hasn't fully been given it's chance yet. we have been winning games so it has been more important to win than get the bench in tune. our starters have been playing great so the bench minutes have been very low. i think people are too hard on the bench. delfino and arroyo stop dribble penetration just as good as rip and chauncey do. darko is still a shot blocker and still is hanging in there against the best bigs in the league, shaq, mourning, dikembe. his offensive game is needing a little work but i think that's more the coach needs to run some plays for him. evans is hitting the 3 point shot very well and rebounding well too. if anything our bench needs more minutes and more minutes as a unit. to develop that chemistry and define who is the leader among the second unit.

mcdyess is the one bench player i'm worried about. he seems to be getting his minutes based on being a proven player. the bigs behind him are outplaying him right now but he still gets the major chunk of the minutes. i know what mcdyess can do and want him to get going but if another guy has it going that game let him have the minutes. the pistons are an unselfish bunch except maybe jmax they don't mind if the other players have good games as long as we win.