100% agree. What the heck is going on. There must be something that we aren't hearing as to him not playing. We could have used him out there banging down low last night. I'd like to hear why he hasn't had as many minutes lately. Conspiracy theory would say it is so that there isn't a controversy when BBD comes back. If they ease him out of the lineup before then it is much easier to argue giving BBD Scal's minutes...

Scal played alot last night to cover Bonner. Agree, however, that Shelden should have gotten some PT against Blair.

Plus/minus is pretty bogus stat IMO.  Frankly, if anyone should be complaining over lack of PT, it should be Scal.  Until last night, when he cooled off, he had a very high FG % from 3, and was solid in all other respects. Yet was only given situational minutes for the most part.

Let's not turn this into a Scal vs. Shelden argument. Shelden has been terrific, and probably should have gotten some burn last night.

It was one game.  Scal played because if they had Shelden out there with Sheed, they were liable to see the Spurs redhead put up 30 points from the wide open 3's (I think he put up something close to that the last time they played).  Wallace and Williams have both proven terrible so far this season of sticking with guys on the perimeter, and running them off 3's. 

Ultimately, I think the decision should not have been between Shelden and Scal, but Shelden and Sheed.  They needed Scal to stick with big Red (I am calling him that, because I am blanking on his name, and don't feel like looking it up...you know who I mean), So they had to choose between having Wallace getting destroyed by the much quicker (and harder working) Blair, while hoping he can make up for it by taking advantage of Blair's lack of size on the other end, or putting Shelden in to try to keep Blair a little more in check, but sacrificing even more on the C's offensive end.

Unfortunately, Doc went with Sheed, who kept forgetting that he had a midget covering him.

So what it really comes down to is...we missed Davis last night.  He would have kept Blair more in check on defense, while giving the team a much better option on offense, who could have thrived inside against San Antonio's short bench.

3.) Williams' recent stretch of games playing single digit amount of minutes has coincided with a rash of close games against Orlando, New York, Philadelphia, Miami and a very bad match up for in in San Antonio. I don't think Scal is being worked in more or there some conspiracy theory going on, just that he is being used less in close games and in one game where the match up for him was especially bad.

I also think he is losing minutes because the other bigs (particularly Perk and KG) are playing better than they were earlier in the season, and are playing more minutes. 

Ultimately though, Shelden, like Scal, and like Davis when he returns is a 9th-11th man.  This means that his minutes are flexible.  He is a flawed player that needs to be put in the right situations to succeed.  That is what Doc has been doing.  Doc proved to be masterful at this over the last few years with Powe, Davis and Scal, and I think he will continue to do it this year. 

I definitely would have like to have seen Williams against Blair.  Blair was outworking Sheed and the other C's.  Blair is a beast and other than Perk, Williams is the closest thing we have to a physical presense.  Man, I really love those Blair/Maxiell types.  I was Danny Fortson's biggest fan when he was here.  Williams has at least a little bit of that in him.

How was Sheldon forgotten? Scal is the forgotten man. He shutdown the red rocket. The rebounding was a team issue not just Scal. We got out-hustled on the boards.

Scal came in and same as always did a stellar job. On the other hand, DeJuan Blair was feasting on our centers. Sheed & KG couldn't keep up with his energy. His their Big Baby. Sheldon will get his minutes, its just last night Scal matched up well against Bonner.

Quote from: moiso on December 04, 2009, 11:30:30 AM

I definitely would have like to have seen Williams against Blair.  Blair was outworking Sheed and the other C's.  Blair is a beast and other than Perk, Williams is the closest thing we have to a physical presense.  Man, I really love those Blair/Maxiell types.  I was Danny Fortson's biggest fan when he was here.  Williams has at least a little bit of that in him.

Fortson?  A guy that was more worried about being in position to rebound instead of guarding his man?

Yeah I know.  He was the Iverson of rebounders- more conscerned with his stats than anything else.  He still fired me up to watch a true Celtics thug operate in the paint.  I liked the hard fouls too, actually.