Worm Guts wrote:I’m not sure who you want to give his minutes to that would be less terrible, unless you just want to play Wiggins or Okogie more.
As is typical for these arguments there are not enough details, words, to apty define your question. It's a cheap attempt to circumnavigate the issue entirely.
"give his minutes" - Are you defining this as ALL his minutes? Is it ALL or Nothing?
The correct answer is never all or nothing. But it's often the argument presented for not changing.
Also as often offered in the argument, like in this instance, is a fall guy option. Who defined Okogie or more WIggins minutes the only solutions? You? But even in this case, 3 more minutes for Okogie/Wiggins each won't hurt us like 6 more minutes of Culver can.
Here's another weakness in that proposal of options and results. The results. You are all of a sudden claiming you care about the results. When the entire argument for starting and high minutes for Culver has been his singular development, clearly not the output Clearly, 28% shooting on 14 shots from all depths is not a good result. The most recent after all this "development".
Culvers minutes in games, working backwards:
24,24,29,30,27,23,31,23,30,24,26,16,13,13,16(Oct 23rd first game)
Looking at results you see his minutes start out in the teens, and the team is winning many games. A fast 3-1 start.
Looking at the highest minute games since, 29(L), 30(L), 31(L), 30(L)
The current results are losses for this extended load, and the current excuse from a few here is not to care about the W/L this year.
The answer is Culver can be allowed to play this year and the team can still win games. Towns can still claim we are giving young players the chance to play and succeed. Just don't drop the season just to get him alone high minutes. Towns can create a culture where more than one young player can get minutes during the season. This also increases the chances that you will find one of those young players that immediately flashes high level performance along the way.
