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Imagine Thunder not trading anyone 'till offseason. What would be your rotation as Head Coach?

Mine would be:

Starting:
G: Westbrook
G: Harden
C: Collison
F: Ibaka
F: Durant

Bench:
G: Maynor
C: Krstic
F: Green

D off Bench: Sefolosha
In-Development minutes: Cole Aldrich.

bbms wrote:Imagine Thunder not trading anyone 'till offseason. What would be your rotation as Head Coach?

Mine would be:

Starting:
G: Westbrook
G: Harden
C: Collison
F: Ibaka
F: Durant

Bench:
G: Maynor
C: Krstic
F: Green

D off Bench: Sefolosha
In-Development minutes: Cole Aldrich.

Starting:
G: Westbrook
G: Harden
C: Collison
F: Ibaka
F: Durant

Bench:
G: Maynor
C: Krstic
F: Green

D off Bench: Sefolosha
In-Development minutes: Cole Aldrich

Love it.

Krstic (24) / Collison (24)
Ibaka (24) / Green (24)
Durant (40) / Green (8)
Harden (32) / Sefolosha (16)
Westbrook (36) / Maynor (12)

Best we can do IMO, with the current players.

slick_watts wrote:Krstic (24) / Collison (24)
Ibaka (24) / Green (24)
Durant (40) / Green (8)
Harden (32) / Sefolosha (16)
Westbrook (36) / Maynor (12)

Best we can do IMO, with the current players.

I like that as a base, but i'd change it slightly

Krstic (22) / Collison (22) /Ibaka (4)
Ibaka (26) / Green (22)
Durant (38) / Green (10)
Harden (32) / Sefolosha (16)
Westbrook (36) / Maynor (12)

I'd want KD having less mins than he currently does and with Green backing him up i believe we wont be so desperate to have him on the floor at all times.

I think Ibaka needs to be getting closer to 30min a night. Throwing him a few mins at C against certain lineups would work for us IMO. Collison and Krystic are really only good in short minutes.

You're probably right re: Durant's minutes. I think the minutes for the front court should remain fluid since we don't have a dominant guy there, so if Krstic is playing well stretch him to 30-ish, if Ibaka is on fire do the same for him.

The key for me is to get Harden into the starting lineup and Green on the bench. We give up fast starts too often and have to dig out of deficits too often. Those early points matter when you're in a close game down the stretch...

bbms wrote:Imagine Thunder not trading anyone 'till offseason. What would be your rotation as Head Coach?

Mine would be:

Starting:
G: Westbrook
G: Harden
C: Collison
F: Ibaka
F: Durant

Bench:
G: Maynor
C: Krstic
F: Green

D off Bench: Sefolosha
In-Development minutes: Cole Aldrich.

Any chance you got this thread idea from my post in the "Let's try this again" thread?