LightTheBeam wrote:OxAndFox wrote:Was good to hear Luke Loucks talk about what they're working on with Keegan. Getting some wiggle in his game. It will help him defend the top wings better and also expand his offensive game.
This is where I see the rotation. Not sure they go and get another 5. Len played well when given minutes so when you need the size put him in, otherwise go small.
On a regular night, I would think something like below: It's still a 10-man rotation which Brown went with much of the time last season.
Sabonis (34)/Lyles (14)/Len (0)
Barnes (20)/Vezenkov (22)/Keegan (4)/Lyles (2)/Edwards (0)
Keegan (26)/Barnes (6)/Duarte (12)/Huerter (4)
Huerter (26)/Monk (14)/Mitchell (4)Jones (0)
Fox (33)/Mitchell (15)/Dozier (0)
Monk getting 14 minutes would shock me. He got 22 last season, and I think proved his worth in the postseason. He will probably always be a 22-24mpg guy with us, He's the kind of guy when he's on he gets 30, and when he's off he gets 15.
My guess in the most simplistic way
Sabonis - 34
Barnes - 28
Keegan - 32
Lyles - 16
Sasha - 16
Huerter - 29
Monk - 24
Mitchell - 18
Fox - 33
Obviously this will change game to game, but this leaves 10 minutes. Those minutes will either go to Duarte or Len depending on the matchup. I think when we play Memphis, Lakers, Denver, (bigger teams) we will end up using Len. But if we play someone like OKC, Clippers, Mavericks, we will use Duarte.
Really a very similar distribution to last year, slight decrease for Barnes, slight increase for Keegan. Sasha taking all the random TD/Edwards minutes.
Oops. Mucked that one up. Could see Monk playing some PG.
Sabonis (34)/Lyles (14)/Len (0)
Barnes (20)/Vezenkov (22)/Keegan (4)/Lyles (2)/Edwards (0)
Keegan (26)/Barnes (6)/Duarte (6)/Huerter (10)
Huerter (20)/Monk (18)/Mitchell (6)/Duarte (4)/Jones (0)
Fox (32)/Mitchell (12)/Monk (4)/Dozier (0)
I don't believe Vezenkov is coming over for under 20mpg. Not saying they would have promised him that, but the discussions would have been around a significant role. Maybe they temper minutes at the start, but I can't see him being happy with 16mpg.
That is what Lyles played last season. He is a better player than him. He is more of a streaky shooter, but in terms of fitting with Sabonis, Monte got two absolutely PERFECT fits for this offense. Sasha and Duarte. The cutting is going to be sublime. With how quick Sasha's release is, it's going to open things up even more.
For Duarte, I will even say I wouldn't be surprised if he moved into the starting line-up by the end of the season if he can stay healthy.