09-27-2023, 11:27 AM
(09-25-2023, 09:41 PM)RoyTarpleysGhost Wrote: The third string is gonna be elite.
This was extreme shock value, and everyone on the (brief) thread ran with it.
We have eight returning players from last year - Luka, Kai, THJ, Green, Hardy, Maxi, Powell, and Morris. Many of our additions are frontcourt players. Morris will be 15th in total minutes. THJ may not be here the whole year. Powell's minutes will hopefully be reduced considerably. Maxi's availability has been variable.
Right now, the starters look like:
Kyrie Green Luka Grant Lively (hopefully)
First players off the bench:
Hardy THJ OMax (whom I bet will be no lower than fifth in minutes on the team, no lie) Maxi when available
Since we didn't get a solid backup point, we have to hope for Exum to fill that role, so he's second team by default. Seth isn't a point, and Hardy isn't in a million years a point.
So the "third team" isn't really a third team, considering that it's Seth, DJJ, Powell, Holmes, and Morris. Four frontcourt guys. Of course, several of those will move well forward in the rotation if GoP is correct in his opinion that Lively is trash and if Maxi gets injured. But I would argue that the *rotation* is clearly better.