Trade & FA 2024-25:

[KillerLeft]

I'm curious about what makes you think Gafford will play less in the playoffs? I've seen you say that several times. I don't think Maxi will even be here after the trade deadline, but I also haven't seen anything to make me believe Kidd play play Maxi over Gafford. Do you think Lively will get almost all of the center minutes in the playoffs?

Easy. He's hurting them on defense when he plays now, in the regular season, when teams have less opportunity to game plan and exploit weaknesses. One of the most common weaknesses good teams try to exploit on any team is to get the other team's slowest player, almost always a big, into defensive rotation and move the ball until it finds a shooter to which said slow player isn't able to close out, hopefully in the corner, which is the most efficient shot from the three point line. I'd say more than half of the guys playing center in the NBA become pumpkins in a 7-game series against one of the top 6-8 offenses. 

When it gets down to the good teams, everyone can shoot. Period.