I have no problem with Flips decisions here. If Billups was not hurt then he would have played all the starters for about 1/2 the game and used the bench for the other half.

These 4 games are a great opportunity to test the bench under real conditions. You can't get this kind of competition level in the pre-season. If the team improves by giving the bench guys some extra burn then its only going to help us in the post-season. Plus we get to see if Amir is ready for next season.

Up next are one more with TOR and BOS,Philly so we will not lose them all and the bench may actually improve.

The TOR starters could not hang with the Pistons starters ( minus Billups ) so the Raps had to realize that.