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[Smitty]

Really looking forward to see how Kidd handles rotations once the rest of the guys are back. With Naji, Grimes and Din finding a groove, they may need to make the games longer for everyone to get their minutes.

This is the way I see the regular season rotation as it stands today.

Luka 36 | Exum 12
Kyrie 34 | Dinwiddie 14
Klay 28 | Grimes 20
PJW 30 | Naji 18
Lively 28 | Gafford 20

If we look at MPG from those 10 last year:

Luka 37.5 | Exum 19.8
Kyrie 35.0 | Dinwiddie 24.2
Klay 29.7 | Grimes 19.2
PJW 32.2 | Naji 19.0
Lively 23.5 | Gafford 21.5

The only real increase from my projections is Lively jumping from ~24 MPG to 28 MPG. Exum and Dinwiddie get less, but with injuries they'll get more over an 82 game season.

Maxi is 11th in my mind and will obviously play but I would love for his role to change from every day player at PF, to 3rd Center and only backup 4 with injuries/rest. 

Hardy will have to show that he's better than Exum/Dinwiddie before I can put him in any 10-man rotation.

This was my post months ago with how I thought it'd play out with everyone healthy. Exum then got hurt shortly after. But the idea is still the same. My prediction of Maxi and Hardy being out of a healthy 10-man rotation look to be correct so far. The are by far the weakest links.