06-04-2024, 04:51 PM
(06-04-2024, 01:55 PM)omahen Wrote: The question about minutes is, would there be more available if a good third option (6th man) would be here. Would Luka and Kyrie play less? Otherwise it is I think obvious that this new guy would take most of Green/Hardy/Exum playoff minutes and our playoff bench rotation would mostly be a center, Maxi and new guy. During regular season, there will always be minutes for Hardy, Exum and Green due to injuries and less playing time by the core rotation.
If there is a viable 6th man option, then I wouldn't worry about Green/Exum and Hardy minutes. Just go for it.
Of course there would be more minutes available if you trade away half the backups.
If you don't have minutes for Green, just trade him. His salary is too big for him to sit. That means he's also an avenue to payroll reduction, perhaps. But not sure the Mavs would really want to move him.