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Houston Rockets: Why PJ Tucker needs a reduction in minutes

We all know that Houston Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni is known to play a fairly thin rotation, which unfortunately means he overplays his core guys. PJ Tucker has been the best example of this issue during the 2019-20 season.

The 34-year-old forward is playing a career high 35 minutes this season and has played at least 38 minutes in 14 of the Rockets’ 44 games this season. This is a disturbing number considering the fact that Tucker had a career-high of 18 such games during the entire 2018-19 season, meaning that Tucker is on pace to shatter that number.