While I see it unlikely to be a regular thing, it's hard to argue with the second half minutes Valentine played tonight.
Nothing was working. Team was dead in the water. Valentine came in, played high energy defense, even drained two 3s, and had the third highest =/- on the team tonight.
But let's not act like he'd been getting regular rotation minutes prior to tonight ahead of Windler. That just hasn't been the case.
And JBB showed the willingness to simply keep Okoro on the bench based on how poor his play was. He exited at 9:32 of the 3rd and I don't think he played another minute. Sat Wade for most of the second half too as he just wasn't providing much in this particular game and matchup.
Windler made some smart plays, provided spacing, and yes he did go rebound. He also only took two shots and missed them both. I do agree he should get more minutes but I simply can't fault the heavy minutes Valentine for tonight alone.