There's more to the game than basketball dave. Malik is a nice guy, a team leader, very short, and is used to starting. How would it affect him if he is pulled from the lineup? He's used to starting now. What good does it do someone to show them you have to earn something continually? All that would do is make my son er malik sad. Come on dave. He's a good kid. There's more to this than just bball.