Won't happen, but I am definitely agreeable to the concept of letting players fail (not that I think he would).

To develop a guy like AJ, you need to let him feel the pressure of a close game. See how he responds when the goal is to win, not get himself shot attempts in the last 5 minutes of a blowout.

There is about a 0% chance of us missing the playoffs, so we have about as much cusion as you could ever ask for. The only argument against sacrificing anything is that we can still get the top seed in the East. Right now it looks like Boston will be our biggest challenger in either conference, so getting them off their court could be the difference. Their schedule gets tougher, but so does ours.

I guess if I were the coach, I'd sit Amir against Boston and then play him extensively in games that we should win during the 2nd Q and 4th Q.

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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.