The Memphis Grizzlies lost their 54th game on Saturday night, and Marc Gasol still played 33 minutes. What’s the point of this?
The coaching staff has done a somewhat better job of managing his minutes, as he’s not playing both games of a back-to-back. However, he’s 33 years old and averaging 32.2 minutes a game in March — even though they’ve been mathematically eliminated from playoff contention since the start of the month.
Though he’s resting on back-to-back’s, the coaching staff needs to reduce his minutes. At his age, he shouldn’t be playing this many minutes when the basketball is meaningless right now.