'25 Playoff Rotation Predictions: A Collaborative Deep Dive

[DanSchwartzgan]

I agree with all of this, but if you are right about two creators on the floor that means we are going to be relying heavily on two vet min signings, one of which has a terrible injury history and disappeared in the playoffs last year.  It has me really confused about the Grimes/Caleb trade.  You would think getting a creator would be a higher priority than swapping 3&D players, especially after getting Max in the AD trade.

Yeah, the need seems obvious and they apparently kept the Martin/Grimes trade open (or was that just the physicals).  I do think Martin's contract is much easier to package this summer than a Grimes S&T.  Could be the move before the move.

I think you either have to believe that we are counting more on Exum/SD than most of us are comfortable with.  Or, you have to believe we can generate enough offense late in the fourth when Kyrie gets doubled though some other source.  I guess there is a third option...one of SD and Exum is out of the rotation in favor of more minutes for Christie/Naji/Martin and the other plays the non-Kyrie minutes (and potentially closes games next to Kyrie).