AJ really needs to work the weights and add 15 to 20 pounds of muscle. He needs to improve his footwork.

We most likely aren't going up or down in the standings unless Boston has a major injury to one of their big three.

It seems to me that there can be only good coming from letting AJ get 5 - 10 minutes a game.

You can't gain experience during practice.

Besides, all players have weaknesses and all have some skills. How much if anything is he going to hurt us in 5 - 10 minutes a game?

If we had a serious chance of passing Boston and someone like Brezec could help us do it then I can see playing him ahead of AJ. But the first is a long shot and the second is non existent.

I was all for keeping AJ on the bench at the beginning of the year because I wanted to see how our starters were performing. If you look at Dyess's performance lately it has fallen off. I don't believe he can carry the minutes we are giving him.

Maxey has improved a lot but he still can't rebound. I thought his rebounding might improve this year to where it was adequate. But it is not.

So things have changed from what I thought would be the situation and as I see it playing AJ 5 - 10 minutes a game is a win only situation.