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Of course you think his minutes are fine. That's how 20/20 hindsight works. When he's all busted the up in May, only then will people (not you of course) will be thinking: I wonder if he should have played a little less and taken some more rest games like Duncan and Gino.
People discount his age too much because he is a few years younger than Tim and Gino. Tim is a big, and Gino is a great facilitator. Tim can be old and big. Manu can be old and pass. Parker is a hybrid scorer facilitator, his facilitating predicated upon being quick enough to penetrate the lane and dish or score. His particular skill-set relies more so on quickness than the two other big three. He becomes only a s of himself if he is not healthy and rested. Therefore, getting him the same kind of rest Tim and Manu get is paramount. The fact that he is a few years younger doesn't matter. He has been a pro since he was 19. Playing year round. Hitting the floor on every other drive. He's got plenty enough miles, and we've got a good enough chance at a ring, that he should be pretty much in glass- break glass in case of playoffs, just like Tim and Manu are. I think we have missed plenty of opportunities to reduce his minutes already, and get him some rest games, but hopefully it hasn't been done for chemistry reasons...to establish rapport between new team members, and significantly more down time is around the corner.
With him playing so many minutes last year, it was easy to predict his breakdown by year end.
I am sure there was somene saying his minutes were fine last year, too. When he was a year younger.
