Let's not lose sight of the fact that our starters as a group are about +7 points per game. Rip leads that group.

They are doing a lot of things right.

Rip had 1 bad game, but he got so many good looks, that I can't fault him for thinking that he could get it going. If he would have made all those chip ins, then he would have shot 50% and it would have been another W for us.


However, the prospect of sacrificing a little bit of the starting lineup's effectiveness to boost the bench intrigues me. To get an all-star player to do that would take more gumption than Flip is capable of mustering I'm afraid.

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"I’ll just say this: We’re not talking to teams about their second- or third-best players." Joe Dumars talking about his plan to get other teams' 4th best players.