Quote Originally Posted by Brad Stevens View Post
How many college or high school teams do you watch who have a full bench, but still only play 8-10 guys? Lots of them.
The key to me is the flexibility to go beyond that if/when you NEED to. Ray doesn't have that. So, when players aren't there mentally, are lazy, practice badly, etc -- he can't exactly bench them to teach them a lesson yet. IMO that contributes to the faltering we're seeing going down the stretch here.