The way I see it, these 5 guys are our 5 best players, they are our current and future, they have to gel. We can insert Smart or Baynes into the starting lineup to win more games, but if these 5 can not play effectively together, we are doomed.
just because they are the best players does not mean they should all be starting. There is a logjam at the forward position. JT and GH play the same position therefore there is a redundancy. Sit one of them, at this point I do not care who, just stop this positionless basketball bull. Problem is you have these small forward playing means you are undersized at power forward, and to make it worse it kicks Horford who should be your power forward to center. Makes for a rather small front court that gets abused inside. No wonder they are not getting free throws. Small team means no inside game, no inside game means no fouls by opponents. No foul on opponents means no free throws for you, and no foul trouble for opponents. No foul trouble for opponents means you do not get to feed on their bench. You dont get to feed on opponents bench means you are not exploiting your depth advantage.
It is time to get back to fundamental basketball which is still a big man's game. Get a true center or play RGW, put Horford at PF, I really dont care who you start at small forward between Tatum and Hayward as long as you start Tatum, Kyrie at point and Brown at the two should be your starting lineup.
First substitution assuming no early fouls is a wholesale substitution of Smart, Rosier, Hayward, Morris for Kyrie, Brown, Tatum, and Horford.