re: Ben Love Basketball Starting 5

I think you're pretty spot on, but isn't it great that we have this kinda depth and options on the floor... Can't wait to see how much more they use the press now that we have some depth.

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So we have 200 minutes per game... May go something like this:

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This is exactly what I was going to do, but you beat me.

I think it ends more like this.

Totals:
JOB 30
Hickey 25
Stringer 25
Martin 24
Coleman 21
Quarterman 18
Mickey 18
Morgan 14
Odo 12
Malone 8
Hammink 5


I think Coleman gets a few more minutes elsewhere and Malone will not get that much playing time. At least not at the start and not a the 5. I think Malone and Hammink have a lot of room to improve and steal minutes from 3 Js and Coleman (respectively). I wanted to do a range for this, but I was ending up with a number not close to 200.

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15 Minutes of Odo seems high to me. Is he less limited offensively than we have been led to believe. I was under the impression that in terms of the front court, Coach Jones had intimated more small ball lineups.

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It's the lineup for the first game. While Odo isn't much of a threat offensively, he can still dunk, layup, and put-back. While Mickey has likely pushed Odo down a bit (as the shot blocker in the paint), he'll still get good minutes.