My opinion is this. I think we need uot best players on the floor to develop that chemistry we need. I say we continue to play our main guys like we are, but after a certain point when we have developed some chemistry we can use the end of our bench a bit more. Let's face it, if Yao or T-Mac get hurt now, it might not be a huge deal because the season has just started.
GMAC, with all due respect, you may think that an extra five minutes won't matter. But 5 X 82 = an extra 8.54 games (@48 minutes per game). or an extra 12.8 games (@32 minutes per game). And Yao is 310lbs. The fact is, an extra five minutes DO matter. This is why Yao got hurt last year. And considering that he's coming off major foot surgery, Adelman is crazy for playing him 40 minutes per game. Crazy.
I do believe our coach is partially to blame for Yao 's injury last season. He played Yao more than 40 minutes per game on B2B games. Does one extra win make a team win champion? I doubt it. Look at SA's coach, he is so smart, he rests his star players when the regular season winds down so they are well rested for playoff.
