Assuming Ray comes back as is, a healthy AB, and none of them could be traded, how would you divide the playing time at guard among AB, Rondo, Ray, and DA?
To me this is such a tough decision:
AB improved so much last year and is clearly still getting better as a player. His on the ball defense is well documented, and I would even argue that his team defense is elite and has the chance to be all world at the rate he is going. Offensively, he can get his own shot and I think he is going to get a LOT better, although I doubt he'll ever be a great 3 point jump shooter like Ray.
DA in his prime was a 50% shooter, a proven scorer, a pesky defender, and perhaps most importantly he had the size to avoid inevitable defensive mismatches that arise from playing 2 small guys at the same time.
We all know where Ray is at this point in his career...most definetely still a capable part time scorer that would probably thrive in a limited role off the bench.
None of them is a point guard except Rondo. You can get away with AB at the point in small stretches, maybe DA in smaller stretches, but not Ray.
What I would probably do is to start AB and bring DA off the bench as the 6th man. I'd give AB minutes at the point, and DA would get most of the minutes in crunch time/end of game situations. Ray would probably play 5-10 minutes a game in a limited role, but more when specific matchups warranted it.
I thought it was an interesting hypothetical, anyway. What do you guys think?
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