Funny enough, the players that may effect Williams' playing time the most are the group of Semi Ojeleye, Grant Williams and whichever of Hayward or Tatum that end up playing against PFs. If Grant Williams or Semi Ojeleye can give this team a credible 24 minutes a game as a PF, and Hayward/Tatum are at least okay at PF, Timelord's minutes disappear as Kanter and Theis will eat up most of the center minutes.
But if GWilliams and Semi can't give this team quality minutes at PF, and Theis needs to be used a lot there, then a bunch of rotation minutes could open up for Poirier or Timelord.
I am expecting about the same amount of games played and minutes played as last year, maybe as much as 350-400 total minutes if he has an increase. But he won't get as many DNP-CDs as he will spend more time in Maine than last year. I think the team has admitted they couldn't get TL to Maine enough last year because of the lack of big men and injuries. That changes this year.