Game 40: Cavs @ Hawks 1/20/2024

[JonFromVA]

Clearly it's time for JBB to grow as a coach.

[JujitsuFlip]

I did also say to cut the minutes of LeVert and Strus. (I'd probably also shave a few minutes off of Garland and Mitchell's loads as well.)

But it isn't like JBB wouldn't try LeVert or Strus at PF for stretches. He did that in the playoffs last year with LeVert and Cedi as the 3/4.

But cut minutes off guys at SF? Again, it's not adding up.

Jb has never tried a guy as tiny as Merrill at PF, because it would be a disaster lol

I wasn't saying to play Merrill at PF, I was saying to play LeVert or Strus as the defender of the other team's PF. Here's a minutes breakdown:

Garland 32/Merrill 16
Mitchell 34/LeVert 14
Strus 20/Okoro 20/LeVert 8
Mobley 20/Wade 10-18/Strus 0-8
Allen 30/Mobley 10/TT 8

In the playoffs we might tighten that up where Mobley and Allen take all of TT's minutes, but unless we're desperate for ballhandling I'd rather cut LeVert's minutes more than Merrill's.

Lmao there's 0% chance they're playing a bunch of dudes outta position to give Merrill minutes.

[JujitsuFlip]

Once healthy, the most likely signature Jb 8 man rotation will be...

Garland 34/Mitchell 14
Mitchell 22/LeVert 26
Strus 33/LeVert 3/Okoro 12
Mobley 16/Niang 22/Okoro 10
Allen 30/Mobley 18

[toooskies]

But cut minutes off guys at SF? Again, it's not adding up.

Jb has never tried a guy as tiny as Merrill at PF, because it would be a disaster lol

I wasn't saying to play Merrill at PF, I was saying to play LeVert or Strus as the defender of the other team's PF. Here's a minutes breakdown:

Garland 32/Merrill 16
Mitchell 34/LeVert 14
Strus 20/Okoro 20/LeVert 8
Mobley 20/Wade 10-18/Strus 0-8
Allen 30/Mobley 10/TT 8

In the playoffs we might tighten that up where Mobley and Allen take all of TT's minutes, but unless we're desperate for ballhandling I'd rather cut LeVert's minutes more than Merrill's.

Lmao there's 0% chance they're playing a bunch of dudes outta position to give Merrill minutes.

The only guy out of position in that rotation is Strus for 0-8 minutes a game. And if they don't want to play him out of position on a certain night (i.e. a bad matchup) they can just play Wade longer.