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In regards to Bonzi, we now have Ime who should be able to do a decent job of keeping him off the boards. For all of the matchup problems we have with New Orleans, Bonzi is not at the top of the list. West and Paul are the ones who make our lives miserable.
As for the list of young players we let go, come on, there are several players we could have given a chance. Just this year there was Scola, who given the average age of the team, yes, would be considered young. Also, I would have kept Darius Washington. With all the screwing around we did in the middle of the season, I think his energy would have helped us and we would have had a chance to see what he could do. And if it didn't work out we could have gone back to our safety net known as Jacque Vaughn, which is what we've done quite recently by giving Jacque the minutes we were giving to Damon. In that regard, it's frustrating to be right back where we were having in essence wasted time this year that could have gone to trying to develop young talent. Would it have worked out? Who knows, but I think it was worth the chance.
Put another way, it's odd that we hold young players to a higher standard than we do our aging veterans. Finley and Horry are allowed to play like dog for months on end, yet a young player who showed promise is gone after a bad week, even though he showed tremendous potential in the pre-season and played well enough to make Beno expendable.
