Let Greg get his legs back. I don't mind him coming off the bench to beat up on backup Centers until he gets back into basketball shape. With the way Batum has been playing, the way Brandon is taking over games, the way LaMarcus is turning into a beast, I forgot that Greg was on the roster.
Maybe Greg is practicing with the 2nd team because he won't even be playing! If he was gonna play in Orlando, I could see it as a big deal, but right now Joel needs his reps with the starters.
Bring Oden off the bench. Bring him along slowly instead of throwing him into the fire. After five games where he plays 20+ minutes off the bench, then he's ready for the starting gig. It's not a demotion, it's simply getting him back into playing speed (really NBA speed for the first time in his career). Wouldn't it be better for him to get a few more minutes against backup bigs anyways at first. "This will set him back"....what, like two weeks?
