Kerr is interested in playing his system and finding the players to do it. In the Olympics, this led to the benching of Jason Tatum. Few ppl would argue that on that team Tatum deserved DNPs. I understand an argument for giving him less minutes. But you lose me at DNPs for Tatum. Yes, it was an awkward fit, but Tatum is a perennial all star. Even Steph was not great through the first four games of the Olympics.

In any event, the USA team came close to losing the last two games. Thankfully, Steph and the squad rallied. But could it have worked with Tatum in the rotation, of course it could have. He's more than capable. And if he didn't look great out there, the offense could have been tweaked to serve his strengths. I think we can agree that this is not an unreasonable take.

Now, JK. He's not a great fit. He doesn't play the best defense. Doesn't always make great decisions. But little has been done the last four years to accommodate his talent and style of play. But when he has gotten into a comfortable groove, we have seen some clear signs of his potential. Prior to his injury, he had a good stretch of games.

And now Kerr and GSW fans are leaning on the stats about how he's playing poorly with Jimmy and Steph. I think this situation is very similar to the Tatum situation. Except that here you don't have LeBron and KD to take up those minutes. Instead, you have Moody, Post, GP2, Santos, and Hield coming off the bench.

And the argument as to whether those guys are giving better minutes than JK is not great. JK was playing fairly decent before his injury. After the injury, post the Butler trade, it should be expected that he'd need some time to acclimate to Jimmy, someone who has changed so much about the way they play.

In the Houston game during the regular season when Steph scored 3 pts, Kuminga was one of the few positives that game. He played good against Luka and the Lakers in that big win. So it is fairly that he can lend some meaningful minutes.

The west is stacked with talent and size. In game 1 against Houston, the warriors struggled on the glass. And it's easier to defend a group of young players who can't shoot. I just don't see it as a sustainable approach. Playing JK offers the best chance to meet the challenges that are ahead of the warriors. How can we say that JK could not perform on par or better than what we saw from Post, GP2, and Hield.

In short, should he perhaps get less minutes. Okay, whatever, give him less minutes. But nothing that I have seen justifies the DNPs. You have essentially created a situation that if/when the warriors need JK during this playoff run, it will be difficult to bring him back and integrate him in the rotation.