Yeah I can see Shane's minutes dropping. But the more important question is who will be ending games?
I think those minutes are right on. Bonzi wont play much unless he provides a better matchup than Battier. Stevie wont play much unless he just proves to be better than Rafer or James, which I doubt will happen. They won't like it, but too bad. This isn't elementary school.
Yao Scola Battier Tmac Rafer/James- whoever is playing better. Also, we need to remember that teams generally settle on an EIGHT man rotation. That means Steve and Bonzi are playing 15 minutes or so, barring injuries or brain transplants.
Tmac and Yao should both get less minutes this year... for the regular season at least if this team is as good as everyone is raving about... the others can make up the minutes then....