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Trend: Skiles the Specialist
Typically, as the playoffs near, it's common for the contenders to shorten their rotation and dole out big minutes to regulars as they jockey for postseason positioning. The Bulls, who have employed one of the deepest rotations in the league all season long, were one prime candidate to shorten their bench late this season.
For example, it would have shocked no one if, as April approached, Ben Gordon was seeing more run, Eddy Curry sat on the bench less, and Kirk Hinrich neared 45 minutes per game. Not Scotty Skiles. Believe it or not, the Bulls have only one player (Hinrich) averaging more than 30 minutes per game, and he hasn't even played since March 21.
Instead, Skiles has taken a page out of modern-day baseball managing, employing his personnel in specialists' roles. Curry is the go-to-guy early and often in the first quarter. Gordon has more double-digit fourth quarters than any player in the Association. (By the way, think about that for a second, he has more than Kobe, Iverson, LeBron, Amare, Dirk, all of the above. Impressive.) Tyson Chandler leads the NBA in fourth-quarter rebounding and blocked shots. Andre Nocioni is the defensive pest.
With the Bulls climbing into contention for home-court advantage in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, don't expect Skiles to fix anything, because it's far from broken.
Quoted from NBA Trend and Mirage
by Court E. Mann - Associate Editor, Fanball.com
Wednesday, March 30, 2005 |
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