'25 Playoff Rotation Predictions: A Collaborative Deep Dive

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So the remaining team looks like:
Starters: Kyrie, Klay, PJ (when healthy), AD, Lively (when healthy)
Optimal bench players: Exum, Christie, Martin (when he gets healthy), Naji, Gafford
Supplemental bench: Spencer, Hardy, OMax, Powell (when healthy), plus two-ways Kylor, Kessler, Williams

Thank goodness for the injuries, because tanking is key the rest of the way this year. Need our pick to be a good one, if not the Flagg consolation prize. Without the three injuries (four if you count Powell, which you shouldn't), that's a team that's way too good to tank and way too poor to make noise in the playoffs.

After the initial shock felt at the Luka trade, I think the Mavs have enough quality to contend for the title this season, provided the Top 9-10 players on the roster are healthy for the full duration of the playoffs. Y'all can be a really hard team to score on with the length and athleticism on the squad. There is also a surplus of long wings to throw at defending Guards like Shai. Tanking should not be a goal, IMHO.

PG: Kyrie, Spencer/Exum
2x Wings: PJW, Klay, Christie, Naji, Martin
PF: AD, PJW
C: Lively, Gafford