(12-03-2024, 11:49 PM)The Jom Wrote: Interesting clues tonight, I believe, to the playoff-rotation puzzle.
1. Lively with 32 minutes.
2. Dinwiddie with the 5th most minutes, 24.
3. PJ with 38 mins.
4. Hardy with only 4.
Note to KL, following up with this post ^ and re my "too-binary" thinking - look at the way Kidd played it in this game they thought important...
Lively 32 Gafford 16
PJW 38 Maxi 10
Klay 20 [Naji out]
Kyrie 35 Grimes 20 (fills in some of Naji missing)
Luka 40 SD 24 (fills in some of Naji missing) Hardy 4 (fills in some of Naji missing)
IMO Kidd's way MORE binary than we tend to realize, and the mix-and-match stuff is due to the reality of injuries and matchup/foul issues in some games.
Edited to add: As to Naji being a 4, I don't think he REALLY is a 4 at all, never has been and Mavs don't see him as filling what they need. BUT in a pinch (ie when injuries cause the lineup to be depleted and perhaps scrambled, or maybe severe foul trouble), he's one way they might try to fill the minutes.