02-10-2023, 09:07 AM
(02-10-2023, 07:47 AM)Jason Terry Wrote: Bullock is back to his 2nd half of last season self. If he can only play well 2nd half of seasons, I’m cool with that. That’s winning time
Last year i figured Bullock would be high minutes in the playoffs and i think we’ll see the same
Last year:
Bullock 39 mpg
DFS 38 mpg
Luka 37 mpg
Brunson 35 mpg
This year projections:
Green 39 mpg
Luka 38 mpg
Bullock 37 mpg
Kyrie 35 mpg
And like last year there’s a solid 10 mpg drop off from those top 4
Therefore i think we see lots of time with those 4 on the court together with a 5th player which will mostly be a big. If a team goes small like Draymond at the 5 or marcus Morris at the 5 etc then Luka is big enough to be the center and guard them. The 5th player in winning time minutes is Maxi(who is probably the X factor for how deep of a run we make)
So, overall Powell, Hardaway and Wood will see the biggest minutes drop from regular season to postseason. Where Powell and Hardaway are more starters in name only
Just at a quick look, that feels really high for Josh Green. We really need him on the court, but man those playoffs minutes are so hard. For a guy, who very rarely got over 30 minutes until recently that is a lot to ask. I think I would feel better him around 34 minutes and Bullock at 32ish. It would be nice to have one extra body to suck up 15 or so minutes to give them more rest.