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Originally Posted by ibivibiv
I think one of the greatest things Ian does is provide competition for Haywood. They are very different players, but at least Haywood knows that if Ian keeps getting better then he (Haywood) has to get that much better as well or it will mean less minutes.
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Kind of a side compliment to Ian but yeah, Ian's emergence has coincided with Haywood's resurgence. Not a coincidence.
Brendan seems like a guy who plays just hard enough so if someone is pushing him, that's a doubly good thing. Haywood is taking some funky shots on offense but his defense and rebounding energy are up.
I also don't think it's entirely out of the question that Ian could take Brendan's starting job, or atleast an even share of minutes at center, if his current trajectory maintains.