Eight Man Rotation

Post #1 » by **NuggetsWY** » Thu Jan 26, 2017 12:57 pm

In the ancient days, most NBA teams played 8 man rotations, at least the top teams usually had 8 players that received the majority of the minutes. If today's Nuggets were to have an 8 man rotation, who would you put in that group?

Malone's top 8 mpg are, in mpg order:
Gallinari
Chandler
Mudiay
Barton
Harris
Jokic
Nelson
Faried

Personally, I'd prefer to add Hernangomez in here, but I have to say that our best 8 might just be:
Jokic
Faried-Arthur
Gallinari-Chandler
Harris
Murray-Mudiay

MidMountain · Post #2 » by **MidMountain** » Thu Jan 26, 2017 2:12 pm

NuggetsWY wrote:
Personally, I'd prefer to add Hernangomez in here, but I have to say that our best 8 might just be:
Jokic
Faried-Arthur
Gallinari-Chandler
Harris
Murray-Mudiay

This highlights a need to get a player that can be an effective backup at the 4/5.

skywalker33 · Post #3 » by **skywalker33** » Thu Jan 26, 2017 4:38 pm

NuggetsWY wrote:In the ancient days, most NBA teams played 8 man rotations, at least the top teams usually had 8 players that received the majority of the minutes. If today's Nuggets were to have an 8 man rotation, who would you put in that group?

Malone's top 8 mpg are, in mpg order:
Gallinari
Chandler
Mudiay
Barton
Harris
Jokic
Nelson
Faried

Personally, I'd prefer to add Hernangomez in here, but I have to say that our best 8 might just be:
Jokic
Faried-Arthur
Gallinari-Chandler
Harris
Murray-Mudiay

What, Beasley doesn't get any love from you too ? :lol:

I have to agree having Murray replace Jameer in an 8-man rotation seems better, provides more versatility. Adding Juancho to make it a 9-man might even be better although Nurkic would get the nod there IMO.

Post #4 » by **NuggetsWY** » Thu Jan 26, 2017 7:16 pm

skywalker33 wrote:
NuggetsWY wrote:In the ancient days, most NBA teams played 8 man rotations, at least the top teams usually had 8 players that received the majority of the minutes. If today's Nuggets were to have an 8 man rotation, who would you put in that group?

Malone's top 8 mpg are, in mpg order:
Gallinari
Chandler
Mudiay
Barton
Harris
Jokic
Nelson
Faried

Personally, I'd prefer to add Hernangomez in here, but I have to say that our best 8 might just be:
Jokic
Faried-Arthur
Gallinari-Chandler
Harris
Murray-Mudiay

What, Beasley doesn't get any love from you too ? I have to agree having Murray replace Jameer in an 8-man rotation seems better, provides more versatility. Adding Juancho to make it a 9-man might even be better although Nurkic would get the nod there IMO.

<sigh> I felt bad about leaving Hernangomez off but much as I would love him in there, Faried & Arthur are both better, at this point. He just needs playing time. Unfortunately, what VERY LITTLE I've seen of Beasley, I think right now he's a great open floor offensive player and could probably play OK with the Nuggets offense but for all of his hustle (a rare thing on the Nuggets), he seems lost on defense. Next year, I might be a believer. If I added a 4th guard, I'd have to make it Barton for now.