EJ wants the "core" guys to play as much as possible.

Jrue has to sit and learn behind guys like Ivey and Green.

I hope he winds up being something. I'm encouraged by his size and his attitude on D.

But when every scout and his mother said he won't be ready to play for a couple of years, when he looks okay at some points in games (pre-season and now), and totally lost at other points, when he wasn't even much of a killer in his *one* year of college (when "real" basketball finally gets played) and when those realities are compounded by coaches not dressing the kid...well, I refuse to get all worked up over it.

Wake me in three years, and I'll let you know what I think of him.

Not sure what you're saying here, but whatever. He scored six, not two. Three for five shooting, three boards, four assists, no turnovers, and a +10 +/- rating. Nice performance from a bench player. He helped the team win.

Regardless, what's that have to do with whether or not Jrue is ready to see minutes?

that's strange; all the scouts i've talked with say he should be starting;
(seriously, he and Brandon Jennings have been compared to each other by the scouts for the last couple of years; Brandon got next to no playing time in Europe last year, which was not the brightest of moves, but the Bucks are playing him now and he looks good.)

thanks rzzzzzzz ...keep preaching it ... HOLIDAY!

Vito, we all know you are a Jrue hater and still dream about Ty Lawson. There is NO WAY that Willie Green and Ivey should be getting minutes over Holiday. Dude, they had to struggle to beat the Nets, who were missing like 20 players, LOL!!!!

Give the rookie some time. I did not purchase the NBA League Pass to see Willie Green and Ivey play prominent minutes on this team.

What's the pattern. Please, tell. Thad never averaged less than 20 minutes a game and gets 35 now. How has he been mishandled? While he continues to look alright, those minutes certainly haven't improved his defense or resulted in a go-to move in the low post. His rebounds haven't really improved. Seems to me he hasn't been mis-handled at all; and, I'm still not impressed by his development.

Speights? He got 15 minutes a game last year. Didn't play against better offensive players because they school him. He must have known that, must have been able to read that writing on the wall. And his intensity on D this year still blows chunks. Seems to me he's being handled just fine.

This team's suck-a-tude, and the rather obvious limitations of individual players (whether attributed to youth or whatever) MIGHT NOT BE THE FAULT OF COACHES. The team's records, the key stats of players...it's all been pretty middle of the road for a LONG TIME.

Smith and Carney? You just plain must be delusional if you think they're big minutes guys who have been mishandled.

And Williams? He's gotten plenty of minutes for plenty of years. Didn't see any mishandling there either. He's still a question-mark as a PG, by the way. A pleasant surprise for a few of the games. Predictably underwhelming against a real point guard last Tuesday. Down and out garbage defending the perimeter and a dummy on screens. We'll see.

I don't see rotation or minutes problems. I see talent problems. Whatever pattern you see is not at all apparent to me.