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As Austin Daye's success against Minnesota brought to light, a player who can shoot, and who the other team is not expecting to be a big factor, can show up really well from time to time.
Cojo is so much better than he was last year or earlier in this season, but he is still not a playmaker and is still a bit hesitant. He has been terrific in the last ten games or so, but we have to bear in mind that when he is on the floor, teams are still not expecting him to be a scorer. That helps his ability to get open and stay open for shots...just as Daye was last night.
Everybody in the Western World knows that if Belli is in the game, it is for the purpose of scoring. If nothing else, the attention that he gets from the other teams' defenses is a help to other potential shooters in the starting line-up. It has taken a bit for Cory to get accustomed to taking the role of scorer when he is in, but he is getting there.
Belli has his uses, Cojo has his uses. They are just not the same uses. If Belli can free up Cojo and Cojo can knock down the shots, it is not a bad combination...except defensively, of course.
