@RockChalkRedlock
The next five KU games over the next two weeks are Siena, UAB, Georgia or George Washington, UNC Asheville and Long Beach State. This is a perfect time to pull Lucas from the lineup and let him rest/ heal up before the Stanford game on December 3. By trying to do a minutes restriction, you ultimately end up with him just taking longer to get fully healthy (or not getting healthy at all).
Lucas is not moving well right now, and for a guy that has limited agility and explosiveness to start with, that’s not a good thing. Let him heal up so he can really contribute. Give minutes to Udoka, Bragg and Lightfoot (who needs some minutes to gain experience). Might as well do that against Siena and others than have Lucas re-injure himself and have Lightfoot needing to play big minutes for the first time against UNLV or Texas Tech a month from now.