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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 1782976, member: 837"]
Yeah, I'm not sure why people are all bent out of shape about saying dion should have started and/or played more minutes. I get where that school of thought comes from when you look at how legit a player he is and how much we've missed having a guy who could create the past few seasons (really since Waiters left).

I had forgotten how bad he was after that Nova game pretty much right up until the finale vs. L'ville.

But I also think you have to look at how that team played and how much better DW was than he was as a frosh and say it's hard to imagine the team being that much better. It's also important to note that JB also gets hammered for playing guys 38-40 mpg all the time and  not using his bench, so in some ways he can't win.

The funny thing is the guy who probably actually deserved more minutes in that group may have been MCW, right? I mean, it's not like he got that much better from frosh to soph year and the next season he was the NBA MVP. I think if, using hindsight, I was doling out minutes I'd agree to a few less for Joseph and Triche and a few more for Waiters and MCW. But ultimately -- whether you want to be results-oriented or not -- that's nitpicking in a year that was incredibly successful.
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