...over a guy who started most of the season and was healthy.

Even if you're the worst human being on the planet and don't care about injuring your players more for a win, why would you do that? You know that's a losing strategy. You know a healthy Isaac Wilson is many times better than a guy "who can barely walk."

It's not like Rose had a body of work to where coaches knew his "fire" would overcome a broken foot, and especially not that the gap is so much that you keep your most-of-the-year starter benched.