Oh, by the way, about the unavailable minutes on the Mavs? Yes, we are a relatively deep team, however, Nellie loves to overplay his stars. I'm sure you know about Michael Finley's Iron-man streak, but while he coached the Warriors, Spree led the league in minutes a couple of times. So maybe, we could start with the 13.9 minutes per game Johnny Newman has averaged in his 27 games here (it seems the a very deep team would need to sign an unpursued free agent in mid-season), subtract say 3 from Finley's time at small forward, and the same from Dirk. We'd have 15 minutes per game easy to play Donnell. It would motivate him, it would provide a deal of consistent play that is beneficial to young players, and it would provide us with a quick defensive and rebounding presence.
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