I am not saying it is ideal, just that with who we currently have on our roster I would start Brogdon at SF. Why would Thybulle be a better option at 6'5" /200 than Brogdon who is 6'4 230? Both have the same wing span. Weight is important when players are backing you down. Hopefully, Knox or Murray can beat him out but when I watch film of Malcolm he is guarding bigger players quite well. He is a smart and willing defender.
We have solid guards: - Brogdon - Ant - Tisse - Sharpe - Scoot - Mayes We have solid Center and Backup: - Ayton - Timelord Forwards we can improve: Grant Knox Murray Walker Camara
Starters(wins and losses don’t matter so playing out of position doesn’t matter). I want Scoot and Sharpe on the court for minimum of 30 minutes every night Scoot Ant Sharpe Grant Ayton
Scoot/Brogdon Ant/Sharpe/Rupert Grant/Thybulle/Murray/Knox Williams/Walker/Camara Ayton/Brown/Reath The 8 in red and blue will get most of the minutes. I think there is a legit argument for any combination of the red guards to start, and I think all 6 pairings will see significant time together. Brogdon, Sharpe, Grant, and Williams will all often slide up a position (and Ant down) depending on the circumstances. I think this is gonna be fun.
Scoot/Brogdon/Mays Ant/Sharpe Sharpe/Thybulle/Rupert Grant/Walker/Murray/Camara Ayton/Williams/Brown PG - Scoot 30 mpg / Brogdon 10 mpg / Simons 8 minutes SG - Simons 26 mpg / Sharpe 10 mpg / Brogdon 12 minutes SF - Sharpe 20 mpg / Thybulle 20 / Murray 8 mpg PF - Grant 34 mpg / Walker 14 mpg C - Ayton 30 mpg / Williams 18 mpg Scoot - 30 mpg Simons - 34 mpg Sharpe - 30 mpg Brogdon - 22 mpg Thybulle - 20 mpg Grant - 34 mpg Ayton - 30 mpg Williams - 18 mpg Walker - 14 mpg Murray - 8 mpg 240/240 total minutes
If Brogdon is still on the team, I would slightly adjust it to this: PG - Scoot 32 mpg / Brogdon 16 mpg SG - Simons 32 mpg / Brogdon 14 minutes/Sharpe 2 mpg SF - Sharpe 30 mpg / Thybulle 18 PF - Grant 34 mpg / Walker or Muray 14 mpg (Alternate games) C - Ayton 30 mpg / Williams 18 mpg My dilemma though is Knox and Camara. They need minutes at some point at SF. I guess they will have to wait for injuries.
This is perfect for what should be the goal. I don't care what people say about Simons and Sharpe playing smaller than their positions. These guys need Playing Time!!
It might help that the Blazers have a G league team nearby which looks like will be playing from mid-November to the end of March.
Good explanation. If this is the roster Chauncey has to work with then yeah we need to go small to get them minutes. At some point, a bigger SF will have to develop. Maybe Camara, maybe Rupert when he adds weight, maybe Knox, maybe someone not on the roster. But for now, play the ones with talent.....somewhere.
I think you want to get minutes to Brogdon/Grant/Williams so they can hopefully grow their value. I think there's a VERY good chance that two of those three players are gone at the deadline.
Grant and Williams both provide a huge need. So the return needs to be really good. And I am not talking about focusing on any more draft picks. The main return for those guys needs to be a good young forward....or forget it
I’m doing minutes instead. For the first time, in a long time, this team can play positionless basketball. So, barring injuries…. Scoot 30 Ant 34 Sharpe 30 Brogdon 28 Grant 34 Ayton 31 Williams 25 Thybulle 18 Camara/Murray 10
I’m hoping Williams shows he’s healthy, I’d be interested in a Williams for Jones swap with the Pels.
Hmm if he shows he is healthy wouldn't we want to keep him? What is easier, finding someone like Jones or someone like Williams?
I just don’t have much confidence he will have a long career. Of course, Williams will be worth more than Jones if injuries were not an issue. If we could get picks back with Jones for Williams, that’s more incentive to take a deal to me. I have my eye on the bigs in the ‘24 draft. They aren’t going to be as good as Williams right away, but they will be team-controlled for 6-8 years and can grow with Ant and Shae.
