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2. Rotations and minutes for each player
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wackbone wrote:

MadNess wrote:

PG: James Harden (37) | Patrick Beverley (11) | LeBron James
SG: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (29) | Patrick Beverley (19) | Matisse Thybulle
SF: Paul George (37) | KCP (2) | Matisse Thybulle (9)
PF: LeBron James (37) | Paul George | Matisse Thybulle (11)
Cc: Rudy Gobert (36) | Dwight Howard (12) | LeBron James



19’-20’ LeBron James 19.4 FGA MVP (2) | Champ
23’-24’ Paul George 16.7 FGA All Star | 43% 3’s
19’-20’ James Harden 22.3 FGA MVP (3) | All NBA 1
20’-21’ Rudy Gobert 8.2 FGA DPOY | NBA 3
19’-20’ Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 7.3 FGA Champ
19’-20’ Patrick Beverley 6.7 FGA All NBA D 2
21’-22’ Dwight Howard 3.7 FGA
20’-21’ Matisse Thybulle 3.7 FGA All NBA D 2

Total: 88.0 | 88.0

KCP & Bev on SGA
Harden on Dort
PG13 on Tatum
Bron on Green
Gobert on Bam

2 excellent defenders for SGA
Bron stays fresh for offense
We can hide Harden on Dort

Bron will eat Draymond alive

We will attack the Bron/Harden P&R

Great match up, but Bron, Harden, PG is just too
Much

Vote NESS

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander - 2025 - 21.8 FGA - MVP, All-NBA 1st, All-Star, 10th in DPOY (led league in DWS), 37.5 3P% on 5.7 att
Jayson Tatum - 2024 - 19.3 FGA - 6th in MVP, All-NBA 1st, All-Star, 37.6 3P% on 8.2 att
Bam Adebayo - 2021 - 12.5 FGA - 4th in DPOY, All-Def 2nd, Best Advanced Stats of Career
Lu Dort - 2025 - 8.4 FGA - 4th in DPOY, All-Def 1st, 41.2 3P% on 5.8 att
Joe Ingles - 2021 - 8.4 FGA - 2nd in 6MOY, 45.1 3P% on 6.1 att
Austin Reaves - 2023 - 7.7 FGA - 7th in 6MOY, 39.8 3P% on 3.4 att
Draymond Green - 2022 - 5.6 FGA - All-Star, 10th in DPOY, All-Def 2nd, Best Advanced Stats since 2020
Luke Kornet - 2025 - 3.8 FGA - .246 WS/48, 19.6 PER
Total: 87.5/88 FGA

Rotation:
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (38) / Austin Reaves (10)
Lu Dort (30) / Austin Reaves (18)
Jayson Tatum (38) / Joe Ingles (10)
Draymond Green (30) / Joe Ingles (18)
Bam Adebayo (38) / Luke Kornet (10)

Writeup:
Helluva team as always, Ness. Best of luck!

Defensively we will start with SGA on KCP, Dort on Harden, Tatum on PG, Draymond on LeBron, and Bam on Gobert.

I think we match up really well defensively. Dort matches up physically with Harden almost perfectly. Draymond is one of the best defenders of the generation and will do an admirable job on LeBron. Yes, he's then not getting to utilize his help defense as much, but thankfully we also have Bam on Gobert who is a limited offensive threat and allows Bam to fairly freely protect the rim.

Ness has several great defenders. Our bread and butter in this matchup is going to be the SGA+Bam two man game, making Gobert defend out in space which has really exposed him defensively in the playoffs in recent years. There have been many times Gobert has been benched in the playoffs when matching up with guys in a similar ilk to SGA who have a high enough BBIQ to put him in uncomfortable positions. We then ALSO have Tatum to keep his wings honest. Dort/Ingles are trailing 3-point threats. Draymond/Reaves offer additional playmaking. Reaves offers an additional scoring threat.

Ness has a decent bench but Reaves and Ingles are far and away the two best bench players here, both offering the most offensive value and also both in contention for 6MOY in the chosen season. Given the chosen seasons, I prefer my big three over his (SGA/Tatum/Bam vs LBJ/Harden/PG) and my main supporting cast over his (Dort/Draymond/Reaves/Ingles vs KCP/Gobert/Beverley/Thybulle).

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