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Playoff rotation

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by topfive, Apr 7, 2025.

  1. MacNYao

    MacNYao Member

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    Yep i think this is pretty much it. I am really comfortable with our 3rd group. Holiday, Tate and Uncle Jeff have been solid in their roles. We are as deep as can be.

    We even have a fourth group of Jock, Cam and Reed.
     
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  2. Stephen_A

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    yep
     
  3. Stephen_A

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    no way reed plays. Doesn’t defend well enough and Ime won’t risk that in the playoffs.
     
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  4. Stephen_A

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    Depends on the matchups really and what works. I think we will see a consistent 8 maybe 9 man rotation but minutes and combinations may change depending on how the series and matchups go.
     
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  5. Mathloom

    Mathloom Shameless Optimist

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    If depth has been our strength all season, I think we should have one of the longer benches in the playoffs. Shortening the rotation severely is more for top heavy teams and remember we don’t have stars right?

    I think Holliday is a necessity if we want to maintain the advantage of having more energy in the 4th.
     
  6. Joe Joe

    Joe Joe Go Stros!
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    This. The Rockets 9-11 depth has helped in the regular season, but not sure it is worth going to except situationally over the Top 8 when rested.
    The Rockets have very good depth 4-8.

    I'm not a fan of having 2 PFs and a center be the bench, but the double bigs and the small ball lineups have looked good lately.
     
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    Coaches shorten rotations, not expand them during the playoffs. There is no way that many players are going to be playing, nor is Dillon going to be given a bench-centric role. FVV and Dillon are Ime's veterans and he is going to play them until they drop.
     
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    Lol @ topfive and ‘Dylan’.
     
  10. Hemingway

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    This is correct. Unfortunately, giving 40 min a night to FVV is ridiculous, but it is written in stone.
     
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  11. topfive

    topfive CF OG

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    D'OH!

    Correcting it now. Thx.
     
  12. Xerobull

    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum
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    I was going to start this thread two weeks ago and thought, it’s already obvious, so I didn’t bother.

    I think Jabari gets more PT due to his defense.
     

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