Can the X-Man era just start now!!

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I appreciate all the Exum love and I also think he will be great but let's not get ahead of ourselves. He is still extremely raw. He is not ready to be the starter.

I agree, but you know what the greatest thing about him is? He's making strides and improving so quickly that the evaluation of people on him went from "He doesn't deserve more than 10-15 minutes playing time" to "Hm, could he be starting?" in two weeks time. We also have to acknowledge that this probably has a lot to do with how frustrating Burke has been playing, though. If Burke gets anywhere near his level from pre-season, I don't think Dante would be getting so many shout-outs for starting spot.

 

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I agree, but you know what the greatest thing about him is? He's making strides and improving so quickly that the evaluation of people on him went from "He doesn't deserve more than 10-15 minutes playing time" to "Hm, could he be starting?" in two weeks time. We also have to acknowledge that this probably has a lot to do with how frustrating Burke has been playing, though. If Burke gets anywhere near his level from pre-season, I don't think Dante would be getting so many shout-outs for starting spot.

I don't think Dante should start right now, no matter how poorly Burke is playing. What I would do, though, if I were QS is to start to cut Trey's minutes a bit. There's no reason he should be getting 34/per. Cut him back to 30 and give Dante those extra minutes.