Originally Posted by
ajh18
I'm not sure where this "huge loss of depth" argument comes from. We lost 3 bench players who averaged a total of 56.7 minutes/game this year in Marco, Baynes, and Corey. We lost one starter who averaged 19.8 minutes/game in Splitter. That's a total of 76.5 minutes/game.
We picked up a starter in Aldridge that should average around 32 min/game (he averaged 35.4 last year). I expect to see Patty get around 5 more minutes a game, putting him to about 20/game total. If West gets the same as Diaw, which is 24.5, that takes us down to 15 minutes left to divide among Anderson, Bonner, and whoever else we pick up as a backup small.
We'd still have a solid 9-10 man rotation averaging in double figure minutes. That's more than most teams, and not thin by any stretch. And that's all assuming we don't really add any other veterans of note.