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NAW seems to be a pretty good defender, and you've got to love the energy and heart he plays with, and he's been knocking down open 3's, so i don't understand why he isn't getting some run right now. We have a 3 man rotation at the 1 and 2. How is it possible he can't get minutes there?

I think if Bledsoe keeps up his sub par offensive play, NAW might take a few minutes there. It's a weird season though, new coach, short training camp, only 2 preseason games. I think we need to wait a bit before drawing any conclusions. SVG even said that he should probably expand the rotation a bit. I agree that right now NAW looks better than Hayes. Hayes is just getting more run because we are shallow at big and deep at guard.

I just think we are in a unique position right now, and eventually players will get playing time. As stated earlier in the thread, let's see what the rotation looks like 20-30 games in. I want to see what Gabriel brings to the table, too.

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Posted by Bronc

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Posted on 12/28/20 at 11:30 am to Epic Cajun

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I want to see what Gabriel brings to the table, too.

The thing is if Gabriel comes back and immediately gets minutes, it actually speaks worse to these concerns than anything.

Because if a guy that was an undrafted journeyman FA, who has missed most practices and all games, can immediately crack the stingy rotation of SVG but a healthy NAW and Kira can’t find minutes in a 3 guard rotation that has struggled and our second year top 10 pick is losing minutes to him, it will signal the reason they aren’t playing is almost certainly performance based, not the other things we hope.

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