Here are the minutes played by our players last season (2009-10)MIN GP PLAYER 2922 78 LaMarcus Aldridge 2500 82 Andre Miller 2419 65 Brandon Roy 2005 82 Martell Webster 1632 73 Juwan Howard 1441 62 Rudy Fernandez 1397 51 Steve Blake† (2159 80) 1304 74 Jerryd Bayless 918 37 Nicolas Batum 718 23 Marcus Camby† (2314 74) 707 63 Dante Cunningham 681 30 Joel Przybilla 502 21 Greg Oden 405 39 Jeff Pendergraph 231 11 Travis Outlaw† (730 34) My projections for 2010-11: LaMarcus Aldridge Andre Miller Brandon Roy Nicolas Batum Marcus Camby Greg Oden Wesley Matthews Rudy Fernandez Jerryd Bayless Joel/Dante/Elliot Williams/Pendy/Babbit only play in the case of injuries to the above players.
Assuming no trades.....I know, not a big assumption, and Nate sticks with his ridiculaous substitution pattern. Aldridge Roy Miller Matthews Rudy Camby Batum Oden Joel Bayless Cunningham Babbitt Williams Johnson Pendergraph
Even the order those 3 are in doesn't seem like it would set us up to win 50+ games. Ideally Roy wouldn't play 500 less minutes than LMA, and Miller would be #4-#5 on that list given his age. However, we found a way to make last years team serviceable, nothing to be ashamed of there....
When I look at the breakdown on that last I cant help but wonder what it would look like if we had the Thunder's luck on injuries last year. Or what it would like this year. As deep as we are it would be nice to see those minutes spread out more.
Aldridge Roy Miller Batum Matthews Oden Camby Bayless Joel Cunningham Babbitt Williams Johnson Pendergraph
Assclown kicked ass. We got lucky with our coach and his unwillingness to let injuries stand in the way. Cue meltdown from the MM/Odd corner in 5, 4, 3, ...
My projections for 2010-11: LaMarcus Aldridge Brandon Roy Andre Miller Nicolas Batum Greg Oden Marcus Camby Wesley Matthews Jerryd Bayless Dante Cunningham/Joel Pryzbilla (joel will take back his minutes when he's healthy) Luke Babbit Elliot Williams/Jeff Pendergraph/Armon Johnson only play in the case of injuries to the above players.
No meltdown from me. I know the reason we won so many games, and others have their reasons, simple as that. Hopefully the team will have a good year and everyone will be happy.
Assclown McScribbles is my all-time favorite nickname. I have no idea why, but it makes me laugh every time. And I actually think Nate is a decent (albeit not great) coach.
Player - Games x MPG = Total Minutes Aldridge - 76 x 35 = 2660 Roy - 72 x 36 = 2592 Miller - 82 x 30 = 2460 Batum - 78 x 30 = 2340 Oden - 74 x 28 = 2072 Camby - 68 x 24 = 1632 Matthews - 76 x 18 = 1368 Bayless - 76 x 18 = 1368 Cunningham - 56 x 16 = 896 Przybilla - 40 x 16 = 640 Babbitt - 41 x 14 = 574 Johnson - 40 x 12 = 480 Pendergraph - 24 x 12 = 288 Williams - 26 x 10 = 260 Total minutes = 19,730 (80 regulation games + 2 overtime games) (PS: this is all pretty rough-draft; a full season is at least 19,680 minutes long)
