Well we agree on one thing, and that's that he's not very good anymore. Certainly not good enough to play 30 minutes a game for a contender.
That you think he's not good enough to be in the league and play 10-15 per at the vet minimum makes me think that you're not looking at the numbers at all but just going by your feeling that "he sucks"...and you're not neccessarily wrong, but it's all relative. If there were better big men out there with his skill set to be had for his salary, we would have them.
As far as reducing his minutes, it's pretty simple math. If you aren't as good with him out there, the fewer minutes he's out there the better you will be. It's the same premise with just about every bench player vs. every starter. The more capable your bench, the more minutes they can play, but there is going to be a dropoff regardless of who you put in there when CP, Harden & Capela come out. And not every bench player can be Eric Gordon or Lou Williams. If you have a big man that can shoot 35% from 3 AND play defense, he is not going to be a bench player.
So saying that he's not a capable 10 to 15 minute bench player is just wrong...but that's assuming you have a better player to put out there, which we don't, which is the problem.
