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

[cow]

That's somewhat true perhaps (not that I think that's Luka's nature at all), but ONLY if the minutes are being allotted arbitrarily without any connection to what Wood is doing (and what they want him to do).

But if the minutes are connected to Wood's behavior, on or off the court, then it should be reworded as:

Wood is the only one that can fix the Wood starting/minutes conundrum.

I would also caution that the periodic praise we hear about Wood from Luka (and Kidd too) might to some degree be their attempts to motivate him to do better (as in, 'we know you can do this' or 'we see better things possible') when he's holding himself back by continual screwups and failure to perform. They want him to do well.

I don't think Luka will say anything either.  I also don't trust Luka's praise of anyone as it his personality to build up rather than tear down.  He still has wonderful things to say about KP and we can assume he didn't enjoy his time on the court with the big man.

There is obviously some Kidd/Wood tension currently.  Considering both of their pasts, I'm not willing to assign blame more heavily in either direction.