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[QUOTE="Sgt Cuse, post: 162610, member: 1701"]
I think most people who start and then subsequently do not start view that as a demotion.
 
If he is outplaying BMK at center then give XMas more minutes during the second halves of close games as the backup center.  More minutes would be a reward.
 
As stated earlier, I think long term Rak can make a lot of noise at PF.  Not many teams will be able to line up 2 bigs to counter DC2, XMas, and Fab (if he is around).
 
One of the great things about how JB has been handling the lineup is, not only is the team off to a great start, but he is doing it in a way that is developing the team for the future - playing more people, distributing minutes, playing Rak at the 4.  I don't want to see him give that up now.
 
It's short sighted to freeze BMK out of the lineup.  It reduces the size of the bench and delays the development of where you want XMas to be down the road (and probably would hinder the development of BMK as well).  That is the move the old JB would have done.  I, for one, like the adjustment JB has made and hope he doesn't have to change.  If Fab is out, well then, bummer, yeah you've got to move Rak over.  But even then, JB might do it in a AO/RJ type method.
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