No offense to Martin, but no playoff team should play him for 20 minutes in early-season games, when the group is still working to find it's identity.
That could change soon with the news from the Atlanta-Journal Constitution that bench scorer Lou Williams, who suffered a torn ACL, has been cleared for full-contact practice and is expected to return soon.
Williams, who has already participated in full-contact drills, is working to get in game shape at the moment, coach Mike Budenholzer told the Journal-Constitution. The team is not sure of an exact date for his return from the season-ending injury suffered in January.
“He is basically competing full-go now,” Budenholzer said Wednesday. “I guess, in that sense, you could say he’s been cleared. He is doing everything. It’s now getting game-ready or game-comfortable. He’s played five-on-five. He is basically cleared to do everything. We’ll get him to where he feels comfortable playing in a game.”
