Playoff Rotation

Post #1 » by **NuggetsWY** » Thu Mar 30, 2023 9:54 pm

Having watched very few games; I'm wondering about Malone's playoff rotation. Will he go with an 8 man rotation or maybe 9 or 10?

Jokic - Gordon - Porter - Caldwell-Pope - Murray looks like a great starting five.
Bryant & Green as backup bigs?
Brown as backup everywhere but center?
Where does Jackson fit in the playoffs? I like his game and figure him for SF-SG for some time.
How about Cančar & Braun? Do they both get some minutes?

Post #2 » by **THE J0KER** » Thu Mar 30, 2023 11:31 pm

Bryant and Jackson are shockingly poor since come, so playing time of basic 5+1 should be maximized.

C Jokic 36-38
PF Gordon 33-35
SF Porter 33-35
SG KCP 33-35
PG Murray 33-35
6th Brown 30-32

This is 200-210 out of 240 minutes, so the rest of the team should share just about 30-40 minutes altogether IMO.

TunaFish · Post #3 » by **TunaFish** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 12:35 am

THE J0KER wrote:Bryant and Jackson are shockingly poor since come, so playing time of basic 5+1 should be maximized.

C Jokic 36-38
PF Gordon 33-35
SF Porter 33-35
SG KCP 33-35
PG Murray 33-35
6th Brown 30-32

This is 200-210 out of 240 minutes, so the rest of the team should share just about 30-40 minutes altogether IMO.

I have to agree. The rotation is set 1 through 6. After that it depends on the matchup but I think Green, Braun and Nnaji are likely. Bryant and Jackson are going to have to show something to break into this nine man rotation. Cancar is not likely at this point.

I have it as:

C Jokic 36-38
PF Gordon 33-35
SF Porter 33-35
SG KCP 33-35
PG Murray 33-35
6th Brown 30-32
7th through nine, Green, Braun and Nnaji

TunaFish · Post #4 » by **TunaFish** » Thu May 25, 2023 12:25 am

Looks like the consensus was right. The cutoff seems to be at Braun, therefore an eight man rotation.

Manolito · Post #5 » by **Manolito** » Thu May 25, 2023 5:44 am

I think Nnaji could have had some minutes in all series, to guard KAT, Durant and LeBron. We don't know if his shooting is real and if he is a player that can be count on during PO. I think our bench is pretty weak without Brown, and it would have been challenging if LAL series were longer.

But so far so good, just four more wins

TunaFish · Post #6 » by **TunaFish** » Mon May 29, 2023 7:19 pm

Manolito wrote:I think Nnaji could have had some minutes in all series, to guard KAT, Durant and LeBron. We don't know if his shooting is real and if he is a player that can be count on during PO. I think our bench is pretty weak without Brown, and it would have been challenging if LAL series were longer.

But so far so good, just four more wins

I am surprised that Nnaji has not gotten more playing time in the playoffs.