THE CRUCIFIX: Cato: Wood isn't thrilled w/ his role...Will depart in the summer

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Everytime Wood plays he plays well.  His defense is better than McGee's.  He hustles and tries really hard.  He has missed a few defensive assignment but not more than any other player.  The biggest problem this team has is lack of talent and Wood has it.  He should be playing 30-35 mpg as a starter.  Josh Green should also be a starter instead of Bullock.

I normally try to put myself in the mind of the coach on arguments like this and usually assume they have reasons we don't see/understand to make the choices they do, but in this case I'm kind of leaning this direction myself. 

I think you can argue that it's a little early to be talking that way about Green, but there's no question in my mind that Wood A) thinks of himself as a starter, B) has experience as a starter, C) is talented enough to be a higher minute player, D) is one of the 3-4 best players on this team, at least and E) will probably not re-sign here to play this low minute role, moving forward. 

Given all of that, I simply do not understand why they traded for him if this is how they wanted to use him.