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And to double down on the starting group opinion. I've always felt people put way too much emphasis on it, especially in Kidd's tenure. They play 8-10 minutes together in a 48-minute game. I'm much more concerned with the other 38-40 minutes. It doesn't mean I don't think it's important or have opinions on what would make that group better, just that those opinions get recycled and emphasized, mostly to call the coach an idiot. I think its lazy.

Again...this isn't the conversation. This isn't a conversation about whether or not the starters need to be the 5 best players on the team, or the best lineup synergy possible, or whatever. I have been on your side of that conversation for 20 years. I agree. 

But in THIS case, they are starting 5 players (or have been) that have, in my mind, almost a 0% chance of playing well together. I know some disagree, but (correct me if I'm wrong) I don't believe you're one of them. 

I agree, having only Russell and Nembhard available made things tougher to start the season, but I get the sense that the lineup I hate is the lineup they LOVE. This is my concern. Can we maybe experiment with that lineup against the other team's bench unit a little more? Is it really reasonable to literally GIVE the other team ownership of the game's first 5-7 minutes? Again, it's not that they're not starting with their BEST lineup that bothers me, it's that they're starting with a lineup that's basically guaranteed to hand the first subs a 10 point deficit. 

Right now, they have Russell AND Williams healthy and available. AND, the bigs are becoming less available daily. I suuuuuuuuure hope Kidd takes this opportunity to get more ball-handling in the games, even if it's just to keep the gun out of my mouth.