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Originally Posted by max  Here is what we know.
1) When Rip is out Afflalo starts. AA starts not Hunter, not Dixon, so Afflalo is the 4th guard overall and Rips direct backup. In the post game Michael Curry was really talking up AA. I don't think he would be doing that if the staff did not take AA seriously. The Hunter comming back experiment has failed and has come to an end. Hunter will not soak up many mins at all from AA in the post-season. |
We are well past the point that Hunter was pronounced to be taking over time. In front of our eyes something great has happened AA has kept improving day by day min by min to the point that he is not allowing the coaching staff to put him on the bench. This is what Darko never sniffed..... Its not about being given mins its about taking mins, playing so well that the coaching staff doesn't have a choice..
AJ is close to the same point, his only problem is that he plays at a position that Size does matter so its a bit harder for him to force the issue against the bigger 5's of the league.
Maybe some of the zoo crew won't play as much as people here want but every min they get on the court will be earned. Earned and basically ripped from older veterns with the knowledge and knowhow thru pure talent and attitude.
Its something that no matter how much folks here campaigned for Darko, Delfino, Dupree, and a host of other bench players we've had over the last 5 years never did.