Who does Nance take minutes away from off the bench?

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I’d hate it to be Billy as he’s really solidified his role as the backup 5

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Billy is a "match up center" because he's only good at offense. He's terrible defensively and on nights where there's a real post threat or we need rim protection from him, he's just can't help. You do not want him being the full time backup. You want him deployed in games where the matchup is favorable for him and he can go out and be crafty on offense without being a liability on defense making him a net positive player.

I'd expect Nance to take some minutes from all 3 bigs.

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And all 4 essentially play only the 4 or 5. Just not enough minutes it seems for all 4 to be in the normal rotation.

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That's the kind of depth good teams have. It's how they can lose a star player and still play .500 ball.

I'm interested to see how much JV's usefulness declines next to a Zion playing 30+ MPG. He's on a cheap enough contract to keep in a reduced role, but if Zion is here long term only one of Jax/JV can stay.

We're starting to build a team that's deep with talent (the kind of teams that win championships) and you're hoping to trade away multiple pieces of that depth for a piece thats a high salary thus making ourselves a shallower team?

The only deal I would look at making would be Graham and picks for Dejounte, anything else and the player would be to expensive to make it viable long term.

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e're starting to build a team that's deep with talent (the kind of teams that win championships) and you're hoping to trade away multiple pieces of that depth for a piece thats a high salary thus making ourselves a shallower team?

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1. Depth is valuable but not as valuable as really good players.

2. A guy like Jax has more value to the Pels in a trade than he does playing 12 minutes a night.

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We're starting to build a team that's deep with talent (the kind of teams that win championships) and you're hoping to trade away multiple pieces of that depth for a piece thats a high salary thus making ourselves a shallower team?

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Yes. 100000%

Depth is a lot easier to find when you're rolling 5 all star caliber players out there. Im not falling in love with replaceable bench players. Some people get way too attached to the NAW-types.

If we actually have a chance to stack this team with top end talent, do it. Let some other team figure out if Kira or Trey are actually any good.

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if Zion is here long term only one of Jax/JV can stay.

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Jaxson, in theory, is the better fit next to Zion. Can switch 1-5 and do quite well on an island. Shoots it well. Doesn’t need the ball at all to be effective on offense.

I think he’ll ultimately come around as a pretty solid defender (even if that’s on another team) but I don’t know that he’ll ever be a good rebounder, which sucks. He’s so close but so far from being the perfect fit next to Zion/BI/CJ.

I love JV but he’d get hunted constantly in the playoffs.

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Depth is great if you want to grind to a great regular season record, but the guys who can play decently to well in a pinch during the regular season get played off the floor every year in the playoffs.

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I agree with this. but that also means the best time to make an upgrade would probably be at the deadline after we’ve played most of the season with our depth to build a great regular season record. prices are often more favorable at the deadline as well

CJ/Herb/BI/Zion/Jonas

Well it's definitely JV because I don't think he'll be able to stay on the floor against elite guards in a playoff series.