11-10-2021, 11:10 AM
(11-10-2021, 07:22 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: The current minutes load of our top 9 players add up to 229.5 minutes (leaving an extra 10.5 minutes to spread around). Here are the current numbers:
34.5 Luka
31.8 THJ
31.4 DFS
28.6 Brunson
26.2 KP
23.9 Powell
20.3 Bullock
18.8 Maxi
14.0 Frank
I'm not sure anyone has to sacrifice in games where we just play our top nine. There is plenty of room to give some extra minutes to KP, Brunson and Maxi if we wish. I'm not sure the current version of DFS deserves to be at 31 minutes. We mainly need to get the right people together in the right rotation. It doesn't feel like we've got that nailed down just yet.
Yep. Give KP some of Powell's minutes, Bullock some of DFS minutes and remaining minutes to Maxi and Frank. I look at it like this:
Center: KP/Powell Non KP minutes are about the right amount for Powell
PF: DFS/Maxi Maxi makes most sense playing with Powell on second unit, but these two should split minutes evenly
SG/SF: THJ/Bullock Bullock will get additional minutes (see below)
PG: Luka/Brunson Brunson will get a lot of additional minutes (see below)
The 5th spot can be split by Brunson, Bullock and Frank
General thoughts:
The single big lineup ideally would include KP/DFS/Luka
The 2 big lineups would generally be KP/Maxi or Powell/Maxi
One of Luka/Brunson would always be on the court
Exactly 2 of Luka/Brunson/THJ would be on the court to balance out offense/defense