I think it's pretty self-explanatory that his load is going to be managed. When they signed him to that non-guaranteed contract, they even mentioned then they'd need to be cautious going forward. His minutes will be up to how he feels, and how the coaching staff feels they're willing to play him, given they're already dealing with a number of injuries and are trying to navigate through the course of a 82-game season.
Chiozza wouldn't even be seeing the floor if the rotation was healthy - that should tell you all you need to know why he's getting minutes.
"Hernia injury recovery".
That should tell you all you need to know.
I trust that the coaching/medical staff know what his limits are and not to push them when we're only 20 games into the season. If he gets injured while playing big minutes, then there'll be fingers pointing on why was he playing so many minutes knowing he's still dealing with issues/recovery.
This was from back in 2016 -
Six years later and he had an inguinal hernia repair, so that suggests to me it's unlikely he'll ever be able to play significant minutes every game. I'd imagine he would've been in the league a long time ago if he didn't have this obstacle in front of him.
The last thing this team needs is breaking their most valuable role player this early in the season.
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fair. Its just a shame we gotta rely on Chiozza so much over GP2
times like this is when not having Iguodala hurts