TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

[DanSchwartzgan]

I posted this on another thread, but I think the power forward spot is going to be shared by Luka and Maxi.  I think for the most part our frontcourt is going to be Powell/Luka or Wood/Maxi.

You mentioned that Wood makes sense when one of Luka/Kyrie are off the floor.  I agree.  I think you can say the same about Green as his secondary playmaking is more necessary in those situations.  One of the most common and best 5 man lineups before all of the trades is:

Wood/Maxi/Luka/Timmy/Green

That group is +24.  Seems like a good lineup for when Kyrie is not on the court.  When Luka is not on the court you want Wood out there for rebounding and Maxi is the only available power forward left.  That means you are looking at Wood/Maxi/Green (Net +10) plus Kyrie and Bullock or Timmy.  

So thats 15-20 minutes of Wood/Maxi right there.  I agree that they probably start with Powell/Luka and that gets at least 10 minutes.  After that I think the remaining minutes (all with Luka) are one or two man combinations of Powell/Maxi/Wood.

I’m thinking along the same lines.  I had written a longer post that came to the same conclusion about Green and Timmy and decided to cut it back and focus on the bigs.  

Kidd talked about a flexible starting lineup the other day.  Maybe Maxi starts with Powell on some occasions and Luka is the second biggest player on other occasions.  The swing players being Josh and Maxi.

Thanks for adding the context of the lineup data.