The reality is making Waiters a 6th man makes no sense with our current roster. Ginobli at SA and Harden at OKC have nothing to do with us as there are no Greens or Sefoloshas to earn any minutes from Dion on our team. The gap between Dion and next best SG is just too large to justify giving him 25 mpg
Yes, he has missed an open Love multiple times this preseason (though he has played pretty well with Kyrie TT and Andy, suggesting it might just be a not use to Love thing), and has taken a few shots per game that he really shouldn't take.. but making him the 6th man is basically saying that after 2 tumultuous seasons and 2 bad head coaches, that we think Dion is all he is ever going to be mentally and would pretty much guarantee that he will never grow as a team player.