07-22-2024, 01:49 PM
(07-22-2024, 01:37 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: Anyone guess how the bench minutes work themselves out? A lot of options. I was thinking if Marshall can play a lot of minutes at PF that this opens things up a bit. He gets 22-24 minutes a night as a PF and maybe some SF. Grimes gets 20 or so minutes behind Klay at the 3. Then Dinwiddie, Exum and Hardy battle out the guard backup minutes. I think Dinwiddie would start getting those minutes early in the season.
Maxi plays some backup 5 and also matchup dependent, but his minutes may be limited at the beginning of season to no overwork him.
Not enough minutes for guards and at least one of Exum, Hardy and SD will be in deep bench role with everyone healthy in regular season. Maxi will play some, imho, probably at PF. I doubt they relegate him to a couple of minutes behind both Gafford and Lively. These two will imho take most of center minutes in the regular season, when everyone healthy