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re: Of the first 34 picks in the 2020 NBA Draft.....
Posted on 12/28/20 at 10:33 am to Fun Bunch
Posted on 12/28/20 at 10:33 am to Fun Bunch
quote:Right, if you look at the shortened rotation as a whole, it seems weird. But, if you look at the individual players and the minutes they are averaging currently, it doesn't seem that weird. We have 7 players that are basically "starter" quality.
You can but you probably don't want them averaging 38ish if you can avoid it. You can't play an 8 man rotation all year. That's playoff basketball.
BI-36
Zion-35
Lonzo-33
Bledsoe-32
Adams-31
Hart-29
Redick-24
Those numbers aren't crazy if you look at them individually. BI and Zion may be like 1-2 minutes high, but we're looking at a small sample size and it's not crazy for star players to play ~35 minutes per game. There were a few teams with multiple players playing ~35 minutes last season (Toronto, Portland, Houston, and Phoenix).
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Posted on 12/28/20 at 10:49 am to Epic Cajun
I don’t think the minutes balance is the problem, in the aggregate it’s fine, the concern is why we are having to balance the minutes this way?
Why only an 8 man rotation?
Maybe it is because SVG is an outlier in his philosophy, maybe it has to do with setting a culture on the court, maybe it is simply our developmental guys aren’t ready.
But in any case it raises a number of questions. Namely, why? Why does SVG feel no one outside 7-8 guys can play a role in establishing the court culture and contribute to winning games right now? Certain people choose to interpret every one of these trends in the most positive light possible, and tbf that might be the case, I certainly wouldn’t dismiss it. but just as plausible are the other obvious, less flowery answers, which is simply we don’t really have any playable guys beyond the first 7-8 players on the roster(and arguably Hayes isn’t playable but we are forced to) and it’s up in the air if and when anyone else will be able to do so. Which includes players from two drafts and several FA acquisitions.
Why only an 8 man rotation?
Maybe it is because SVG is an outlier in his philosophy, maybe it has to do with setting a culture on the court, maybe it is simply our developmental guys aren’t ready.
But in any case it raises a number of questions. Namely, why? Why does SVG feel no one outside 7-8 guys can play a role in establishing the court culture and contribute to winning games right now? Certain people choose to interpret every one of these trends in the most positive light possible, and tbf that might be the case, I certainly wouldn’t dismiss it. but just as plausible are the other obvious, less flowery answers, which is simply we don’t really have any playable guys beyond the first 7-8 players on the roster(and arguably Hayes isn’t playable but we are forced to) and it’s up in the air if and when anyone else will be able to do so. Which includes players from two drafts and several FA acquisitions.
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