Please Doc, give Shelden more minutes. Soft hands (according to Tommy), can finish around the hoop, gets defensive rebounds, gets to the foul line, and doesn't fall on his butt half of the plays. Go shelden!
Funny though -- if you look back to early in the year when Shelden was getting minutes, folks here were all over his lack of hands and the tenuous nature with which he caught passes in the paint and secured rebounds. Not saying I was among the complainers (I wasn't), but I guarantee if he got Baby minutes now, there would be complaints.
To be fair to all involved, Shelden played well in BBD's absence but a couple of weeks before Baby came back Williams game was starting to fall back to the norm and he started looking not so great. BBD is just a better overall player and should be playing but Shelden is excellent in his role as 5th big. Every time he is needed he comes up big. Great role player fulfilling his role.
Regarding his recent outstanding garbage time play, he was playing against the bench of the defensively inept Detroit Pistons and New York Knicks. Of course he looks like he should suddenly get all sorts of playing time but he shouldn't. He just is not good enough to displace the four guys in front of him.
But I love him in his role and feel confident that if he does need to be called upon, he will play great.
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