02-13-2023, 12:19 PM
(02-13-2023, 12:09 PM)mvossman Wrote: I think this is very close to the way it will play out. I think the most under question is the big minutes. Will McGee continue to show a pulse? Will Wood force his way into bigger minutes or will the Wood/Kidd thing get worse?
The one thing I would change is more semantical than anything else. I would argue that with that starting lineup Kai is the point guard and Luka is the Power Forward (or point forward if you will). There is nobody else in that starting lineup with the size to guard power forwards, and it definitely won't be Green. You can put Luka in the PG line when Kai is out as in all those cases there is a legit power forward on the floor. That means Kai will always be in line 1 (backed up by Luka) and Green will always be in line 2 (backed up by Timmy and Hardy). Line 3 will be Timmy starting but dominated by Bullock minutes. Line 4 will be Luka backed up by Maxi (Maxi is more of power forward/perimeter player than Wood). The center line will be Powell, Wood, McGee and Maxi.
You have a couple of minutes in the second quarter with Wood and McGee. I would make those Wood/Maxi. That changes the minutes to Maxi 26 and McGee 8. I could live with that.
Yeah, it was much easier to make it presentable visually to not try and put a position swap based on the personnel on the floor. Trying to keep the substitution times consistent was the main focus. I don’t see Green being the “Power Forward” for 20+ minutes but using a bit of reasoning you can see how Luka or Bullock would slide there when they share the floor.