look first off our D is not worse. in yesterdays golden state game our players challenged almost every shot. J-Rich worked very hard to earn those 36 points he made those shots with a hand in his face sometimes he even made it with a piston having a hand on the ball but he powered up the shot to go in. we are a hell of a lot better on offense and our players are very unselfish and get it to the guy who is doing well down the stretch to help them win. the point i want to get to is that i saw the first sign this whole season that the bench will play. we all know dice will play but flip also brought in evans and arroyo in the 4th quarter and they kept it to a 2 point game till the starters came back with around 6 minutes to go. delfino has showed he can play if he shows he's consistant he'll get some pt as for darko the same thing goes for him he has to play hard and show flip that he can play or he won't give him pt when it counts.

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What about our up tempo pace? Is that conducive to good Dee?

We actually aren't any more up tempo than last year. We are still averaging 88 possessions per game. Exact same number as last year. Our offense is just MUCH more effecient. And yes, Flip is the man. Once Ben is healthy again, we will be even better because at the moment I feel like we lack an intimidator in the paint with Ben Hobbling along.