Backcourt Bonanza

[dnbman]

So Kemba has improved leaps and bounds this season. He gets way more minutes than other players on the roster. Is the equation for developing our other young players as simple as give them more minutes? Is that why ben gordon didnt play at all against the bulls?

I'm a believer in guys getting time, but I don't know that simply leaving them out there for long minutes is necessarily the answer. You need to give guys a chance to get into a flow, but you also don't want them struggling mightily for long periods of time: that's not good for them or the team.

Kemba is clearly pretty ready for the minutes. MKG not as much. BB is getting there. I definitely want to see our young guys play more, but it's not as simple as trotting out the rookies for 40 minutes and night and they'll instantly improve. You have to put them in situations, let them work their way through it, and then provide instruction on things to work on and reinforcement when they do something right. I think you'll see a big jump in a guy like MKG once he has a season under his belt and can spend an off season focused on playing with professional athletes rather than college guys.