pancakes3 wrote:You could have probably said that in 1/10 of the words, Hands.
"Our starting lineup's fg is crap. Shouldn't a team at least be able to field starters that don't shoot sub-40%? We should start Livingston, Webster, Singleton, Nene, and Barron, and have that squad close out the half. I think this is a much more effective and balanced way to line them up."
And you'd probably would have a lot more people read it and agree with the abridged version too. I agree except for the Barron part. Nene/Seraphin is a must and I wouldn't be opposed to Nene/Okafor even with fg% considered. Another question is if Livingston can handle starters minutes. Starting Webster is a no-brainer - and taking the pressure off Beal wouldn't hurt.
I wanted to post something that was data driven so I wanted to include all the numbers. Once the numbers where there, I wanted to walk through the logic of the choices and pairings and see where it lead.
Now that the outline of the data is there, it can more easily get updated to support one view or another.
By the numbers.
As for Livingston handling start minutes why would be be able to ? Besides, Price will get his share of minutes also. Its just about when each gets the minutes and with who.
I see no reason not to try Baron like that. When you go position by position and see what the number tell, it works. Nene and Barron starting gives you what you need in the post. Then Kevin comes in for Nene after 5 minutes and you see how he plays with Baron. If it still works, stay with it, If it isn't, you roll in Okafor.
The key driving force is that Nene has to start but he can't log more then 20 minutes right now. You could start Okafor with Nene but numbers didn't point to that being the better option.
C Min FG % least .500
Barron FG .526 eFG .526 TS% .517 with a Drtg 100 Ast % 6.6 TRB % 19.3 BLK % 1.4
Nene FG .517 eFG .517 TS% .595 with a Drtg 101 Ast % 11.4 TRB % 12.6 BLK % 0.9
Okafor FG .404 eFG .404 TS% .450 with a Drtg 101 Ast % 7.6 TRB % 15.4 BLK % 5.8
Ves FG .433 eFG .433 TS% .406 with a Drtg 105 Ast % 8.6 TRB % 9.9 BLK % 1.9