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Maybe we can turn Hill/Blair into a legit big or productive wing via trade.
Who starts and who sits? How do the minutes spread out amongst everybody? How will the lineups change throughout a shortened season? Will Bonner start getting the 30 MPG he deserves?
Maybe we can turn Hill/Blair into a legit big or productive wing via trade.
Does it matter?
Bonner is gonna average 30 mpg anyway
Starters-
Parker
Ginobili
Anderson
Duncan
Splitter
Bench-
Hill
Neal
Random 7 footer
Don't give up.
We should just go with the same lineup! It was good enough to win 60 games; the threes just didn't fall in the playoffs.
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It's not that different from what the Mavs did this year.We should just go with the same lineup! It was good enough to win 60 games; the threes just didn't fall in the playoffs.
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You mean PPG, right?
If the team stays the same (doubtful with the hints about trying to build through trade this offseason), it'd probably look something like this:
Starting Lineup:
TP
Manu
Anderson
Duncan
Splitter
Reserves:
Bigs: Bonner, Blair, RJ, Reynolds (or other random 7 foot garbage time prosepct player)
Wings: Neal, Hill, RJ
pg: Hill, random 3rd stringer
So basically, a 10 man rotation of pretty much the same players, just a little reorganized.
Although I expect Blair and either TP or Hill to be traded.
Parker
Manu
Jefferson
Duncan
Splitter
2nd unit
Hill
Neal
Anderson
Bonner
Blair
Butler and our 29th pick are going to get garbage minutes and Green is going to be waived.
Pop is that you?
From what I've read were looking for an athletic 4, pop and rc seemed to both hint that Duncan and splitter won't play together because there's no floor spacing. So with that...
Parker
Anderson
Jefferson(hopefully gone though, he has lebron 4th mentality, except for the whole game)
Athletic pf
Duncan
Gh3
Manu
Butler/green/Earl Clark(please!)
Blair
Splitter
Bonner and Neal play spot minutes when we need a spark/3pt shooting.
Jefferson is not going to like coming off the bench. He might ask for a trade.
From the preliminary rumblings from the FO, changes will probably be made. But if I had to start assigning roles right now I would go with
Duncan
Blair (only because of the turd-tower limitation)
Jefferson
Manu
Hill (I think Hill would be more confident as a starter, and in some ways a better fit to the starting lineup than Parker)
Parker (as I've said before Parker would be a great bench scorer. Spurs version of Jason Terry)
Neal
Green/Anderson
Splitter
Bonner
RJ suck ude factor + 2nd year in Spurs factor + pre-injury Anderson's play = Anderson should be ahead of RJ by the time the season starts.
Anderson is pretty much the same player as RJ, just younger, more eager, and without the proven chokiness.
Anderson hasn't proven anything.
even if RJ goes to the bench, what makes you think he'll start ahead of Hill or even Neal?
or Green even lmao
See above. Anderson has a skill-set that wouldn't require tweaking of the offense for the swap-out to be made. RJ has proven to get worse as the season gets more serious, and last year Pop gave opportunities to a lot of unproven players.
Neal is too much of a black hole to be a regular starter.
Hill will not be on the floor with Manu and Parker much. That's too many people who are best with the ball in their hands. If Hill starts, either Manu or Parker goes to the bench (preferably Manu, since Parker usually plays best early in games/halves, and Manu late).
Splitter hasn't proven anything either, but you're not complaining about how many people expect him to start. It's all subjective and guesswork, so who cares, anyway.
Duncan
?
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Manu
Hill
It's all about fit IMO.
Parker / Neal bench duo would be much better than Hill / Neal. Just like the Parker / RMJ bench duo was effective in stretches back in '09. And I think can safely conclude that Neal > RMJ.
The Hill / Manu / Jefferson starting lineup is also superior because it means more touches and playmaking from Manu and it also means Richard Jefferson is more active offensively which is always good for his game. Hill also plays with a ton more confidence when he starts which is another big plus. It's a win/win/win all around IMO.
I think Splitter might start out of necessity but I'm not complaining him or about your notion that Anderson will start. I'm just wondering where you are getting this notion from.
If the season goes all 82 games, I very much doubt that JA gets more than 5 starts. It makes absolutely no sense to me anyone would think otherwise.
Quite true about Splitter. Unless the Spurs trade/sign someone else, I don't think you have a choice.
Why? Before his injury last year, he was playing very well for a rookie. Granted that was early season, but he never really got much of a shot after he recovered. RJ looked to be getting solidly entrenched in the doghouse at the end of the regular season, and especially in the playoffs, so a change at that position wouldn't be unheard of. Like I said, I can't see Hill starting with both Manu and Parker, and I can't see Neal being a regular starter, so Anderson was basically my defacto choice.
I'd honestly like to see the starting lineup of Parker/Hill/Anderson/Duncan/Splitter. I honestly expect to see Parker/Manu/RJ/Timmy/Splitter(/Blair/Bonner all getting starts).
that's what I expect to see as well to start the season.
There are several obvious (and not so obvious) reasons Anderson won't be starting. The least of which is Anderson is not a small forward and cannot be expected to guard guys like Anthony, Artest, Gerald Wallace, Durant, & so forth with practically zero nba experience under his belt.
Danny Green would have better chance of starting IMHO.
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