09-29-2021, 03:24 PM
(09-29-2021, 02:34 PM)StrandedOnBeauboisHill Wrote: Interesting to see you have Sterling Brown that high. If we assume Burke is gone I could almost see a three man battle between Frank/Brown/Green for a lot of those minutes behind Timmy.
About the backups on that depth chart, I agree that it's really up in the air for the PG-SG-SF positions once we get past the starters plus Bullock and Brunson. I don't see any one of Terry, Brown, Burke, Ntilikina, or Green having a lock on the regular rotation, over the others.
I basically see the wing minutes (SG/SF) going to THJ-DFS-Bullock, and once you perhaps give some to Brunson, not much is left until someone is injured. Or until one of those deep backups somehow shows something special that sorta forces them to use him..
On another point, you really made an astute note about Luka's age, and the growing pains that are part of the process (if you are the top player, and not joining an already-contending team). NBA experience and learning how to climb the NBA ladder successfully is a real thing to be learned, and skipping to the top and being a major contender quickly is very rare to almost-never.