as with those 9 current guys we've really got no shot anyway.

Thoughts?

I think Dooling is fine as the last guard of the rotation. Of the guards left on the team, he's the best defender, he can play both positions, he's best at going to the basket and in the open floor, and is probably the best shooter though he has been in a terrible shooting slump from outside over the last couple weeks.

I'm fine with this rotation. If they can move O'Neal, Daniels, and/or one of the young guys for a real life center that could make it a ten man rotation, that would be even better.

Quote from: Evantime34 on March 04, 2012, 10:05:16 PM

I expect a trade to bring someone who will be added to that group

Absolutely. I don't think Wilcox, Bass and KG is enough as a big man rotation when considering you'd play KG 33 minutes in the playoffs, probably Bass around 30 and you don't want Wilcox up near 30, probably closer to 20. They need 15 minutes out of either JO or somebody they manage to acquire. Obviously, Odom or Kaman would be ideal here if we are dreaming. We'd all like Johnson to step up, but he clearly doesn't have Doc's trust yet.

At the 1, you've got 38 minutes for Rondo and 10 for Bradley. Pretty straightforward, I think. At the 2 and 3, you can get away with 36 for Pierce and Ray and 20 for Pietrus, and throw Dooling out there if someone needs a break.

So right now I'm seeing 1-3 as pretty manageable with our current roster, although lacking in quality depth, but missing a big man. Either way, I'd expect to see some sort of deal to fill in the blanks unless Wilcox proves worthy of 30 minutes or Johnson steps up. That's an 8-man rotation, although I guess Dooling can take up some 1/2 minutes as well. Either way, it leaves no space for any sort of injury in the top 9.

Quote from: snively on March 04, 2012, 11:40:55 PM

Gotta upgrade the Dooling and Bass roles to be a contender.  Bass is fine as a 7th man, but not as a starter, 5th best guy on a contender.  Dooling isn't good enough to be in a serious playoff rotation at this point.

I'd love to see a JO/Dooling/pick for Odom/Beaubois deal.

Eh, I think Bass is fine in his current role and disagree that he can't be the 5th or 6th best player on a contender. He's better or at least as good as Haslem, anybody on the Lakers outside of their three, etc. It'd be nice to have him be the 6th or 7th best player on the team but upgrades for JO and Dooling seem more pressing to me.