luther

After each of our last posts, I don't think we're all that far apart in our opinions, actually--we just were saying them differently. I don't doubt at all that he's our second-best post scorer and rebounder. Never did. And I also am not against playing him more than his 16 mpg; I just doubted that he could be a full-time kind of player, a 35 mpg guy. And you said that he ought not be considered a 2nd option on a good team, which I agree with (obviously).

And I am definitely not against him getting more minutes than Walker. DEFINITELY. My only defenses for Walker were that he was ever productive, which I think he was. Not great, not brilliant, and a horribly inefficient player. But productive.

As an aside regarding the use of per 40 instead of per game, I usually avoid that kind of thing because projecting out numbers doesn't really work. It's fun to play with stats, but I don't think it's a true reflection of basketball itself--the reality of what happens, and why. Guys who don't get time, often don't get time for a reason: fouls too much, defensive sieve, stops the offense and thus keeps others uninvolved, turns it over, isn't in good enough shape to maintain his pace over extended periods, or whatever else.