Well I'm not accepting that Aminu is gone because he's good and actually getting better. His TS% is up to 0.578 this year from past of around 0.520 and I don't believe that's a fluke. It's because he's changed his shot selection, taking way more shots from 0-3 feet and getting fouled a lot in the process and his FT% is way up to boot. I literally believe he is better than CJ so when you say "I think Aminu is probably gone next year" to me that's about like saying "I think we might decide let CJ go next year". It seems insane to me. Defense is half the game. His adjusted plus/minus better than CJ's for the past 5 years. You don't just let go of good players for no reason.
To me if you believe in Zach, you play him a lot. It has nothing to do with Aminu. If Zach somehow blossoms and becomes better than Aminu then Chief would be an awesome backup. The closer your team comes to championship caliber, the better players of Aminu's type are (D and 3) as Chief doesn't even need to touch the ball to contribute. Compare that to CJ.
As far as Kanter. I totally agree with everything you said. He just doesn't look like he helps. He gives us depth at center and a different look. That's it. I don't like him taking Zach's minutes.
