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[QUOTE="DoctorBombay, post: 3294179, member: 626"]
This is the basic Catch-22 we’re watching take place before us.  
There is no question that Buddy is an integral part of this team’s make-up, and even with his defensive limitations, we’re better when he’s on the floor.
However, playing him even when he’s not performing is just plain baffling, IMO. I don’t see anyone arguing that BB needs to sit and never see the floor again, but for the love of everything holy, he’s NOT indispensable! When he’s not fulfilling his designated role, why not have a prepared backup in Brycen ready to spell him a couple of mins when needed? When we’re playing well with him on the bench, the few times he has sat, why not keep it going? Why MUST he come back in, even when he’s not particularly helping?
This idea that BG is a scrub not worthy of extended mins, who can’t shoot worth a damn and other teams always leave him totally open, is blatantly ridiculous.
There are no rational reasons BB should be playing these many mins, slump or no slump. Oh sure, he could pull a UVA and explode during an OT to take us over the top, but we have to GET to the damn OT first!!!  So why the hell not have BG in there for a few to at the very least, give BB a breather, a chance to refocus, and have his legs under him for the stretch?
JB plays for today, period. And he’ll do it in the best way he thinks will get the win, and rightfully so. But we’ve seen this “short bench, lack-of-depth” movie before, and because we’re at a lower level of talent this year, it’s playing out in worse ways than usual.
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