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Honestly, just that - starting Hardaway, Ntilikina or even Green over Dinwiddie and enabling a higher percentage of Dinwiddie's minutes to be on-ball, playing downhill, would make me more comfortable.

If someone moves Spencer to the bench, I suspect it will be Wood.  So, McGee, Wood, DFS, Bullock and Luka.

I finally got to listen to a little of the Media day coverage and two things I heard that stood out to me were Kidd saying the starter’s he’s named are starters for now.  I also heard Wood say/infer he expects to be extended or sign as a FA at starter level pay.

It makes some sense to have the continuity of what worked in the playoffs (with a better version of Powell in McGee and SD as the Brunson replacement).  But, I suspect Wood will be one of our best five players and will finish games with Maxi.  As I outlined yesterday, I think there are only about 12 minutes of Luka/Dinwiddie overlap if one of them is to be on the court at all times.  If so, I’d rather that overlap occur at the end of the second and fourth than the beginning of the first/third.  So, the closing lineup for each half would be Maxi/Wood/DFS/SD and Luka