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Message: [QUOTE="pj, post: 3721074, member: 2524"] I like [USER=9780]@Jbirdp5[/USER] and [USER=707]@Chief00[/USER] views on minutes. My thoughts: [LIST] [*]I think two of Bouk/Cole/Gaff are on the court at all times, so you have to go to SF to find minutes for anyone else. [*]Polley and Martin are about equivalently good, Polley's strength of offense/spread the floor and Martin's strength of defense will find minutes against different opponents based on matchups, and whether those minutes are at the 3 or 4 will depend on matchups and on what other players step up to seize minutes. [*]Andre Jackson and Brendan Adams have to try to step up and seize SF minutes away from Polley and Martin. I would expect AJ to achieve that later in the season. [*]Akok likewise has to step up and seize PF minutes, which he should do later in the season. [*]Early in the season, Whaley will start at PF and Sanogo at C. The main alternative, if Sanogo isn't ready, is a Martin/Polley/Whaley frontcourt. But I think Sanogo will be ready. [*]Hard for me to find minutes for Carlton, but he's very valuable depth at C. I'd just rather have Sanogo at C in big lineups and Whaley at C in small lineups, a Sanogo/Whaley rotation at C seems to make sense. If any of Akok/Polley/Martin/Springs step up to seize minutes at PF, the loser is Carlton, as that shifts Whaley to C not off the court. [*]Springs and Brown are developing wild cards who make the frontcourt really deep, but may have trouble breaking through. Minutes crunch especially after Akok returns. Look for them to get minutes early in the season because Hurley knows there won't be much late. Springs might = Whaley but the basketball equivalent of one year behind, and there's just no way for him to gain the experience he needs to overtake Whaley on the depth chart. These are the guys who really get hurt by a shortened season with the cupcakes gone from the schedule. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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