'25 Playoff Rotation Predictions: A Collaborative Deep Dive

[Smitty]

Re SD, perhaps. But I think 2 things trend in the other direction:
1 the time you think of was a time when they were short handed, and Exum was not an option ... now he will have to be better than Exum to play PG minutes, and I don't he is, especially at PG. 
2 as you noticed, he was used instead of Klay ... that's minutes from the SG/SF basket, which "when everyone is healthy" is now definitely going to be feeding many playoff minutes to PJW, Klay, and Christie, and if any are left then I think both Marshall and Martin will be ahead of SD in that pecking order. Yes Grimes is gone, but Christie, PJW, and Martin have all been added to the mix, and I would say Exum too (for playoff SG minutes, when Kyrie is getting 35 or more at PG).

Kind of incredible that the Mavs can play an 8-man rotation in the playoffs that doesn’t include Naji and Martin, who are very good. For as much as I’ve silently cussed Nico this week, this is the deepest team the Mavs have had in years.