Good problem to have. If anyone is going to be willing to sacrifice shots it's going to be Horford. I wouldn't be surprised if he averages only 10 PPG or even less this season, and with our depth I think Brad is going to play him around 28 MPG to preserve him for the playoffs.
Last season FG attempts per game:
Kyrie - 18.1 attempts in 32.2 MPG
Brown - 11.5 attempts in 30.7 MPG
Morris - 11.3 attempts in 26.7 MPG
Horford - 10.5 attempts in 31.6 MPG
Tatum - 10.4 attempts in 30.5 MPG
Rozier - 10 attempts in 25.9 MPG
Smart - 9.5 attempts in 29.9 MPG
Baynes - 5.5 attempts in 18.3 MPG
In his final 2 seasons with Utah, Hayward's FG attempts per game have been 15 and 15.8. At least one of Hayward, Tatum, or Kyrie will be on the floor at all times I'm guessing to help anchor the 2nd unit. If it's Hayward, this would be a good way to get him his shots.
Morris ideally would shoot less, as would Rozier. Smart needs to shoot way less than he does and I hope Brad restricts him a bit this year. If they are willing to accept a smaller role in addition to Kyrie hopefully sacrificing a bit of his iso-ball for the good of the team, I think we can have great scoring balance without our vets getting too disgruntled. I think if anyone is going to have a problem it's going to be Morris.
TP.
I broke it down even further.
As a team we shot 85.1 shots per game last year, but because injuries occur the shot attempts per player added all up together comes up higher just over 100 (but we had lots of injuries last year). Games missed where others get more shots always happen. Last year for games missed were Irving 22, Horford 10, Brown 12, Tatum 2, Morris 28, Smart 28, Rozier 2, Baynes 1, and Hayward 81 for a total of 186 games missed for our projected 9 players (left out Theis as he may only get a few shots a game at most). Hopefully it’s less than half that this year, but injuries always occur leaving more shot attempts when it happens. As a result you can project a little higher than the actual shot attempts per game for the team.
With that in mind I looked at these 9 players from last year for shot attempts:
Irving 18.1
Horford 10.5
Tatum 10.4
Brown 11.5
Morris 11.3
Hayward (not counting the 5 minutes he played)
Rozier 10
Smart 9.5
Baynes 5.5
Total 86.8
My projection for this year with Morris:
Irving 16
Horford 8
Tatum 11
Brown 11
Morris 7
Hayward 14
Rozier 9
Smart 7
Baynes 4
Total 87
My projection for this year without Morris:
Irving 17
Horford 8
Tatum 12
Brown 12
Hayward 15
Rozier 10
Smart 8
Baynes 5
Total 87
I included a projection without Morris because the distribution of shots is a little smoother without him. He has his place, but is more of a luxury at this point IMO, and will just take shots away from others maybe more deserving and isn’t that good of a passer.
Edit: Not having Greg Monroe will free up a few more shots as well so that will help with the distribution.