Quote Originally Posted by Cajunsmike View Post
The good things Dou does do not show up in the box score. Defensively the guy he guards rarely gets his average. He plays so hard that it rubs off on the other guys. Friday night was an exception as no one played well on defense that night. With the team we have now, I don't know who should be starting ahead of him. Richards is a 5 man, not a four man. He is not quick enough to guard some of the guys who play the 4 spot today. I agree with Cajuns80 in two points. No. 1, opponents will continue to sag off of him and beg him to shoot. Hopefully his mid range game improves. He should focus on those and not the three ball. No. 2, were Julien available and at 100 percent, he would be starting ahead of Dou most nights. I don't know if we will see that Julien this year. I also agree with Cajun Express in that the mistakes Dou makes are so glaring that it is easy to highlight them and forget the positive plays he makes as those are routine.
I'm sure if we see Julien, it will be at 10-12 min range. Hopefully though, by end of the year, we can stagger his minutes so he is in the finishing lineup with under 4 to go.