Flip's rotation challenges

[Q12543 [enjin:6621299]]

the question I have, how many minutes does each player in that rotation get? I would guess that of the starters, Martin gets the least.

I think Pek, Martin, and Wiggins will get only 25-28 minutes each, with Thad getting around 30-32 and Rubio getting 35+. The reasons are different for each person:

Pek and Martin - To reduce stress and avoid injury.
Wiggins - He's a rookie and we have a gazillion SFs.
Young - He's probably our third best player, therefore deserves a decent amount of minutes, but Flip won't play him too much in order to ensure Bennett gets decent stints on the floor.
Rubio - He's our most important player and entering the prime of his career.

[apollotsg [enjin:6592798]]

I predict:

Rubio 30
Mo 20

Martin 28
Bud 15

Wig 28
Brewer 15

Young 24
Bennett 24

Pec 26
Dieng 20


10 spare that go to whoever is hot that night. I hope Levine/Shabaz can push Brewer/Martin to gain more playing time or even to pass one of them up in the 10 man rotation.

Ideally Shabaz starts to look more like the guy we saw in the last preseason game and Martin gets traded.

[AbeVigodaLive]

How long until the first trade sends out some of that veteran depth?
2nd trade?

[worldK]

A 10 man rotation is the ideal for the team we have. Flip has historically played a 9 man rotation his coaching career but with the makeup of the team, a 10 man rotation makes the most sense.

The 10 that will be regular rotation guys are going to be:

Wiggins/Brew
Thad/AB
Pek/Dieng
Rubio/Mo
Martin/Bud

I can see lavine and bazz getting some time when one of the rotation wings are having an off night depending on matchups but lavine will get the nod ahead of bazz on most occations.

Robbie and turiaf will rotate between being active and inactive while GR3 will mostly be inactive assuming a healthy roster.

Pek will be limited to 25-28mins a game. If dieng plays well, He might get more than half of the mins at center to keep pek fresh. I could see flip sitting pek when we had 3 games in 4 nights with a back to back in there.

Martin will probably be limited to under 30mins a game.

Rubio will get the most mins on the team. probably 35mins a game. I see mo getting 20+ a game by getting the backup pg mins as well as some time at sg as well. Wiggins, brew and bud's mins will be determined by who is playing well and who is not.

Thad and AB will split the pf mins with both playing together at times in small ball matchups.