I hope this opens the door for Kwame to get more pt.

Where did he learn that line drive free throw shooting technique? Blaha got excited once when one of them almost went in.

Kwame 5-6, played 26 minutes and what surprises most is 0 turnovers. When was the last time he played so many minutes and has 0 turnovers? Kwame needs to play when we play against 'BIG' centers. Even against the likes of Perkins and Powes.

Rip is huge since coming back to the starting line up. Honestly, I have not seen him played like that since 2006. Same goes for his former backcourt buddy, CB. Both of them have not play like that since 2006. If they did, we would have at least another title since 2004.

If MC can use the bench depending on matchups, I have a feeling we will march all the way at least into the ECF.

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I've only seen a few games but the guy is trying. He's moving his feet and he has the lateral speed to match a driving big man.

Because this is what we do and because he is taking time from Max and Amir. Dyess should get not more than 3 minutes per game. Max had 1 rebound last night.

Good points. I think Amir can be brought in as a situational player with a similar role to the one AA had last year. We bring him in as a "tempo changer" for the last 7 -10 seconds of each quarter. Now...if he gets comfortable in that role and does not foul out, we gradually increase his seconds.

Mainly because he's middle aged.

Here is a quote from Dyess himself about the game yesterday.

Why would he be tired? Because he older than the other guys and he's used to coming off the bench.

A tired Dyess in the playoffs is not going to get us to the promised land (2nd round).

I personally would like to see AJ get Max's minutes. The stats seem to show that we will get more of AJ playing those minutes then Max.

Max last night played almost 19 minutes had 4 points, 1 rebound, 1 block and 4 fouls. I know his points are of the spectacular variety but think we could be getting more.

Maybe this wasn't the game for AJ due to his size but still don't like all his DNP's.

Sheed getting injured is not good, but I sometimes wonder who might have shown something if there were more opportunities like the one Kwame received last night.

We don't want AJ on the bench, we need him on the bench.

On the Kwame tip, he's been as good as advertised this year in my opinion. We've won several big games with him getting significant minutes. He's mildly clumsy with the ball at times, but he doesn't take many bad shots, sets big screens, and plays solid defense.

If he gets too many minutes, I could see hack-a-Brown coming from guys like Popovich. Those FT's were as bad as it gets.

Just for fun I visited magicmadness.us to see what Denny and the gang had to say. Here is a typical post: