On the one side, it makes sense to keep him off the bench, because outside of JR, nobody on the bench has been contributing consistently. Amare just dogs other team's second units

On the other side, you're gonna burn out Carmelo by him having to carry the load offensively, and even with that, we still start off games coming from behind.

Overall, I'm not worried. We got beat by a good team at full strength yesterday, and we had our chances. I think the all star break coming up recharges the batteries for everyone, and lets us get ready for a brutal March.

Should STAT start? I think he's earned it, and hopefully he's outplayed his minutes restrictions. He definitely should start come playoff time, but if we can get away with him coming off the bench en route to 55 wins and a 1st or 2nd seed, I'm with that to keep him as fresh as possible for the playoffs.

I think he should start once we get Wallace or Camby back though