Normally Walker would be in there soaking up 20-25 mins on average to make an 8 man rotation, unless you meant in the event that someone else would get injured or sick. It makes me wonder if they are trying to protect anyone's redshirt?
No problem. Coach's decision on what to do there and how to play it. You have two of their guys trying to trap you right from the inbound, so you in theory when you break the press there should be a 3 v 4 man disadvantage for them and 1 of our guys should be completely open. You can then punish them by scoring a quick and open/easy bucket, and if you do it enough it is a way to discourage them from committing to the press since they are getting punished for it. If they press, and you hold off after getting the ball past mid-court and let them get into their defense they see no reason to stop pressing, you aren't going to punish them for it so why should they stop?
The other side of course is that you don't burn clock, give them more possessions, and if you aren't used to playing quick you might make mistakes when scoring/passing/dribbling. Coaches get paid to make the right choice on what to do in these situations.
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