People who think TJL is too inconsistent or shouldn't be playing 30 minutes need to understand our situation at PG. Of course we wouldn't be having this conversaion if Tracy was still shooting 50% from deep. His complete lack of scoring eliminates his largest positive from the first half of the season. TJL might have two or three TO's each game and they might look bad, but you can't possibly tell me that you'd rather see Abrams running the point. TA has had much worse TO's than TJL. TJL's passes look 100x better than TA and, to an extent, Tate. TJL is a better offensive version of Tate and a better PG than TA right now. I actually don't mind TA at the 2 for short periods. I think that TJL geting 25-30 minutes, JCL 20-30 minutes, TA 5 mins at the 1, 10ish at the 2, Tate 5, and AJ getting whatevers left, is the best backcourt minute share we could throw out there. AJ needs to play. He can shoot the three and brings enough energy to be at least as good as Abrams defending wise. He can't ride the pine in games unless others in front of him are scorching hot. It's redicuous he didnt see a single minute last night. Even if its just 5 he brings something different, and we dont have the talent to afford to let that sit on the bench.
WRT DJW, he's in a really difficult situation. I dont know if Groce would ever play him at the 2 or 4 for more than a minute or two, but if he's just a 3 in Groce's eyes, his minutes are gonna stay at 0. Kipper brings a similar effect as AJ does, but at the 3/4. DJW seems like MH lite and as much of a compliment as that can be, its more of a criticism. His skillset overlaps 2 or 3 other players on the team and we just dont need him this year. I think he could easily get 20+ minutes consistently next year, but I doubt he'll be around for me to cash in on that prediction. I hope he stays, because I think he can probably be a better overall version of Hill, but right now he seems destine for greener pastures.