khans2k5 wrote:Why should Bennett be the only young rotation player on the team not getting the same opportunity the other young guys are getting (i.e. starting and getting significant minutes) The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result, so it totally makes sense to keep playing Bennett the same way that hasn't worked for 1.5 years. The playing versus backups argument is crap. How many guys get better by playing worse competition? You get better by playing better competition, learning why they are better and working to improve to get to their level. To be the best, you have to beat the best and Bennett doesn't even get to play the best. What about our current use of Bennett do you think could possibly turn the switch on in his head and help him turn it around? I don't see anything so I think it is time to try something else. It's too early to throw in the towel, but what we've been doing hasn't worked so it is time for something different in my opinion.
Once again, you are using flawed logic:
1 - He's not playing worse competition when the backups he's playing are actually playing better than him!
2 - If the idea of "the only way you get better is by playing better competition" is true, than why does baseball have a minor league system, why is there a tiered club system in European football, a junior varsity team in high school, etc., etc. ? Why do these systems of progressive levels of competition and skill exist if the best way to develop a player is to immediately put them on the A-Team? You are essentially suggesting that Bennett should bypass the natural progression process. I would agree with you if he was actually ready for it. But he hasn't demonstrated that he's ready (and neither did LaVine by the way, but that's a different story).
3 - Here is an option: Send him to the D-League. Why is that such a radical idea? Here is another option: Continue playing him off the bench and clearly outline the offseason goals he needs to achieve in order for us to pick up his option and give him a shot as our starter heading into training camp next year. Send him to summer league again too as a checkpoint on those goals. He needs to earn minutes, not be entitled to them.
4 - Playing him 16 MPG isn't "throwing in the towel". How is that giving up on a player? He's had pretty steady minutes all year.
