re: This season is a waste and this draft class is loaded with potential all stars.

I mean just looking at the minutes distribution post injury there is no doubt in my mind Willie is following advice of bringing back BI slowly, but it's also clear that he is putting BI and JV in a lot sooner than is clearly ideal or intended to win games when those post return periods are seemingly past.

What I don't think is true that if you asked Nelson he would be saying, yeah, go ahead and get BI back to playing 38mpg for BI before the achilles scare. Or that those 10ish games averaging 38mpg were an ideal minute load given the physicality they also came with.

What I am hoping, is that after a third injury this season Nelson and Co. might make the post return minutes load that seems to be around 31-34 the new norm the rest of the way.