Just a few musings while looking at stats on ESPN.com.

According to John Hollinger's PER rankings (look on ESPN.com if for some reason you haven't heard of his little weight stat systems), Brandan Wright is currently the 28th most productive player in the minutes he spends on the court, with a 20.52 rating. He is also second on our roster to Andris Biendrins at 20 overall (22.15).

Sad to say, the next two players are currently Anthony Morrow (93rd, 16.23) and Marco Belinelli (96, 16.09). After that comes Jamal Crawford and Corey Maggette, who are pretty much right at the league average.

What does this mean? It seems to me that Nellie likes to really, really baby his big men, and Brandan Wright is following closely in the footsteps of Andris, whom if you remember was an annual case-in-point for Hollinger and ESPN saying that the guy needed more minutes on the floor.

Before everyone starts calling for Nellie's head again, remember that this is a measure of statistical effectiveness, and if Brandan was starting and playing more, his numbers would surely go down as he would be facing the All-Star PFs out west, as well as just being on the floor more and possibly losing focus.

At the same time, it seems pretty perplexing that he doesn't get a bit more consistent burn since he seems to be making a lot of plays and is effective. He is a decent rebounder because of length, but still gets pushed out of position a lot. An argument last year could have been that he isn't very versatile offensively and duplicates Andris in our offensive system. But with a change in offensive philosophy, and his much improved mid-range game, if his minutes dont increase to closer to 20 per game once he gets his legs back from the flu, questions should really be raised.