Rotation?

This is how I see it:

Dame/ Nolan/ Price
Wes/ EWill/ Pavlovic
Nic/ Vic/ Babs
LA/ Freeland
Hickson/ Leonard/ Jeffries

Doesn't look that bad, tbh.

 

I think there is still one more deal, and Jeffries is in no way a 5

 

He played C on occasion in NY with D'Antoni. But I doubt he'll see any PT here, at any position.

 

No Barton? I hope he gets some opportunities this season.

 

Hmm forgot Barton. I suppose he could take Pav's spot.

 

Actually, I'd trade Babs for a future 2nd rounder if any team wants him. Clear up room for Will that way. Luke will be out of the league soon anyway.

 

The problem is that Nolan Smith isn't a point guard. I think he's proven that he's a combo guard that is better suited at scoring.

I think the starters will be

Lil
Matthews
Batum
Aldridge
Hickson

with these guys off the bench

Freeland
Claver
Smith
EWill

I don't see Jeffries, Babbitt, or Pavlovic getting any time. I'm hoping they find some minutes for Barton though.

 

Pav sucks.

 

Guessing you forgot Leonard. I want him playing at least 25mpg and using all 6 of his fouls this year. Even if it comes at the cost of wins.

The development of these guys is more important this year.

 

Looking at the list again, he is on there twice.

 

That just raises his suckatude

 

Yeah, I forgot him....it's early.... I think Freeland and Leonard will be the backup four/five. It will be interesting to see how the minutes at guard shake out though. Will EWill be healthy by camp? I think Nolan has earned some minutes at the two just to see if he can play that position. I also think it will be interesting to see Barton and Claver battle it out for the backup minutes at small forward.

Outside of Lillard, Nic, and Aldridge, I think there are a lot of spots up for grabs on this team.

 

Minues are more important to me. A lot of these guys are interchangable




Lillard 34
Matthews 25
Batum 35
Aldridge 35
Hickson 28

Smith 12
Williams 16
Claver 12
Freeland 14
Leonard 20


That leaves 9 minutes for Barton, or whoever

 

Smith over Price?

 

Ya. My reasons are

Price is pretty horrible

Smith isn't very good either, but young and showed a lot in SL

This team needs to see which young guys can actually play

 

If you are talking an actual 10 man rotation, based on the current roster I would guess this:

Dame /Nolan (I think Nolan will beat out Price)
Wes/ EWill/ (Barton will not get into the rotation unless there are injuries)
Nic/ Vic/ Wes (Babbitt will again be buried on the bench)
LA/ Hickson/Vic
Freeland/ Leonard/ LA

 

In a perfect world of course, we would run a 9 man rotation, but this isn't a perfect world, and we need to see if any of these guys can actually play. As long as there are no units

 

The problem is, Smith isn't a point guard.

Is Price actually a point guard?

 

I think for the regular season 10 is fine. If you want to get down to 9 I think it would vary who got left out from game to game depending on the match-up. I can see Victor being left out of some games while Wes got all the back up minutes at the SF.

 

I don't think we really know with Smith just yet. The backup PG situation is not great right now, but let's see how Smith progresses this year. They may have to have a backup plan if neither Smith or Price can handle backup PG duties, like giving Batum an opportunity to initiate the half-court offense? It's probably going to be another season in the lottery, and the new coach should have a long leash right now. I wouldn't be opposed to trying to experiment with this at times if Smith and Price are underwhelming.