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Message: [QUOTE="DogMania, post: 5144894, member: 21"] I hear what you're saying. I continue to root for the kid, but unless he can get stronger, improve his D and more consistently contribute (finish his drives, get to the line, make quicker decisions, find open teammates, and knock down his open 3s), he's taking minutes away from teammates that could contribute more than what he's giving. So far he's turned out not to be a good fit for what he was brought here for. He had a good game the other day, but until he shows consistency with what I described above, he shouldn't have any more of a role than the Joey Cal role. I hope Hurley and the staff can coach him up. I think Nowell might turn out to be the better backup to Diarra once he's healthy. I hope AM can improve and give us 5 to 10 solid minutes at the 1 or 2, but so far he's not been able to do that. Note that I thought he showed improvement on D a game or two ago, but unfortunately he didn't build on that last night and that backcourt clock brainfart was inexcusable. He's on too thin of ice to be making those types of mistakes. I've not given up hope, but anticipate Hurley being careful how he tries to bring him along. [/QUOTE]