Start Gerald Wallace over Batum

[Natebishop3]

You don't trade for an All-Star to bring him off the bench.

 

[KingSpeed]

You don't trade for an All-Star to bring him off the bench.

Exactly. Wallace was FIRST TEAM all defense last year! How do you not start him? Please, Nate. Start him tomorrow. Look at how much better Matthews played once he joined the starting lineup.

 

[Natebishop3]

Exactly. Wallace was FIRST TEAM all defense last year! How do you not start him? Please, Nate. Start him tomorrow. Look at how much better Matthews played once he joined the starting lineup.

I like Batum, but he isn't consistent enough to have him starting over someone like Wallace. We need to maximize Wallace's potential, and the only way to do that is to start him. Batum is young enough that he'll have plenty of time to start.