Playoff Rotation

[mvossman]

Could be wrong, but I wouldn't expect Hardy to be in the playoff rotation at all. I admit, he's close enough for it to be plausible, so I'm not 100% convinced of that. That one will be interesting. 

I'm also less convinced than others that we're about to go from 20 minutes per for Green right to 40 minutes per in the playoffs. I get where that's coming from, and we ALL know more Green is needed, but I think there are 1-2 steps to maneuver between "not even a regular in the rotation" (how he ended last season) and "third most integral player, minutes wise, on the team" (where DFS has been for the past few seasons). I think there's a conditioning/game planned against element to that transition that we're very much assuming won't be an issue. Maybe it won't be, but I kind of doubt it. 

My guess is that Green, Bullock and THJ are very close to even, minutes wise, and THAT is a LOT more Green than we were getting even just 2-3 weeks ago.

I think a lot will depend on the rest of the season.  If he is in the starting lineup to stay, he is going to get a lot more minutes than he used to, partly because Dorian is gone (and they did nothing to fill that space).  If he can hold his own for the rest of the season under a heavy load, he is probably going to see a similar load in the playoffs.  They don't have a lot of choice.  They desperately need his defense with Dorian gone.