doclinkin wrote:hands11 wrote:doclinkin wrote:Flip says he'll tend towards a 9-10 player rotation. If I'm guessing:
PG: Gil...Foye...Critt
SG: Miller...Nick...Foye
SF: Caron...Miller...Jamison
PF: Jamison...Dray...McGee
C: Haywood...Dray...McGee
Hard to argue about those rotations but I have heard good things about Nick playing Rip like.
To be clear that guess was as of July. And Flip has been talking a 8-9 player rotation. After training camp, and projecting past the preseason, I'd say it will shake out with a core like so:
PG: Gil ... Foye
SG: Miller ... DSteve
SF: Caron ... Jamison
PF: Jamison ... Blatche
C: Haywood ... Oberto
With a few situational players showing up night to night on a situational basis or as 10 minute per game filler:
PG: James
SG: Nick
SF: Dom
PF: --
C: --
That's the active roster for the early part of the year. Putting McGee and the wounded JCritt on the outside from the outset.
http://www.nba.com/wizards/video/2009/1 ... index.html I just keep hearing more of what I like.
Talking about AJ and whatever position he plays
Sounds like AJ is going to see more SF. And if needed in spot duty I think we will see him all the way out to SG if needed as a spot up 3 shooter. This would be based on injury. If everyone is healthy and you need your best 3 point shooters out there, then what is the line up ? Well have to see how good Nick had gotten.
Gil, Miller, AJ, Nick?
I also like how he is talking 10 players. 8-9 he says is the core but 10 players a game with with the 10th getting about 10mins and no players going more then low 30s for minutes. Music to our ears. No more GA, AJ, CB for 45 minutes. Flip wants his horses fresh for the post season.
I wouldn't count Nick out of anything. He could end up starting.
PG: Gil ... Foye
SG: Nick...DS
SF: Caron ...Miller..DMAC
PF: Jamison ... Blatche ... McGee
C: Haywood ... Oberto
That's 12 players.
That leaves Crit, James.. Thats 14 with one spot open. We could use one more big body for the 15 inactive player. Someone who can play center.
With Foye, NY, DS, Miller, and CB all able to play the SG there is really no reason to have James active. The safest place for NY to blossom is probably right next to Gil. Gil will both keep him in line and cheer him on.
I would expect Miller to get his minutes between SF and SG so DS falls behind that. DS is there if we need to up the D. DMAC is around for the same reason. I'd probably go with
Foye
Miller
DMAC
Blatche
Roberto
I'd put Gil, CB, AJ and Haywood down for 30-34 minutes. NY, Foye, Miller, Blatche, and Berto getting the next tier of consistent minutes, then DS, McGee and DMAC.
But who really knows. We'll have to see how things work out.