sixseis

Yeah, it's fewer minutes because it's different metrics. You ask someone how many minutes a game will Bates get and the thing I want to know is how many minutes per game will Bates play. I don't really care how it ends up when accounting for injuries, illnesses, and dnp's. I'm curious how his talent stacks up with the rest of our roster and how many minutes he commands. If you're concerned with how the minutes compare to last year's totals then 232 is it, I don't see the point in it, but to each their own.

Except absolutely no one is wondering how many minutes Leal will get on average if you subtract games he does not play. What people do wonder is what an average actual game will look like with a healthy roster. 200 is the correct way to look at it for this exercise. 232 has merit, but it's not really what anyone cares about.

Without question, yes.

Uhhh no. Nobody has it flipped, that's exactly how they are viewed

Could be that Ainge wanted him til the trade deadline for a couple if reasons. 1. It gives the impression to other teams that there is no discord, no disfunction, no reason to think you can get one over on us. Business as usual, we are trying to improve. They were absolutely not looking to tank as some have suggested, rather they were very obviously trying to get better. You approach that in a strong unified way. Ainge has a history of playing hardball and giving another team leverage just isn't his thing, thus, your coach of 8 years is fully on board. 2. It's an obvious, if meaningless, stopping point in the season. "Stay til the deadline"

Lol, no. There's nothing worse on these kinds of boards than fans acting like they know what's in a player's best interest... particularly when it is so obviously what is in the fan's best interests.