THE GREEN MACHINE: The Subtle Emergence of Josh Green

[DanSchwartzgan]

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You're the coach, you can definitely do this.

He and the staff had a plan.  When he says "we" have to do something, I interpret it to mean he and the staff have to adjust the plan rather than some nefarious attempt to deflect blame.   

If DFS doesn't play a single minute at the three, there are 144 minutes to divide between five players.  But, DFS IS playing minutes at the 3 anytime he's in with two bigs.  So, that shrinks the available pool some more.  Here is how minutes are being distributed among the 1-3 through six games with the OT minutes removed:

35.1  Luka
31.1  Bullock
30.5  Dinwiddie
25.2  THJ
15.5  Green
5.0    DFS

That is 142.4 instead of 144.  The 5 minutes for DFS comes from BBall-Ref's estimate that 15% of Finney-Smith's minutes have come at the SF.

Luka is going to get his 34 or so and if DFS holds steady at five minutes at SF, then everyone else (Josh, THJ, SD and RB) get to average about 26 minutes a game.  The good news is THJ is already down in the 25/26 minute area.  Dinwiddie probably can't be cut much more than that if he's going to start.  He has to play the 14 non-Luka minutes and has typically played with Luka the first six minutes of each half.  That's his 26, so no Dinwiddie in the closing lineup.  The rest of Josh's minutes would come from Bullock.  They essentially share 48 minutes already, so that isn't too difficult an adjustment.