No. Playing Flip Murray for instance loses games, and makes you less prepared for the playoffs. If we tried letting Dupree play, same thing. Amir should play becasue he is a multitalented player who can greatly help this team.

Playing Hayes a lot does keep Prince off his feet, and Hayes ain't that bad. He is showing signs of getting better on D. Just maybe he is still getting stronger in the knees yet as that surgery gets further into the past. However, Hayes is a vet. The return on him playing is rather minimal compared to playing Amir.

Brezec has started for well over two straight seasons. Playing him, while keeping him game shape, will not increase his experience level by any significant amount between now and the playoffs. He basically is where he is.

Where can the same logic be found? Playing Afflalo. Playing Stuckey. Playing Samb. Playing Mejia if we add him to the squad. (And we should)

Now, lets review what we are arguing about. Against Houston, just yesterday, Sheed got into a bit of foul trouble. Dyess had just sat down 2 minutes prior, but Flip sent him right back into the game.

Flip could have called upon Amir. Do you know what happened the last time Amir was called upon for these type of 2nd quarter minutes? Yep, we ended up completely blowing the opponent away in the 2nd half.

There was plenty of time to play Amir in this game, in the rotation rather than garbage time. Indeed, even Brezec got minutes before Amir, and that is nothing more than an insult.

In sum, why talk generalities when we can talk about the last game. Flip Saunders messed up by not playing Amir in this game. When will he stop messing up the situation and start playing Amir some steady minutes. I am waiting.