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Originally posted by: grndmstr_c
Oh, for god's sake, Puba. The team has made its runs in recent games with Walker being benched in favor of those second unit guys. And besides that, who do you think AJ has been forced to play alongside all year? He's managed to maintain a very respectable +/- despite getting less minutes alongside Dirk than Walker. In fact, in every single one of Walker's Top 10 lineups minute-wise he's played alongside Dirk. By contrast, in only five of AJ's Top 10 has he been on the floor with Dirk. In nine of Walker's Top 10 he's played alongside Nash. For AJ it's only 6. If you want to preach patience with Walker that's one thing, but to act like he hasn't been playing poorly and hurting the team with his inability to play intelligently just makes no sense.
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You're absolutely right, Walker has been playing horrid the past couple weeks and he's been playing poorly for about 2 months overall, but the point I am trying to make is regarding plus/minus.
I am not saying Walker's playing awesome.
You know the calibur player Dirk and Nash are....so you know they can play and their going to play alot and the team is going to score more when they are on the court.
And you know Walker's abilities, or lack there of, so you know when he's on the floor, the majority of the time it's on the downside. It's partially his own fault for not playin well and it's partially Nellie's substituions or lack of a real rotation.
If the second unit can play as well as they did against the Suns, Walker's plus/minus might not be so horrible.