Hmmm.... Spain ran an 8 man rotation...

i would have given barlow sobey gliddon a few minutes here and there

" i would have given barlow sobey gliddon a few minutes here and there "

they are unplayable.

Playing those guys wouldn't have got us to the semi to begin with

Its an interesting question.
a quarter of our team is comprised of literal useless tits. We might as well have saved on the airfare.

So for me it raises a few questions:

1. Hypothetically, would we have been better off with specialised role players, (eg defenders or rebounders) that could have played minutes throughout the tournament?

2. Again hypothetically, in a compact tourney, playing tough games every 2nd day, would an 11 or even 10 man rotation have resulted in fresher legs tonight?

3. Somewhat hypothetically, should we have had some extra scoring options on the bench, and when the guys were running cold, should we have thrown in Gliddon to jack up a couple??

4. Ok, so WHO should we have had, instead of the 3 tits?
For all the blithering about guys not knowing the system, what's perfectly obvious is that it would have been hard to find anyone more useless. They might as well have suited up Longley and Caporn.

5. Overall, is it a problem with selection, utilisation, or just availability?

They looked really gassed tonight. I had a horrible feeling this 9 man rotation thing was gonna bite us in the ass eventually. Lemanis usually goes 11-12 deep, have no idea why he didn't in this tournament. If you’re not going to play these guys, what was the point of it all, particularly after all the controversy with the players not selected in the original 12.

We needed blowout games to happen early against teams like SEN and DOM to give our main rotation a bit of a rest. Problem is it never happened.

Needed to blow out teams early to give those 3 a run. Didn't happen and here we are.

Not sure if Spain were able to play their 10-12 men. But they also had 1 extra day rest.

Heartbreaking loss.

We probably were planning to use the end of the bench but winning overtook that plan.
Most coaches can't run a 12 man rotation,too many variables.
So 9 man is most practical.
Take 3 young guys that are on the radar for the future to learn team dynamics and culture and plays.
Throw them in if chance arises but prepare them for the future.
These last 3 are great people but there needs to now be some passing on of the legacy.
Ok Simmons and bolden left but Motum Adel etc may play for us one day,give them opportunity to learn.

Even saying we needed blowouts, acknowledges that we had three completely useless tits who could only be played in dead minutes.

So why take them at all?
Why not role players, or somebody who might have had an impact on the score, or somebody who could at least play minutes without being a total liability.

Last time I checked Argentina are playing for gold and they don't have a single NBA player.

Finalists in major FIBA gold medal games with one or fewer current NBA players :

2000 - France (0)
2002 - Argentina (0)
2004 - Italy (0)
2006 - Greece (0)
2014 - Serbia (1)
2016 - Serbia (1)
2019 - Argentina (0)

Bad omen for Argentina is all those teams have ended with silver!

*those numbers are obviously from this century only, I didn't look pre that period as there weren't so many international players in the NBA up until that point

In hindsight, I wonder if Lemanis would've considered a veteran point guard like Damian Martin or similar to spell Patty/Delly. Instead of Barlow. Those two must've been exhausted by the end - they were basically sprinting off screens or chasing other guards the whole tournament.

Yep. Or Kevin Lisch, who is a high-level defender.