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Message: [QUOTE="billsin01, post: 1222669, member: 837"] What you're missing, from my perspective anyway, is the fine line between the value of getting minutes and the notion that those minutes unequivocally make you a better player a month or two months or three months later. The vast majority of development for these kids takes place over off-seasons and over years (one year to the next) not in weeks and chunks of minutes. I don't think anyone here would argue that getting adjusted to game speed and the talent level and everything else you gain from experience is valuable, I just don't think you can look at extended minutes -- especially at the expense of winning games -- and simply state that those minutes will transform a player to a key contributor in a matter of months. [/QUOTE]