At this stage, if Dyess is going to play poorly, he may as well do it with the starters in the first half. At least he won't drag down our new players and make Flip doubt them.

As long as he doesn't play in crunch time when he's having a tough night, then I think it's a good way to use him.

He will have plenty of good nights too. Maybe not with consistency until the 2nd half of the season.