re: How does Willie justify dropping Hawk from the rotation?

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I would argue do we NEED to play Naji or even Jose that many minutes?

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Naji is an interesting case because I know where you're coming from BUT, he's been absurdly hot from 3 and is shooting 42.5% this season, many of which have been very timely shots within the flow of the game. AD also made a comment the other night that Naji was coming in first off the bench to kind of be a Zion lite (no fat joke intended) as a physical attacker.

Jose is just a winning player, and he is shooting 39.4% from 3 this season.

Normally you could even make an argument that they aren't volume shooters so the % doesn't matter, BUT, Jose is averaging 7.2 3PAs per 36 minutes. Naji is at 4.8 which is on the wrong side of the volume 3 point shooter threshold. You need to be about 6-7 3PA per 36 to have a volume the defense will care about. For comparison Hawkins is averaging 9.2 per 36, which is fantastic, but the way Jose and Naji are playing so far this season, they aren't the hole in the offense you would expect them to be based on the rest of their career.