re: Ben Love Basketball Starting 5

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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.