Start Mullens

[Black]

SSIA.

Either move White to the bench, and Diaw to the 4, or have Diaw come off the bench.

Mullens adds size and he can score.

Would anyone like to attempt to make an argument as to why Mullens shouldn't start?

[ammofan]

YES. Start Byron. Move Diaw to the bench because he's pitifully terrible. Leave DJW at the 4 because he's playing good. Simple as that

[Black]

[Plowright]

We cannot bench Diaw, we need to showcase him for a deadline trade. Mullins is still learning, right now he is in a good place. Lets not rush him along too quick and put the pressure of starting for us on him. He can play more minutes than Diaw like tonight, but there is no need to start him. Plus, he is the only way our 2nd unit can score right now when Kemba is not on it

[Scottley Crue]

We cannot bench Diaw, we need to showcase him for a deadline trade. Mullins is still learning, right now he is in a good place. Lets not rush him along too quick and put the pressure of starting for us on him. He can play more minutes than Diaw like tonight, but there is no need to start him. Plus, he is the only way our 2nd unit can score right now when Kemba is not on it

I agree, I think this is the best spot for Mullens right now. Perhaps later he can start, but he's the bench points right now until Kemba can figure things out. Mullens certainly deserves increased minutes and it appears he's getting them now. I do think the Diaw at center experiment needs to brought to a merciful end. I'd be inclined to start Biyombo at center while Boris works the 4 at the start if for no other reason than Biyombo is more than happy to attempt to play defense and rebound.

[CatNation1]

Slick shooter but he is too damn soft in the paint to be anything but a role player at the moment

[superb1]

We cannot bench Diaw, we need to showcase him for a deadline trade. Mullins is still learning, right now he is in a good place. Lets not rush him along too quick and put the pressure of starting for us on him. He can play more minutes than Diaw like tonight, but there is no need to start him. Plus, he is the only way our 2nd unit can score right now when Kemba is not on it

I totally agree, as horrible as Diaw played tonight, we must not send a shock that we lost confidence in him. We need to continue to showcase him. He has had a few good games too. As much as I would love to jettison him away from here. Not yet.

[dnbman]

but he is too damn soft in the paint to be anything but a role player at the moment

But compared to who? It's not like we have another great interior presence. If you've just got to stick someone out there, at least give the other team mismatches on the other end.

I'm not sure he's a starter yet, but he's definitely more than a role player for the squad we have.

I totally agree, as horrible as Diaw played tonight, we must not send a shock that we lost confidence in him. We need to continue to showcase him. He has had a few good games too. As much as I would love to jettison him away from here. Not yet.

Absolutely. He might have been our best player for the first few games.

[GoBobs]

My argument is his defense is terrible and his rebounding is also terrible. His scoring is all on jump shots and we cannot win with poor defense, rebounding and jump shooting from 17 feet. He dosen't have many assists because like DJ White he is a bit of a ball stopper and a black hole. The defense is the worst though. Two times tonight he just stood there and let guys go right by him to the basket. You never see diaw just stand there on defense and not put forth any effort. He needs to make major improvements in his defense, rebounding and activity level before he is ready to really help a team. I would rather see more of Bismack. The more I see him play the more I am liking what he brings to the table.

We need to go to Diaw in the post. He is our best post scorer and capable of passing out of the double team. I have no idea why we don't iso him in the post over and over.

And if anybody needs to be benched it's our supposed franchise player lol. I bet he has missed twice as many shots as anyone else on the team

[Marvel]

No way. We got scoring, hello. We need defense. Anyway there's no way we can have Maggs and Mullens who never pass the ball. Mullens is perfect for his catchSHOOTIT style off the bench.