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

Last word is not spoken on this

 

I'm a strong believer in coaches knowing what can and can't be done on court from practice, so if the coaching staff thinks Dmo and TJ aren't ready, then they aren't ready.

 

since TT has been over, Mchale has opened up to a 9 man rotation, MAYBE brooks will make it 10 ?

Howard/ASIK
jones/casspi
parsons/Garcia
harden/Lin
bev/

After Rockets put up 67 points off the bench, their reserves are third in net rating, behind only Miami and San Antonio - feigen

 

Dmo and brewer can be solid contributors too if they were on a different squad. oh and smith too forgot about him. I remember some writer called smith the best backup center in the league last year. The deep end bench is elite.

 

maybe have AB come in at the 2, and Lin as the backup 1.

 

I would agree with adding AB to the rotation.

The Rockets used Lowry, Dragic, KMart and Lee in the Rotation together in 11/12. It worked pretty well as I recall.

Minutes per game were as follows:
Lowry - 32
Martin - 31
Dragic - 26
Lee - 30

Lee and Dragics numbers were inflated due to Lowry's illness that season which caused him to miss a few weeks but they were all in the rotation all season and they all played very well. What I really like is how Lowry and Martin did not have more than 32 minutes a game. Both Lee and Dragic had their minutes augmented when the team went small.

There are 96 minutes between PG and SG for the game If we could limit James minutes to around 32 a game, that would leave 64 minutes to split up between Lin, Bev and AB. That would keep all of them in the rotation and fresh for the end of the season.