Starting lineup and bench rotation
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Starting lineup and bench rotation
What lineup would you rather see start? Its a given Tyreke and Cousins are going to start, what 3 would you rather see w/ those 2? Who comes off the bench and who gets squeezed out of the rotation?
I think the bench looks very dangerous with Thornton and Thomas as opposed to those 2 starting. When you can bring in 2 scorers and sparkplugs like Thornton and IT off your bench you change the entire dynamic of the game. Then with JJ/TRob/Hayes up front you have 3 high motor high energy guys who are going to run the floor hard, defend, rebound and outwork everyone on the court.
For the starters I'd prefer:
Brooks
Tyreke
Salmons
Thompson
Cousins
and the bench:
IT
Thornton
Johnson
Robinson
Hayes
with the remaining 2 roster spots to Jimmer and Garcia.
I think the bench looks very dangerous with Thornton and Thomas as opposed to those 2 starting. When you can bring in 2 scorers and sparkplugs like Thornton and IT off your bench you change the entire dynamic of the game. Then with JJ/TRob/Hayes up front you have 3 high motor high energy guys who are going to run the floor hard, defend, rebound and outwork everyone on the court.
For the starters I'd prefer:
Brooks
Tyreke
Salmons
Thompson
Cousins
and the bench:
IT
Thornton
Johnson
Robinson
Hayes
with the remaining 2 roster spots to Jimmer and Garcia.
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same as you but switch salmons and james johnson..also hope trob and jt flip flop close to half way through the season because that means trob would be impressing the coaching staff quite a bit.
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Salmons just doesn't fit on this team... he did fine last year when he came off the bench and was the lead guard, but in both those lineups he would have to be a SF.

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ADoaN17 wrote:Salmons just doesn't fit on this team... he did fine last year when he came off the bench and was the lead guard, but in both those lineups he would have to be a SF.
Salmons can play SF just fine. He can play a point forward role with the starters bringing playmaking and ballhandling to help out Tyreke and can look to score if defenses focus on Cousins/Tyreke/Brooks.
He's undersized against the bigger SFs, but thats where JJ comes in. I see those 2 along w/ Tyreke getting majority of minutes at SF.
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sackings916 wrote:ADoaN17 wrote:Salmons just doesn't fit on this team... he did fine last year when he came off the bench and was the lead guard, but in both those lineups he would have to be a SF.
Salmons can play SF just fine. He can play a point forward role with the starters bringing playmaking and ballhandling to help out Tyreke and can look to score if defenses focus on Cousins/Tyreke/Brooks.
He's undersized against the bigger SFs, but thats where JJ comes in. I see those 2 along w/ Tyreke getting majority of minutes at SF.
Salmons was simply terrible @ SF last year.
I much rather have Johnson @ SF than Salmons.
And no to Reke @ SF experiment. He should get his bulk of his minutes @ SG.
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I'd give my whole salary to never see Salmons on the court for the Kings.
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Don't see how a zone doesn't make things hard on a Reke/JJ combo but you have to start Johnson at SF....or PF. Still think he's the matchup nightmare Donte was supposed to be there plus he can rebound. I think this team is going to regret signing JT to that deal. If Robinson is supposedly going to be a top 8 defender you start him. JT is having hard time finding ways to produce so far with this new team and isn't adding a whole lot on the defensive end. I'd like to see JT used for his spot up shooting ability if he's going to start, he's under utilized in that aspect.
My preferred lineup is:
PG: Evans (had one of the best pick and rolls with Cousins I've seen out of any Kings guard with Cuz last game)
SG: Thornton
SF: Johnson
PF: Robinson
C: Cousins
That's enough talent to make it interesting in a super team era.
My preferred lineup is:
PG: Evans (had one of the best pick and rolls with Cousins I've seen out of any Kings guard with Cuz last game)
SG: Thornton
SF: Johnson
PF: Robinson
C: Cousins
That's enough talent to make it interesting in a super team era.
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for me it'll have to be:
IT
Evans
JJ
Trob
Cousins
bench
Brooks/Jimmer
Thornton
Salmons/Cisco
Hayes
JT
IT
Evans
JJ
Trob
Cousins
bench
Brooks/Jimmer
Thornton
Salmons/Cisco
Hayes
JT
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SacKingZZZ wrote:Don't see how a zone doesn't make things hard on a Reke/JJ combo but you have to start Johnson at SF....or PF. Still think he's the matchup nightmare Donte was supposed to be there plus he can rebound. I think this team is going to regret signing JT to that deal. If Robinson is supposedly going to be a top 8 defender you start him. JT is having hard time finding ways to produce so far with this new team and isn't adding a whole lot on the defensive end. I'd like to see JT used for his spot up shooting ability if he's going to start, he's under utilized in that aspect.
My preferred lineup is:
PG: Evans (had one of the best pick and rolls with Cousins I've seen out of any Kings guard with Cuz last game)
SG: Thornton
SF: Johnson
PF: Robinson
C: Cousins
That's enough talent to make it interesting in a super team era.
Just cant see that team being successful offensively. Not enough basketball IQ, facilitators or shooters for it to work.
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On second thought I'd like to see Hayes start at PF next to Cousins. I dont think we saw enough of those 2 playing together last season. Hayes can be a perfect role player for the starters as a facilitator and going against the opponents starters guarding their best big.
This gives the team more size off the bench with Thompson/Robinson instead of an undersized Hayes/Robinson. Both Thompson and Robinson will also have more advantages going against bench bigs as opposed to starters full time. Any one of the 3 out of Hayes/Thompson/Robinson/JJ can finish the game up front next to Cousins depending on matchups and who's playing better.
Cousins/Thompson
Hayes/Robinson/Johnson
Salmons/Johnson/Tyreke
Tyreke/Thornton
Brooks/Isaiah/Jimmer
This gives the team more size off the bench with Thompson/Robinson instead of an undersized Hayes/Robinson. Both Thompson and Robinson will also have more advantages going against bench bigs as opposed to starters full time. Any one of the 3 out of Hayes/Thompson/Robinson/JJ can finish the game up front next to Cousins depending on matchups and who's playing better.
Cousins/Thompson
Hayes/Robinson/Johnson
Salmons/Johnson/Tyreke
Tyreke/Thornton
Brooks/Isaiah/Jimmer
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sackings916 wrote:SacKingZZZ wrote:Don't see how a zone doesn't make things hard on a Reke/JJ combo but you have to start Johnson at SF....or PF. Still think he's the matchup nightmare Donte was supposed to be there plus he can rebound. I think this team is going to regret signing JT to that deal. If Robinson is supposedly going to be a top 8 defender you start him. JT is having hard time finding ways to produce so far with this new team and isn't adding a whole lot on the defensive end. I'd like to see JT used for his spot up shooting ability if he's going to start, he's under utilized in that aspect.
My preferred lineup is:
PG: Evans (had one of the best pick and rolls with Cousins I've seen out of any Kings guard with Cuz last game)
SG: Thornton
SF: Johnson
PF: Robinson
C: Cousins
That's enough talent to make it interesting in a super team era.
Just cant see that team being successful offensively. Not enough basketball IQ, facilitators or shooters for it to work.
If you look at the vast core and beyond of your current roster and say it can't work for those reasons then as a GM you've got work to do. My feeling is you have to at least see if it works because if not, time to start putting a real TEAM together.
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Johnson has to play SF. No Salmons. At least not starting. And I don't give the starting PF spot to TRob just yet either even though I think later in the season he'd take it.
IT/Brooks/Jimmer
Tyreke/Thorton
Johnson/Tyreke/Salmons/Garcia
Hayes/TRob/Thompson
Cousins/Thompson
IT/Brooks/Jimmer
Tyreke/Thorton
Johnson/Tyreke/Salmons/Garcia
Hayes/TRob/Thompson
Cousins/Thompson
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Looks like the starting lineup is:
Thomas/Brooks/Jimmer
Evans/Thornton/Garcia
Johnson/Salmons/Outlaw
Thompson/TRob
Cousins/Hayes
Smart said the lineup he used in today's Laker game would probably be the starters.
I really like that lineup. The focus of the offense can be Cousins/Evans with 3 solid role players next to them. Thornton/Brooks/TRob will also provide a LOT of offense off the bench. Hopefully Thornton is fine with his bench role.
The bench is actually pretty small tho.
Thomas/Brooks/Jimmer
Evans/Thornton/Garcia
Johnson/Salmons/Outlaw
Thompson/TRob
Cousins/Hayes
Smart said the lineup he used in today's Laker game would probably be the starters.
I really like that lineup. The focus of the offense can be Cousins/Evans with 3 solid role players next to them. Thornton/Brooks/TRob will also provide a LOT of offense off the bench. Hopefully Thornton is fine with his bench role.
The bench is actually pretty small tho.

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ADoaN17 wrote:Looks like the starting lineup is:
Thomas/Brooks/Jimmer
Evans/Thornton/Garcia
Johnson/Salmons/Outlaw
Thompson/TRob
Cousins/Hayes
Smart said the lineup he used in today's Laker game would probably be the starters.
I really like that lineup. The focus of the offense can be Cousins/Evans with 3 solid role players next to them. Thornton/Brooks/TRob will also provide a LOT of offense off the bench. Hopefully Thornton is fine with his bench role.
The bench is actually pretty small tho.
Smart backtracked on that, said something like he said it out of frustration. Im fine with that lineup, other than Hayes over Thompson. Still think his defense against the other teams best big man would be valuable. Hayes/James Johnson/Tyreke is a good defensive trio.
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I wonder how Brooks and MT23 feel about coming off the bench now. Can't think that Brooks signed with us just to come off the bench.

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ADoaN17 wrote:Looks like the starting lineup is:
Thomas/Brooks/Jimmer
Evans/Thornton/Garcia
Johnson/Salmons/Outlaw
Thompson/TRob
Cousins/Hayes
I love this lineup. Brooks should know he's not coming here as the designated starter.
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I just read somewhere that you've been chasing Brooks for almost 5 years, is there any truth to this... and if so...wouldn't he be the starter?
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loot wrote:I just read somewhere that you've been chasing Brooks for almost 5 years, is there any truth to this... and if so...wouldn't he be the starter?
Petrie has always had a thing for Brooks, I've read somewhere that he's been targeting him for awhile now. Petrie however doesn't set the starting lineup which is why you see Thomas starting over him. Smart wants Thomas to be the leader of this team, and quite frankly he deserves to start after what he did last season.
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Salmons is returning to the team today.
Hopefully he can play well off the bench like last year.
Hopefully he can play well off the bench like last year.
