I think most people on this Board would agree that we could use another player off the bench. Flip doesn't rest the starters enough on the second night of back-to-backs (or the first, for that matter), but he doesn't have a lot to work with off the pine either.

Because of that, maybe we needed something like this. As long as we keep squeaking wins out over teams in the last five minutes, we can keep telling ourselves that maybe we don't really need another guy. I think it's pretty clear our starters will be worn down by the end of the year if they keep logging the minutes they are, so perhaps in the long run this will be better by accelerating our search for a quality bench player.