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Put the current roster into three categories:

A. Trust

B. Only Trust When they are Playing Well

C. Do not Trust

For me:

Trust: Conley, Anderson, McDaniels, Ant, Gobert, Towns, maybe Naz

Only when playing well: Prince, MacLaughlin .. maybe Nowell, NAW

Do Not Trust: Rivers, Knight, WMJ, Minott

For the guys in the Trust category, some have playoff experience, some did well last playoffs, all are too important to not risk trusting. The Only category have some hot and cold players, and we’ll need a few of them to have some good games. The top six guys aren’t enough for a playoff rotation, but 8 could work. SloMo might be our backup PG.

Conley
Edwards
McDaniels
Towns
Gobert
Anderson
Prince
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McLaughlin
Reid
Alexander-Walker
Nowell
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Everyone else

Trust - SloMo, Mike, Ant, Jaden, Prince

Trust only if playing well - Rudy, KAT, Mclaughlin, Naz

Don't trust - Nowell, NAW

I put SloMo, Prince & Mike there because they are the vets with the highest IQ players on the floor that can do more than 1 thing well if let's say their offense isn't on for them.

I put Jaden and Ant where they are because they are 2 of our best players that are straight DAWGS, trust them to bring it every single second in the playoffs.

I put Rudy in the second tier because i do not trust his offense and I think teams will try to go small in the playoffs, it is up to Finch and the bigs to use their size to their advantage, so if Rudy isn't being used properly in those situations where he might be targeted, I do not trust it.

I put KAT in the second tier because his low IQ moments where he lets his emotions/ego/pride take over. How many times have we see dumb offensive fouls or horrible screens being set that take him out the game? If he's playing a great game, I trust that the energy of that will help him play a better playoff series, but if he's getting bad fouls early and it's affecting him, I don't know if I trust KAT as the game goes on...but that's just me

Naz & Jmac are energy players; Jmac has high IQ but his lack of offense could make him a liability on the offensive end, same thing with Naz but on the defensive end. If Jmac's offense is on or Naz is crashing boards and not getting lost on switches, i trust them to make an impact.

Nowell is a shot hunter and thirsty to prove himself, a lot of times at the expense of the team. I think on the playoff stage where so much media coverage is on your team, Nowell wants to make a name for himself before free agency, so I think he will put himself before the team.

I don't trust NAW yet because his offense is really bad and he is a willing defender, but he makes a ton of bad mistakes where he can't stop reaching in for fouls..he can still grow into a good player, he's still pretty raw

theGreatRC wrote:Trust - SloMo, Mike, Ant, Jaden, {rince

Trust only if playing well - Rudy, KAT, Mclaughlin, Naz

Don't trust - Nowell, NAW

I put SloMo, Prince & Mike there because they are the vets the highest IQ players on the floor that can do more than 1 thing well if let's say threre offense isn't on for them.

I put Jaden and Ant where they are because they are 2 of our best players that are straight DAWGS, trust them to bring it every single second in the playoffs.

I put Rudy in the second tier because i do not trust his offense and I think teams will try to go small in the playoffs, it is up to Finch and the bigs to use their size to their advantage, so if Rudy isn't being used properly in those situations where he might be targeted, I do not trust it.

I put KAT in the second tier because his low IQ moments where he lets his emotions/ego/pride take over. How many times have we see dumb offensive fouls or horrible screens being set that take him out the game? If he's playing a great game, I trust that the energy of that will help him play a better playoff series, but if he's getting bad fouls early and it's affecting him, I don't know if I trust KAT as the game goes on...but that's just me

Naz & Jmac are energy players; Jmac has high IQ but his lack of offense could make him a liability on the offensive end, same thing with Naz but on the defensive end. If Jmac's offense is on or Naz is crashing boards and not getting lost on switches, i trust them to make an impact.

Nowell is a shot hunter and thirsty to prove himself, a lot of times at the expense of the team. I think on the playoff stage where so much media coverage is on your team, Nowell wants to make a name for himself before free agency, so I think he will put himself before the team.

I don't trust NAW yet because his offense is really bad and he is a willing defender, but he makes a ton of bad mistakes where he can't stop reaching in for fouls..he can still grow into a good player, he's still pretty raw

I agree with your takes