Scalabrine wrote:davidv2001 wrote:If I were Mike Brown, I’d be figuring out a way to convince DeRozan to accept a sixth man role averaging 30 minutes a game. Then, I’d start Fox-Ellis-Monk-Murray-Sabonis and allow DeRozan to be the bench creator getting the majority of his minutes when Sabonis is on the bench.
Why do you think that this would be better?
These bench Derozan posts are so strange to me. It's not like they wouldn't play together. They'd still be sharing the floor for 20+ mpg like they are now. They'd still be finishing games like they are now. He's not a perfect fit, but he's still better than any other option they have.
DeRozan and Sabonis cannot share the floor together for extended periods of time. Neither are willing to shoot threes nor defend their position well. DeRozan needs to be on the floor with Fox and three other shooters and as little as possible with Sabonis.