02-22-2024, 07:32 PM
My 2c
1 Thinking further on the rest-of-season opportunity, and the various players, this really is a team that has lots of choices flowing from having an abundance of talent. When fully healthy ...
THE STARTING LOCKS .... with minimum minutes
Luka (32) Kyrie (32) ___________ _____________ Lively/Gafford (20 / 20)
THE ROTATION PLAYERS ... from smallest position to biggest, together splitting 136 minutes or less
Exum Hardy THJ Green DJJ PJW Kleber
BENCH .... when everyone is healthy, probably 0 minutes total
[Williams] [Lawson] Omax Morris Powell
2 Having 7 players who overlap and averaging less than 20 mpg leaves lots of room to cover injuries just by playing some of them more, and no real hole until you happen to have multiple injuries at a time. There are no apparent holes. You have players who can defend.
3 Looking ahead, having 7 good players on the next level to fill 2 starting spots and two backup spots seems like a good allocation of resources. But you never know whether the good turn into better, or into not-so-good, nor what injuries may do.
4 It seems possible to use this same mix for beyond this season, to positive effect. Exum is a lock to be kept, and slotting DJJ for $5.2M (the most possible under current limits) in a known system for him and regular defined rotation spot and opportunity seems possible. THJ makes sense as a scorer when he is bracketed by both Hardy and Green where his use is limited if he is sparing it up, and not sure you can trade him for a better result than where he slots right now. Is it even something that would be a plus?
5 There is upside possible -- room to fill out the back of the roster differently next year, and Lively, Omax, and others still learning.
1 Thinking further on the rest-of-season opportunity, and the various players, this really is a team that has lots of choices flowing from having an abundance of talent. When fully healthy ...
THE STARTING LOCKS .... with minimum minutes
Luka (32) Kyrie (32) ___________ _____________ Lively/Gafford (20 / 20)
THE ROTATION PLAYERS ... from smallest position to biggest, together splitting 136 minutes or less
Exum Hardy THJ Green DJJ PJW Kleber
BENCH .... when everyone is healthy, probably 0 minutes total
[Williams] [Lawson] Omax Morris Powell
2 Having 7 players who overlap and averaging less than 20 mpg leaves lots of room to cover injuries just by playing some of them more, and no real hole until you happen to have multiple injuries at a time. There are no apparent holes. You have players who can defend.
3 Looking ahead, having 7 good players on the next level to fill 2 starting spots and two backup spots seems like a good allocation of resources. But you never know whether the good turn into better, or into not-so-good, nor what injuries may do.
4 It seems possible to use this same mix for beyond this season, to positive effect. Exum is a lock to be kept, and slotting DJJ for $5.2M (the most possible under current limits) in a known system for him and regular defined rotation spot and opportunity seems possible. THJ makes sense as a scorer when he is bracketed by both Hardy and Green where his use is limited if he is sparing it up, and not sure you can trade him for a better result than where he slots right now. Is it even something that would be a plus?
5 There is upside possible -- room to fill out the back of the roster differently next year, and Lively, Omax, and others still learning.
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