wikins is a symbol.  jsut as guys like daye and summers are symbols.  when i dicsuss wither of those players i’m talking about the manner in which players like them – delfino, amir, afflalo, etc – have been treated by the organization.
there have also been a long line of wilkins-like retreads who have come through town and put back the team’s progress.  last year it was t-mac; this year wilkins.
i don’t blame or especially  dislike the players.  i often prasie what t-mac did for the team last year.  
can’t blame them.  t-mac got exactly what he wanted…PT and a chance to prove that he could still play so that he could set himself up in a better situation, for one last good contract.
wilikins is just trying to stay in the league for the paycheck.
the coaches have been trying to win every game so they go with a predictable vet, over erratic young players who are still finding their game and place in the league.
can’t blame either the coaches or the players, ultimately.
the problem is what the practice – bringing in guys like wilkins – when the team has been in desperate need of young blood.
and yes, it does matter if you keep a guy like wilkins – or t-mac – as opposed to investing in a younger player.  for too many reasons to get into right now – they’ve been discussed ad nauseum – it is fundamental that when you rebuild, you load up on young guys, play them, see who fits and discard the ones who do not, for whatever reason.
signing and playing old players who do not fit, at all, into a team’s long term rebuilding is directly contrary to and harmful to what the team should be doing. 
so, yes, it does matter.  and damien wilkins is just another symbol of what the team has been doing wrong the last few years.