What's up with Bertans?

[Seventyniner]

If Pop makes the moves he needs to make, there's space in the rotation for all 3 of Bertans, Gay and Anderson.

What moves do you mean? Do they involve Kawhi or Anderson playing some 2, splitting Aldridge and Pau to keep one on the court at all times, or playing one of those three guys at the 5 for short stints? If so then I guess you mean trading or benching Mills and benching Forbes, or extending the idea of "the rotation" past 10 players.

Gasol
Aldridge/Anderson/Bertans
Leonard/Gay
Green/Ginobili
Murray/Parker

Something like that?

[MaNu4Tres]

It's one thing to be objectively good, and Bertans has shown that he would be a good 4th big in a rotation. But he has to beat out other guys when the team is healthy. Bertans being good doesn't mean Gay isn't better.

Bertans's poor rebounding and slight frame is a real liability the way this team is constructed, with plenty of minutes at the 5 available but tons of players competing for minutes at the 3 and 4 when Kawhi and Gay are healthy.

And 37% from three isn't good enough for a shooting specialist. League average is 36.1%. As SAGirl has pointed out, he seems to take too many contested shots and shots well behind the line so yeah, he's a better shooter than the numbers would indicate. But 37% is 37%, and I would like to see him work on his shot selection.

When roster is whole, LaMarcus and Pau should be staggering all the minutes at the 5, with them starting 1st and 3rds together for first 4-5 minutes. If this happens, more minutes will open up for Kyle, Rudy, Bertans at the 4/ back up 3.

[spurraider21]

When roster is whole, LaMarcus and Pau should be staggering all the minutes at the 5, with them starting 1st and 3rds together for first 4-5 minutes. If this happens, more minutes will open up for Kyle, Rudy, Bertans at the 4/ back up 3.

that would certainly open things up, but i still think that position is too cluttered. going to be tough to get everybody meaningful minutes.

[DAF86]

What moves do you mean? Do they involve Kawhi or Anderson playing some 2, splitting Aldridge and Pau to keep one on the court at all times, or playing one of those three guys at the 5 for short stints? If so then I guess you mean trading or benching Mills and benching Forbes, or extending the idea of "the rotation" past 10 players.

Gasol
Aldridge/Anderson/Bertans
Leonard/Gay
Green/Ginobili
Murray/Parker

Something like that?

A pretty standard 10 man rotation of:

Murray, Green, Kawhi, Bertans, Aldridge

Mills or Parker (whoever is playing better), Manu, Anderson, Gay, Pau.

[MaNu4Tres]

that would certainly open things up, but i still think that position is too cluttered. going to be tough to get everybody meaningful minutes.

When it counts in the playoffs and when compe ion is tight, I highly doubt more than 9 guys will see more than 5 minutes. Not everyone will be getting time when it matters most.

[SAGirl]

A pretty standard 10 man rotation of:

Murray, Green, Kawhi, Bertans, Aldridge

Mills or Parker (whoever is playing better), Manu, Anderson, Gay, Pau.

Sounds good in paper...
Still it's a travesty to bench Pau and Kyle who have been stalwarts this season and rank among the top 3 players this year. Anderson is subservient to whatever Pop wants to do with him and when Kawhi comes back his minutes were going to go down drastically anyways, still I think he's going to be a factor this year. He has played well against GSW all the way back to last year. He's always streaky with his scoring but man the deflections and steals he gets on Durant, and co... you can't afford to lose that in the playoffs. I don't know how this ends up... but Kyle I think remains a factor for this team.. would not be above believing he starts instead of Bertans IMO.

[r0drig0lac]

What moves do you mean? Do they involve Kawhi or Anderson playing some 2, splitting Aldridge and Pau to keep one on the court at all times, or playing one of those three guys at the 5 for short stints? If so then I guess you mean trading or benching Mills and benching Forbes, or extending the idea of "the rotation" past 10 players.

Gasol
Aldridge/Anderson/Bertans
Leonard/Gay
Green/Ginobili
Murray/Parker

Something like that?

I think

Murray/Parker/Mills
Green/Manu/Mills
Kawhi/Kyle/Manu
Aldridge/Gay/Bertans
Gasol/Aldridge

[DAF86]

What's with the obsession of Keeping Pau on the starting lineup when we know that come playoffs time against the Rockets or Warriors we are going to have to get him come off the bench?