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HensonHall71
ChiefGritty said:
To have only played 9 players total (and Joe Ingles has played single-digit minutes each game, it's really only an 8 man rotation) through 5 games in the NBA is extremely unusual, and won't be sustainable.

With their big trade happening so late, perhaps it reflects a desire to see their big pieces jell together? That's all I can really think of.

Minnesota is an extremely expensive team and with the new NBA CBA they have very limited ability to add more. They looked like they were going to be forced to rely on TSJ due to lack of other options, but the trade brought them a slight bit of flexibility, and it was obvious that DiVincenzo was going to soak up a lot of the role TSJ would have been thrust into by necessity.

But yeah, it's not just a TSJ thing, Dillingham hasn't played a single minute either. It's weird.

The season is a grind, their time will come.
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This is getting ridiculous- they just lost at home to a struggling Miami without Jimmy Butler

They only played 8 guys again- I don’t understand the strategy- clearly TSJ and Dillingham are ready to play, they are only delaying their development having them sit every game
 
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ChiefGritty
HensonHall71 said:
clearly TSJ and Dillingham are ready to play
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...is that clear?

I mean I dunno, the Minnesota coach has obviously come to a different conclusion for the time being.

We'll see where it goes. They can't just play 8 guys forever over the grind of an NBA season.

And just to note for the record in all this discussion of their two first round rookies not playing: TSJ is five years older than Dillingham.
 
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I’m starting to think there is a chance that I do not cash this ticket. IMG_5202.jpeg
 
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BretMyBeachHouse
I'll admit to being a bit petty about Ayo vs. THT. It got me checking and if I'm reading it right, Ayo is now just 13 career points behind and obviously going to pass him, likely before Thanksgiving.
 
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