But as guys start returning, I hope Nate keeps his head about how many minutes Steve gets, and in what situations. We know he’s mishandled this situation earlier in the year.

LaMarcus looks like a role player when he’s perfectly healthy too much of the time. It’d sure be great if this team could lean on him for 20-12 and some good play in the paint on both ends, but that’s never been LA and it doesn’t look like it’s about to be LA, healthy centers or not.

Sorry for the grumpiness. Team played pretty well overall tonight, but I’m stuck on some lingering issues that aren’t going away anytime soon.

Cheers to two good efforts against the NBA’s best this weekend.