ROSTER TALK: Mavs favs for Vogel if no HC job exists. Kyrie handshake deal?

[mvossman]

I mostly threw in numbers for the minutes on the players. I’ll do a full eval now. Minutes from last year:
Kyrie - 38 as a Mav, 37 at Bkn - Chances that number goes down as drastically as 32 per game? Not likely. Let’s say 36 and 38-40 for the playoffs.

Hardy - 15 - if he takes the believable step up that is hoped for, that number goes up. Minimum 20. His minutes might get a squeeze come playoff time though.

Green - 26 - if he also takes another believable step up and becomes a starter (and main POA defender), that number goes up too. Minimum 28, but likely 30-32.

THJ - 30 - 28-30 is about right for who he is.

The other thing to talk about is the POA defender. If THJ is in the game, who is the ball handler that accompanies him (and honestly, there should be 2 ball handlers on the court at all times since we now seemingly have enough to do so)? Certainly not Green. That means, unless a person wants 1 of THJ, Kyrie or Hardy to be the POA defender, it has to come from the forward spot, which means THJ and that forward switch defensive positions (making THJ always a forward on defense).

Hardy played 15 minutes a game but a lot of that was garbage time and he had a lot of DNPs.  Him getting 15 regular minutes a game would be a big uptick from what he did his rookie year.  Even with bumps in minutes for Kyrie and Green, you still have Timmy playing half his time at guard.

POA defender is another legit need on the team.  If we manage to acquire a rotational point of attack defender in addition to a starting center and forward, then I agree that there is little room for Timmy.  Its also hard to imagine we would add that many players without sending Tim's salary out.