Kevin McHale: I'd like to get a rotation of 9, maybe 10 guys

Ok so let say it's 10 guys what 10?

Lin/Bev
Harden/Garcia
Parsons/Casspi?
Jones/D-mo?
Howard/Asik

 

Yes. That list. Although not necessarily with the depth chart in that exact order.

A ten-man rotation would make sense because every guy you just listed is either guaranteed a spot in the rotation, or is playing really well in the preseason/training camp.

 

Exactly. No other 10 that I know of. It's a solid 9 with Garcia; however you really do have to include Casspi if he keeps playing the way he is; and so that makes 10.

 

I think one of Jones or D-mo will either be out, or have very reduced minutes.

 

forsure Casspi has earned himself some mins at the start of the season but I wonder if he is more likely to play the 4? Which it seems like hes been a strech 4 all most all the time during the preseason games

 

Or

Lin/Bev
Harden/brewer
Parsons/Garcia or Casspi
Jones or DMO (one goes to d league)/ Garcia or Casspi
Howard/Asik

 

There is also Greg Smith, who most likely has a secure roster spot unless there was a trade.

I could see him playing the back-up PF spot if Jones and D-Mo are still not ready in the regular season.

Garcia is guaranteed minutes, not sure about Casspi yet since he could be on a hot-streak.

 

Asik 25 mins
Beverly 25 mins
Casspi 15-20 mins
garcia - 10-12 mins
Jones and Dmo - 15-20 mins each

 

San Antonio had pretty deep rotations last year.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SAS/2013.html

 

love this for the fact of preseving the guys thru the 82 game grind, and also for the fact that mchale acknowledges that there's that much talent on the roster.

 

PG: Lin/Beverly
SG: Harden/Garcia
SF: Parsons/Casspi
PF: Dmo/ (Parsons or Casspi plays minutes at PF also)
C: Dwight/ Asik

I just think Motiejunas has been consistently playing well on both ends for us. Jones is the flashy shot blocker, but his help defense needs quite a bit of work.

 

Honestly idk about Greg Smith Im not so sure his roster spot is 100% guaranteed

who knows though Im judging way to much on the little bit of him I saw

 

Bev(29)/Lin(19)
Harden(37))/Lin(11)
Parsons(36)/Garcia(12)
Dmo(18)/Casspi(20)/Howard(10)
Howard(25)/Asik(23)

Harden 37
Howard 35
Parsons 36
Lin 30
Bev 29
Asik 23
Casspi 20
Dmo 18
Garcia 12

I think this is the 8 1/2 - 9 man rotation they start the year with.

Obviously they have to figure out who starts at PG. There's also still a possibility that Jones beats out Dmo.

One thing to note is that out of all the practice footage and all the ingame minutes, Casspi has played 100% of his time as a Rocket at the PF spot. With Dwight playing some minutes there as well, there is unlikely to be time for both Jones and Dmo. Not to mention, they are simply not good enough to occupy 20% of a would-be contender's rotation.

I also think that Brewer will eventually take Garcia's spot. Brewer has played very well so far, showing a knack for passing and being in the right spots, in addition to his defense. I will say that Garcia is the better fit on this team due to his 3pt shooting, but Brewer has always been the better player and helps you win more games.

 

Yes, for me D-Mo and Casspi are the most pleasant surprises.

And if BAABB is right, and they are going to split the non-stretch, non-twin-towers minutes at the four 22 to 6, then I think Jones is going to be at the end of the rotation getting the six minutes.

(And BAABB seems often to be right.)

 

9-man rotations are pretty standard during the regular season. 10 isn't the norm, but not totally uncommon, either. Sorta depends on how good/deep your team is.

Popovich quite often plays 10, sometimes more, because, well, he can.

What I think we'll see to start the year is a regular 10 man rotation that may get reduced to a 9-man rotation against some (better) teams.

 

As much as I like Asik, there's no way he's playing more than 20 MPG. I just don't see Howard and Asik on the floor together at all.

 

So does that mean our bench is deep?