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

I was speaking in terms of running the floor, but yes, he has good court vision (most 7+ footers do) and passed well down court.

 

They haven't tried this out in preseason yet regarding Asik. Hope he come back to play soon.

If this work out and Asik gets to start I think he will stay with Rockets.

But in honor to Howard, the PR would probably call Asik PF or kinda gloss over it.. :grin:

 

Garcia was never terrible. Stuck on the Sacramento Kings. He got overpaid in his last contract, and moved to a reserve role.

He shot 39% from 3 straight seasons playing ~ 26min per game before Tyreke Evans became the PG for the Kings. He was 38.6% last year for the Rockets and 37.6% from 3s overall (including with the Kings).

And over 1 blk per 36min for his career, which is very high for a SG.

He'll play. He's the only veteran perimeter player we've got off the bench (I don't think Brooks will get meaningful minutes barring an injury to Lin or Beverley)

 

Garcia definitely should be in the rotation.

 

Its cant wait for the game!

 

I would try 9/10 to keep guys locked in and to push the pace as much as possible.

 

Lin got 32 minutes/game last year -- I see that going to 28min/game or less with all this stuff about Beverley being the starter. And then Lin fans complaining about minutes and usage. There's NO way Lin is getting 36 minutes a game.

 

ummm... no

 

well, nothing works as planned as we are bound to face some injuries

thats when the mins and usage changes. we have alot of interachangeable pieces so i am pretty confident this year as long as Mchale doesnt screw things up

 

If Casspi keeps this up, I see him and Parsons getting most back-up minutes at teh 4 spot with D-Mo starting and TJ out of rotation. These are pretty much a lock:

Lin / Bev
Harden / Garcia
Parsons / Casspi
D-Mo
Howard / Asik

 

Lin/Bev
Harden/Garcia/Casspi
Parsons/Casspi
Jones/DMo
Howard/Asik

I wouldn't be surprised if we saw some points in the season where Garcia was getting limited minutes. It would be more beneficial to have him fresh and healthy once playoffs began.

 

I love all the options that are available for the rotation, but boy do I wish we would have found a way to keep Delfino (even if it meant no Garcia). He's the bench scorer that I feel that were lacking at the moment.

 

Delfino was good but he was just a high volume chucker for a bench player. Garcia and Cassippi will more than cover for him.

 

Lin/Bev
Harden/Garcia
Parsons/Casspi
DMo/Casspi
Howard/Asik

Is the line up I would suggest, if Casspi bulk up a bit and play well this season, he might get the starting PF nod.

 

I think it's probably a 9-man rotation, with one of Jones or Dmo being the odd man out most nights.

Bev/Lin
Harden/Lin/Garcia
Parsons/Garcia
Jones/Dmo/Casspi
Howard/Asik

 

The rotation will change throughout the season based on matchups.

 

It's tough cuz it does look like it'll be a 10 man rotation with casspi Garcia and whoever isn't starting between jones and dmo along with asik and bev; and what we really need is jones or dmo to step up and separate himself from the other but my guess is they will remain inconsistent and it'll be hard to allocate their pt

 

Lin/Bev - 48
Harden/Lin - 48
Parsons/Garcia/Harden - 43?
Parsons/Dwight - 24?
Dwight/Asik - 48

I see this as our core seven man rotation that takes up the vast majority of minutes.

There is a sort of logjam in the backup forward spots. I think there are only five to ten minutes of the SF going to Brewer; I like him but it would be hard to get him on the floor much, and I like Garcia more. Depending on matchups and improvements made, the PF minutes of around 24 would be divided between TJ, DMo, Greg Smith and Casspi. I can see 12 for Casspi at the beginning because of his shooting abilities and 12 for DMo because of his activeness and post scoring. TJ and Smith could get better in D-League and will contribute towards the end of the season.

 

Agreed. Rockets will need a deeper rotation because they run so much. 10 is better than 9 for this team. Using the NBA average of 8 fails to consider the team's unique needs.