of the team.

I agree on the politics.

[wally_world]

How would you feel if you're a vet playing for your last big contract, but your coach decides to bench you for a 19 year old who you can beat 11-2 in practice?

[Xiao Yao You]

For example, Utah. Why don't they play Rudy Gobert more so he can maybe develop faster into a quality player? Instead they have old ass Richard Jefferson taking up minutes.

Or Boston with Kelly. Why isn't he playing 30+ minutes? Especially when they know they're not making the playoff anyways.

Yes they gonna suck probably but even Durant kinda suck his first season and look what he turned into.

Is it a stamina issue?

Gobert wasn't ready offensively to play in the league. He should have been in the DLeague though. That's what it's for.

[GimmeThat]

because when you think of the starting line ups. it's made up of players who can fill up multiple roles.

A bad player would have to be able to fill out multiple roles in order to even get the minutes.


there are bad players who fits the scorer role
then there are bad players.


in basketball, your role is essentially dictated by your competitions, i.e. talent pool of the professional league etc.

[Thorpesaurous]

Every case is different. In the case of Gobert, you had two good, also young, building block type pieces in front of him at the front court positions (even if I happen to feel they're a little overvalued). So that's going to limit his minutes.

And older guy will sometimes be given minutes as a means of showcasing him for the possibility of a trade. So if Jefferson plays well, a contender may be willing to offer up a young asset or a pick, in exchange for the short term albeit large salary, in the hopes that he can pick up the system quick and contribute to a playoff run from the bench.

[poido123]

Coaches protecting their jobs trying to squeeze out wins even at the detriment of young players getting burn.

Coaches will ride their stars or a vet player if they feel their job is threatened.

[kurple]

because coaches and players want to win every game they play or coach

the youngins can get playing time when they are ready and have proved it in practise

[Jailblazers7]

Trial by fire isn't always a good idea. There are a lot of different ways to go about player development.

[CeltsGarlic]

For example, Utah. Why don't they play Rudy Gobert more so he can maybe develop faster into a quality player? Instead they have old ass Richard Jefferson taking up minutes.

Or Boston with Kelly. Why isn't he playing 30+ minutes? Especially when they know they're not making the playoff anyways.

Yes they gonna suck probably but even Durant kinda suck his first season and look what he turned into.

Is it a stamina issue?

So your saying Jefferson is taking Goberts minutes at SF or jefferson is playing C for utah?

Either way Kanter and Favors are both also young

[Aidz]

Playing a guy too young/shit can crush their confidence.
Look at A. Bennett

[kshutts1]

I'm with Poido on this one. Coaches, unfortunately, are often the scapegoats in a professional league. If the FO looks to players as the reason the team underperformed, they then have to admit that they did a bad job collecting the "talent". Much easier to blame it on the coach for not making it work. Unfortunately, that leads to a lot of coaches on bad teams playing the best players right then, even if it's not best for long term development and success.

Then, of course, there are other ways to develop players, etc, as others have mentioned.

[chocolatethunder]

For example, Utah. Why don't they play Rudy Gobert more so he can maybe develop faster into a quality player? Instead they have old ass Richard Jefferson taking up minutes.

Or Boston with Kelly. Why isn't he playing 30+ minutes? Especially when they know they're not making the playoff anyways.

Yes they gonna suck probably but even Durant kinda suck his first season and look what he turned into.

Is it a stamina issue?

I understand what you're saying but not all players benefit from just being thrown out into a game and finding their way. They need to get stronger and be developed by the player development coaches and all sorts of stuff. Durant was/is a super talent so he is an outlier. Olynyck and Gobert are more normal guys. They are too raw/slow/weak whatever to just be thrown to the wolves as are lots of players. That doesn't mean that some young players shouldn't be playing more than they are it just means that every player is different and the more raw the player, the more time they take to develop and a lot of that development is done in practice and with coaches.

[el gringos]

Gobert. Haha.


Went to a jazz game, got there early and watched the players do their pre game workouts. A jazz coach was working w Gobert throwing him bad low bounce passes that he wanted Gobert to recover and take up for a dunk. Coach purposely throwing tough to catch passes, and each time the coach would throw a pass Gobert would look really confused that the pass was bad. Prob 20 times in a row and he had a surprised look on his face every time.

Looks great to have a guy that tall and long, but putting him in the game would not have helped anyone including Hobert. If they play him all season all that happens is failure and the guys career becomes that much shorter due to more evidence of not being able to play