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<blockquote data-quote="EyeoftheIllini" data-source="post: 1500063" data-attributes="member: 623415"><p>First, no one said he was averaging those amounts of rebounds and assists, you mentioned the 22 minutes he played last game and those numbers are why he got that time, because DW is also not averaging 22 mpg. He is averaging 17.2 mpg, and a large chunk of his minutes cane in last game and against GCU. In other 3 games he averaged 12.3 mpg. </p><p></p><p>Second, I’m not sure who these young players from whom he is stealing minutes. AG is getting consistent minutes. Sure they could go up some and I an see that, but how much more is optimum? DW isn’t stealing minutes from TJ And I don’t think BU sees BBV in same role as DW right now, so I don’t see him as stealing minutes. </p><p></p><p>The thing is that when someone says “can anyone tell me” it usually means they just don’t agree with the decision and likely won’t be swayed. BU has said multiple times what he values in DW and those are the reasons DW gets minutes. And it just so happens that some of those things don’t show up in the box score. If you assign the highest value to points then DW is always going to lack in your eyes. If you value defense (and steals aren’t the only part of good defense), rebounding, being in the right place on both offense and defense so that it runs well, and doing the lunch pail/glue things that make the overall team better than the value of DW is easy to see. I fall in the latter group because there is only one ball and DW positively impacts the game without having to have it in his hands on offense. Does his offense frustrate me sometimes? Yes, of course it does, but not to the point I can’t value all his other contributions. Think of it this way. If DW was showing AG’s offensive skill set, AG would barely see the floor. And if AG did all the tings DW does well than DW would barely see the floor. Until one of those things happens BU will continue to employ them as the game dictates to hopefully maximize total team performance not just one individual’s stats.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EyeoftheIllini, post: 1500063, member: 623415"] First, no one said he was averaging those amounts of rebounds and assists, you mentioned the 22 minutes he played last game and those numbers are why he got that time, because DW is also not averaging 22 mpg. He is averaging 17.2 mpg, and a large chunk of his minutes cane in last game and against GCU. In other 3 games he averaged 12.3 mpg. Second, I’m not sure who these young players from whom he is stealing minutes. AG is getting consistent minutes. Sure they could go up some and I an see that, but how much more is optimum? DW isn’t stealing minutes from TJ And I don’t think BU sees BBV in same role as DW right now, so I don’t see him as stealing minutes. The thing is that when someone says “can anyone tell me” it usually means they just don’t agree with the decision and likely won’t be swayed. BU has said multiple times what he values in DW and those are the reasons DW gets minutes. And it just so happens that some of those things don’t show up in the box score. If you assign the highest value to points then DW is always going to lack in your eyes. If you value defense (and steals aren’t the only part of good defense), rebounding, being in the right place on both offense and defense so that it runs well, and doing the lunch pail/glue things that make the overall team better than the value of DW is easy to see. I fall in the latter group because there is only one ball and DW positively impacts the game without having to have it in his hands on offense. Does his offense frustrate me sometimes? Yes, of course it does, but not to the point I can’t value all his other contributions. Think of it this way. If DW was showing AG’s offensive skill set, AG would barely see the floor. And if AG did all the tings DW does well than DW would barely see the floor. Until one of those things happens BU will continue to employ them as the game dictates to hopefully maximize total team performance not just one individual’s stats. [/QUOTE]
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