06-24-2023, 06:38 PM
(06-24-2023, 02:50 PM)F Gump Wrote: pg - kyrie, morris, hardy
sg - luka, green
sf - brown, thj
pf - gw, maxi, prosper
c - gafford, holmes, lively
I love the resulting roster, but it has a huge flaw -- lack of minutes. Too many mouths (at least 11) to feed,
This begs the question of what number of guys who demand minutes is the right number? That’s why I brought up the idea of grown-ups vs kids. You need enough grown-ups to field a 7-8 man playoff rotation. Let’s go back to what we have currently and assume we do nothing more than spend the MLE.
Initiators: Luka/Kyrie/(Hardy).
Hardy will get big boy minutes this season, but in the playoffs? Not if we get past round one.
Bigs: Maxi/Holmes/(Lively)/McGee.
Same thing here. I expect Lively to get 20 a night during the season. The playoffs? Not so much. Do you fill this void now and plant Holmes on the bench (again). Or, give him a run trying to build his value knowing you can trade for help at the TDL?
Wings: THJ/MLE-Brown/Green/(O-Max)/Reggie
I expect OMax to get the Hardy treatment this season (but he’ll get time during Maxi’s annual break). Green has earned grown-up status. THJ/Brown/Green seems like enough guys this size.
So, Grown-ups are Maxi/Holmes, Brown/THJ/Green and Luka/Kyrie. It does kind of feel like there needs to be one more move beyond a Brown-MLE type deal. I think the bargaining chips are expiring Reggie and McGee. I feel better about Lively and Holmes’ future than most, so I don’t need a big name guy on a multi-year deal. A multi-position Olynyk type would be fine with me. I also like Anderson as mentioned before. You still don’t have a starting C with either of those guys, but one is one the way.