I'm sure Donte would like to try his luck somewhere else, and I can't blame him. I do at least partially blame him for his predicament. He really didn't do anything to improve during the offseason, and did come into camp overwieght. And I blame Westphal and Kings mamagement as well. I think you have to monitor a young team, and not just leave offseason decisions totally up to them. Yeah, I realize that the players can do what they want in the offseason, but management can exercise a little pressure.
There is obviously something going on behind the scenes, because Donte has become almost an afterthought. And unfortunately, in the brief periods he does get on the floor, he hasn't done anything to warrant anymore time. In the Wizard's game the other night, he played 5 minutes. The first time he touched the ball he threw it out of bounds for a turnover. He followed that with an airball from the left corner. He was brought in to help stop Young, but Young beat him off the dribble twice, and then unexplicably left Young wide open for a three. So at that point, I couldn't blame Westphal for taking him out of the game. I mean if you can't defend the guy better than anyone else, and you can't shoot the ball either, why should you be on the floor?
Now having said that, I know its hard to just sit there night after night, and then suddenly be asked to go into the game an stop a player that happens to be red hot. By the same token, it was hard to watch Paul Pierce just absolutely abuse Cisco last night. And when you consider that Cisco wasn't contributing anything on the Offensive side of the ball, why not give Greene a shot. He certainly couldn't have done any worse.
