Rozier had a nice second half and has been crushing the practices. Of course he's going to get an opportunity when AB goes down. He's also getting minutes for the first time this year so he's kind of a rookie out there.
People should relax on the Roz hate. It makes you look like a bad fan and if anything he has earned the opportunities with solid practices. Like any other young player he is going to make mistakes out there. The important thing is he has shown some decent potential. He's not as bad as this thread makes him out to be. He's just making rookie mistakes sometimes and considering we aren't title contenders we should be ok with the occasional bad half if it means bringing him along and getting him better for next year.
Practice... lol.
He needed to get his playing time LAST season, a lot of these rookie mistakes would be more limited and it's not consistent by Stevens to allow Rozier to commit them but Brown needs to have a PER of 30 to stay on the floor... just smh @ Stevens
If we are reeling in Brown who was playing good and is our highest draft pick since like forever, to prioritize the development of Rozier NOW, he is doing this thing all wrong... and essentially putting Brown in the situation Rozier was in last year. Rozier has only improved marginally but apparently, even with this going on, CB thinks playing time is not important for development 
all I'm saying, is that I seriously don't want Jaylen to be developing at the rate Terry is
I am trying to convince myself that Terry is being showcased and if he keeps going 20 mins a game with only 4 points here and there and then imploding in larger roles, Danny needs to cut him and James Young. Too many assets on this team for us to keep fiddling around with potentially middling players.
Im not really following you on any of this other then there is some over reaction going on.
Roz has been impressing his teammates in practice and has earned their trust. That's why you see him at the end of games over Brown.
Labeling Roz as a middling player at this stage of his career is premature. He's clearly better then James Young and has shown flashes of being pretty good. He's earned whatever minutes he gets. I don't understand why everyone is crying over Roz's minutes.
He plays PG, the same position Smart fans want Marcus to play.
That probably had some part to do with the anger over Roz last night. Meanwhile Smart was 1-6 last night and was 1-5 the night before. With 2 minutes to go and down 10 Brad pulled Smart and kept Roz in. That is pretty telling that Brad has more trust in Roz to provide offense then Smart when the game desperately calls for offense.
Roz is no where close to Smart as an overall player but he's more dynamic then Smart on offense.
Lol you are off your rocker.
It's amazing that this Rozier lovefest is still going on after he's been a complete disappointment this entire season so far. I mean, he's to the point of receiving DNP-CD's virtually every game that we're healthy, because he simply can't even run the bench offense.
And the fact that you're making this argument after last night, which was probably Rozier's worst game in green, makes it even more hilarious. You pointed out Smart's struggles, but it's funny that you didn't mention Rozier's struggles, which were worse across the board:
Rozier - 5 pts (1-8 fgs, 1-4 3pfgs), 1 reb, 2 asts, 1 stl, and a -22 overall.
Smart - 4 pts (1-6 fgs, 0-2 3pfgs), 3 rebs, 5 asts, 2 stls, 2 blks, and an overall +0.
This is why it makes absolutely no sense for you to be making this argument right now. By virtually every measure, he was terrible. If he had a good game, perhaps your argument would hold more weight.
And it's amazing that virtually every other single poster in the game thread saw the same thing - an outright terrible performance from Rozier last night. But you're the accurate analysis here, and everyone else is just overreacting. 
Is it necessary for you to rip him like that? I don't even know why you showed Smart's stats since you have always said you can't use stats to measure Smart's value...You also threw away every metric NBA Front Office's use to measure Smart out the window too.
Smart >Rozier. Congratulations. Call me when Smart makes the all star team. You and Snakehead had him as an all star so you're no Nostradamus either. I should try and dig up what you said about Smart when we initially drafted him. I'm sure he hasn't met your expectations. But god forbid you admit that.
Have a nice day ripping on a misinformed poster
Yup, just winked back at you. No idea why you use it.
Lol here we go again. And again I have no idea why you're so confrontational regarding this.
For the hundredth time, I've never said stats as a whole are useless, because of course traditional stats are meaningful. I've always ripped on your use of
advanced stats, specifically defensive advanced stats, to try and measure Smart, because they're notoriously inaccurate and many times go against the eye test. I've consistently said that the eye test and knowing how to properly evaluate a player's defense is more reliable than these stats that can't properly isolate a player's impact from the context that he's in. I literally have no idea why you cannot grasp this simple distinction that I've repeated to you a hundred times on here...
And this has nothing to do with Smart. He tried making the argument that Rozier was outplaying Smart last night, when that's the farthest thing from the truth. He was worse in virtually every regard last night. I'm just tired of people being blatant homers and being unwilling to criticize players when they play bad. You can still be a "good fan" and criticize a player for his weaknesses and when he plays terribly. Rozier was outright terrible last night, and Smart wasn't much better.
And let's get this whole Smart issue out of the way - overall I'm disappointed in him this year. He's actually made many improvements with his passing, ball-handling, and overall offense initiation as a point guard, just as many of us said. However, his shooting is still downright terrible, and he's never going to take the next step unless he fixes that to allow him to score at a higher and more efficient rate. At this rate, he will max out at an elite role player/starter on a good team.
I still want him on my team, because he impacts winning in a way that isn't always quantifiable. But unless he improves his shot, which will in turn make his scoring opportunities easier, then he'll never reach his potential of what he can be.
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