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Agreed for the most part ML. 
Here I agree but I'd say if you can score over everyone, there should be more useful sets for you as alternate plan in a high powered offensive attack even last year was often not high powered when it actually mattered the most.  
Not only when the paint is clogged but when you can't get a bucket and just need to get one, period. 

Yeah, we agree on defense.  I wish Bobi would take a risk on a few more fouls trying to aggressively defend the rim.  Its frustrating for me to watch him watch the score.   Just too gentle. 
That said like a lot of offensive players, he can often get you back more, sometimes a lot more on the offensive end and on the boards if he were being used that way. 


 So was there an emergency for 7 minutes early in the game?  If so I missed it. 
It's more like token minutes.  You have Powell, WCS, Maxi and Johnson. 
Heck why not look into trading him?  Stan Van Gundy is on record as loving him and wishing he used him more. 
https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob/status/...0514614272

Good points, dahl. 

If Rick ran an attack designed around Bobi occasionally, you would have to think that would be a powerful offensive move, even if only in limited minutes. I enjoy watching him, and think he gives the otherwise three-point oriented offense a different look. I have come to believe, though, that his opportunities are going to be limited, whether I like it or not. 

By "emergency center," I didn't mean there was a literal emergency, lol. I mean that he is only used in blowouts, or when the five "preferred" bigs aren't getting the job done. Call it "emergency" or "token," I think we agree on the concept. 

The point being, I don't see Bobi as being a key part of the solution to the front court problems, for reasons not altogether under his control. I would love to be wrong. I am just going to enjoy watching him play in whatever minutes he is on the court while he is here. I wish there were more of a way to take advantage of what appears to be an underutilized strength, but it appears that the fit is just awkward enough in the team system that using him doesn't look like a priority for Rick.