Everyone knows I like Nocioni, which is why no one is surprised that I'm appealing that he gets PT.

Here's my attempt of using facts to convince you guys that playing Nocioni at least 10mins a game isn't so bad.

(To be clear, I am in no way saying he should start over Iguodala or that he should play ahead of Thad Young or Evan Turner. I'm just saying I don't think he should be bench fodder.)

Let's take a look at Nocioni's production in the last 20 games he's played in (in reverse order, starting with the last game against the Blazers).

OPPONENT	MINS	PTS/REBS/ASSISTS	STEAL/BLOCKS/TO'S	FG-/3FG/FT	W-L
BLAZERS	22	10/2/1	0/0/2	4-6/1-1/-1-2	LOSS
KINGS	5	5/2/0	1/1/1	2-2/1-1/0-0	WIN
CLIPS	7	0/0/0	0/0/1	0-0/0-0/0-0	WIN
BUCKS	6	3/0/0	0/0/0	1-3/0-1/1-2	LOSS
WIZ	6	0/2/1	0/0/0	0-2/0-0/0-0	WIN
WOLVES	5	0/2/0	1/0/0	0-2/0-2/0-0	WIN
HAWKS	11	0/0/0	0/0/0	0-4/0-1/0-0	WIN
SUNS	15	2/2/2	0/0/1	1-3/0-1/0-0	WIN
BUCKS	15	0/1/0	1/0/1	0-1/0-1/0-0	WIN
PACERS	3	0/0/0	0/0/1	0-0/0-0/0-0	LOSS
PISTONS	39	5/6/2	0/0/2	2-8/0-2/1-1	LOSS
BULLS	24	11/4/3	0/1/2	3-5/0-1/5-6	WIN
WIZ	29	10-10-1	0/0/0	3-5/1-3/3-4	WIN
HORNETS	28	13-7-3	0/0/0	5-9/2-6/1-1	LOSS
LAKERS	23	13/8/2	0/0/2	4-6/2-3/3-5	LOSS
SUNS	41	22/12/2	0/0/2	7-10/1-2/7-7	WIN
WARRIORS	25	6/2/0	1/0/2	3-8/0-3/0-1	LOSS
NUGGETS	15	0/4/1	0/0/1	0-4/0-3/0-0	WIN
CELTICS	9	3/2/1	0/0/0	1-4/1-3/0-0	LOSS
BULLS	12	4/1/1	0/0/1	1-3/0-2/2-2	LOSS

As you can see, most of the time Noce gets considerable PT, he is able to deliver. (warning, I'm being very simplistic with my stat analysis here)

His worst shooting nights are 0-4's and a 2-8 (in 39mins), so he's not a high volume shooter. He doesn't have a high TO ratio (he had 2 TO's in that Suns game when he played 41 mins). He's had ok rebounding stats even in limited time (4 rebs in 15mins, 8rebs in 23mins, 7rebs in 28mins...)

In the games when he played 15 mins or more (in our 20 game sample), the Sixers are  6-5. While some argue Sixers lost the Pistons game because of him (conveniently forgetting the missed FT's and the miracle 3), I'd argue that he had a pretty large contribution to the win over the Suns.

That being said, all I want is consistent PT for Noce. 10mins. Is that too much to ask?