This isn't a knee-jerk reaction to this game, I have been kind of thinking this over the past month, but I think Z is clearly our second best player. He is multifaceted, he is consistent, he demands double teams, and he impacts the game on both ends. I was sort of waiting to see how he plays and how the teams plays when he returned.
Gibson and AV are nice but they both do one thing really well and only impact the game on one end really. Hughes had the potential to be number two (and he was a certain type of #2)...but I think Z has always been other guy. I also think he could put up better numbers if wanted to, but he will always defer to others because he is a team player.
That is all.