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We talked about this on Twitter, but during the regular season, Lue's decision to roll with Shumpert *instead* of Derrick was mind-boggling. I'm not saying play Derrick instead of Shumpert, however, I do think reducing D-Will's minutes and giving them to Iman was a mistake.because he made two stupid non shooting fouls while team was in bonus in like 45 seconds, and blew a rotation that yielded a layup (as he is prone to do) eventually Lue was like, "oh yeah, I've seen this movie before." say what you will about Lue, he has either the patience of a saint or the memory of a gnat.
Maybe Derrick couldn't play as good ISO defense... It's definitely possible. But while Derrick wasn't as skilled as Iman was on defense, he was a better team defender, didn't have mental lapses, and was a killer in transition on offense.
Derrick was slowing down later on, but to me, it felt more like a bad streak. Do I think we beat the Warriors if he plays instead of Shumpert? Nah, probably not. But it would've been interesting to see what happened had Derrick been in the rotation.