Top Listener Email: John Dix from Kobay, Japan! (Bench Baby Edition)
Stuckey, Afflalo, Johnson, Maxiell, Brown????, Sharpe!, Bynum?
Hi John, Deven,
Sorry I’ve been out of touch, but while in Mi. my parents internet connection was dial-up; remember clamping the receiver into the suction cups and dialing? Anyway, I couldn’t listen to the show, so am catching up now.
Sorry to have miss the Haiku contest. I love Haiku. By the way, you forgot one rule; there is suppose to be a seasonal reference, like cherry blossoms, falling snow, autumn leaves, etc. Though the playoffs, or the preseason could work. Anyway, I thought the Sheed/aging redwood one was fantastic. Congrats! on the interviews. Your stars are rising quickly.
So, I came up with a great idea. One I think you guys will love. I was out fishing one morning trying to put a salmon in the boat. About 6 am. Anyway, I was thinking about the starters, the bench, and how to integrate them most effectively.
I had an epiphany. You don’t try to integrate them. Instead you substitute the 5 starters with the Zoo Crew en mass. With a couple of minutes left in the 1st, and 3rd.
Here we come to save the Game!
Curry makes a sign, and some bad ass theme song starts blaring, no, better yet animal sounds, a lion roars, images of a cheetah taking down a wildebeest on the Savannah shows on the big screen, a gorilla pounds it’s chest.
Stuckey, Afflalo, Max, Kwame and Amir get up, rip off their warm ups, frothing at the mouth, chest thumping and bumping.
They come in as a unit, play as a unit, attacking swarming, swatting. For 5, 6, 8 minutes they leave everything on the floor. Think about it, Stuckey aside, Max as well, the other young players must find it difficult to come in by themselves and figure out their place in the game.
This way they know exactly what to do and they totally have each other’s back. Then after 6 minutes or so, you start putting the starters back in maybe leaving stuckey, Max, in.
What do you think? I think it could put them into the finals this year. Next time you are dining with Curry or interviewing Joe D. give them the idea.
Keep up the good work,
John Dix
Kobay, Japan
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Pistons Lover September 11th at 3:30 pm
You know thats not a bad idea. I think in the preseason that Amir, Will, Kwame, and Arron get good minutes and let them understand the plays more, your idea would work very efficiently. Rod and Max together is a helluva way to make other teams try to defend, figure how to handle to althetic players, and keep easy offensive players from running. You know you would probably make a great coach in the future!
John September 11th at 5:38 pm
John Dix has a great idea. Hopefully Coach Curry will keep the youth movement going.
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