02-09-2022, 02:35 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-09-2022, 02:37 PM by KillerLeft.)
They're going to play 8-9 guys in the playoffs.
Luka
Brunson
DFS
Kleber
Porzingis
Bullock
Powell
All of the above will be in that rotation.
Green, Ntilikna, Sterling Brown and Burke all seem to be under some level of consideration for the 8th spot. If recent trends are telling, it would appear that Green has won that spot for now.
For the 9th spot, I assume that against certain teams, the runner up for #8 (Ntilikina, SBrown or Burke) will get a little burn. Against other teams, those minutes would go to Chriss.
If a trade target isn't going to clearly knock Green (and friends) or Chriss completely out of the conversation above, it's not worth doing, imho.
It's also kind of a guessing game. Will Porzingis be healthy? If so, I honestly don't know how much better you get by adding Holmes, who'd basically just be knocking Powell, who is already playing well these days, out of the mix. That doesn't address any of the current holes, really. If Porzingis is NOT healthy, you'd LOVE to have Holmes rotating with Powell, but not if you've traded Kleber and they have to play with Chriss, or even worse - together.
This is harder than it looks.
I think Hield is good enough to justify playing him ahead of Green and stifling the development we've been seeing recently, but will it yield enough juice for us to be glad they did that in a couple of years, or is it better to ride the promising kid in that spot right now? For all I know, some of his fans might want him to play ahead of Bullock, but I doubt he would (maybe I'm wrong).
Luka
Brunson
DFS
Kleber
Porzingis
Bullock
Powell
All of the above will be in that rotation.
Green, Ntilikna, Sterling Brown and Burke all seem to be under some level of consideration for the 8th spot. If recent trends are telling, it would appear that Green has won that spot for now.
For the 9th spot, I assume that against certain teams, the runner up for #8 (Ntilikina, SBrown or Burke) will get a little burn. Against other teams, those minutes would go to Chriss.
If a trade target isn't going to clearly knock Green (and friends) or Chriss completely out of the conversation above, it's not worth doing, imho.
It's also kind of a guessing game. Will Porzingis be healthy? If so, I honestly don't know how much better you get by adding Holmes, who'd basically just be knocking Powell, who is already playing well these days, out of the mix. That doesn't address any of the current holes, really. If Porzingis is NOT healthy, you'd LOVE to have Holmes rotating with Powell, but not if you've traded Kleber and they have to play with Chriss, or even worse - together.
This is harder than it looks.
I think Hield is good enough to justify playing him ahead of Green and stifling the development we've been seeing recently, but will it yield enough juice for us to be glad they did that in a couple of years, or is it better to ride the promising kid in that spot right now? For all I know, some of his fans might want him to play ahead of Bullock, but I doubt he would (maybe I'm wrong).