SacKingZZZ wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
It's not that easy and no that's not what's going on here. Rather it's called focusing on the greater cause, the FRANCHISE. When Ron is gone next year or the year after, us letting Ron jack up 30 shots a game gets us two things, jack and ****. Ron doesn't need the development, others do. If there is no shot at the postseason I see no reason that some others don't get a chance to play. We have some really good young talent a couple of which being recent lotto picks. I would lean more towards them being in the long term picture than the current squad of starters and major minute guys.
It's not about winning and losing. If you have no shot at the playoffs then it's the equivalent of preseason, nothing more.
So you're assuming that the Kings won't try to extend him this summer and have no interest in keeping him around long-term. And what exactly do you base this assumption on? I think there is a better than average chance that the Kings will look to keep him around for the next 6 years. If he's going to be around, he will look to be the leader of this team. I frankly don't see anything wrong with him getting as much time on the floor as necessary to help him develop as a the leader the team needs for the future.
As for the "young guys", they are going to earn time on the floor by working hard in practice and making the best out to the limited minutes they do get. Spencer's minutes have slowly increased over the course of the season by working hard and learning. That effort has paid off to the point where he has a fairly consistent place in the rotation with an average of 10-15 min. per game. Williams needs to pay his due, but he will get his shot if he makes the most out practice time and his time on the floor. Guys don't deserve to play just because they are young and theoretically have promising talent. They earn their time through hard work...simple as that. Unfortunately for Williams, there is not a lot of time left in the season for him to earn time through practice...he may need to have patience and start planning now for his offseason conditioning (get a jump start on next season).
