Line-ups/Rotations You'd Like to See

[magic]

An entire game where we don't play Niang and Mudiay.

A lineup where Exum does more than just sit in the corner on offense.

Conley, Mitchell, Ingles, Bojan, Gobert to start the game. Not because O'neale is playing bad (I actually like what I've seen from him this year), but because I think Joe needs to play with better players and O'neale would actually be better at offense than Joe with the second unit.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Unlike Mudiay, Exum is willing to pass the ball and run multi-action plays. Exum doesn't need the ball in his hands all the time, but he needs the ball in his hands some of the time. Hopefully, he'll get a chance to do that in these upcoming home games.

 

[r_u_s_t_b_u_c_k_e_t]

I don't get the idea that people want to push Joe to the starting unit..

How about Joe in sooner for DM? Joe can play with the starters (minus DM) and then Don can come back in and kill the other team's bench. Joe will have better passing targets and DM can freeze out Mudiay and Green. It's perfect.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

How about Joe in sooner for DM? Joe can play with the starters (minus DM) and then Don can come back in and kill the other team's bench. Joe will have better passing targets and DM can freeze out Mudiay and Green. It's perfect.

So... I've hated the DM plus bench units because DM watches Green and Mudiay shoot a ton of shots and doesn't really do much. In theory, DM plus the bench should work with Donovan being more aggressive and having the ball in his hands more... but that's not what I see happening with that unit.

I feel strongly that Green and Mudiay together is a tough lineup for anyone else to have success... they aren't passing at all. I would use Joe as the pg in the bench unit and tell Mudiay to operate more as a wing... at very least we know there will be a pass or two before a shot goes up. Even though Mudiay isn't a shooter there is an advantage to getting him the ball with a slight advantage... if Joe can start the blender. I don't have a great answer but moving Joe into the starting lineup isn't the first place I'd start.

 

[infection]

So... I've hated the DM plus bench units because DM watches Green and Mudiay shoot a ton of shots and doesn't really do much. In theory, DM plus the bench should work with Donovan being more aggressive and having the ball in his hands more... but that's not what I see happening with that unit.

Something is wrong when he's rarely deferring to Bojan but then watching Mudiay and Green shoot it.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Something is wrong when he's rarely deferring to Bojan but then watching Mudiay and Green shoot it.

It's odd... when I see Green and Mudiay out there gunning and DM standing in the corner I think to myself I hope this is not the game plan.

I think now that Conley has picked things up that DM will start being a little more selective and start moving the ball a bit more... He was excellent in the 4th last night and there seemed to be a great flow/distribution of shots among those 3.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

So... I've hated the DM plus bench units because DM watches Green and Mudiay shoot a ton of shots and doesn't really do much. In theory, DM plus the bench should work with Donovan being more aggressive and having the ball in his hands more... but that's not what I see happening with that unit.

Totally agree. I loved it in theory, but just too many ball stoppers on the court. Mudiay should be a 2 so he doesn’t have the ball by default, because it’s not going anywhere else once he touches it.

Now all we get is missing out on Mitchell playing with our best players. Laws of diminishing returns and all that, but Conley Bogey and Mitchell was so good in the fourth yesterday, and with Gobert anchoring, damn. That’s the stuff I want to see more. And that’s the lineup that is going to need to be crisp as hell come playoff time. Let it gel.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Totally agree. I loved it in theory, but just too many ball stoppers on the court. Mudiay should be a 2 so he doesn’t have the ball by default, because it’s not going anywhere else once he touches it.

Now all we get is missing out on Mitchell playing with our best players. Laws of diminishing returns and all that, but Conley Bogey and Mitchell was so good in the fourth yesterday, and with Gobert anchoring, damn. That’s the stuff I want to see more. And that’s the lineup that is going to need to be crisp as hell come playoff time. Let it gel.

I think Mudiay is less hoggy than Green, but because of his position he has more opportunity to hog. Here is the conundrum... you really can't bench Green - no real replacement, vet, Conley's bud, seemed to do us a solid by signing for the minimum. Mudiay has played well at times and has showed some improvement benching him might send the wrong message, but it is certainly easier because Exum is now back and he was seen as a reclamation project. I wonder if you put Exum at pg and took Mudiay out of the rotation (say his hamstring is tight) if it would do us some good. Might have to wait until Davis is back, but I think it'd help Exum either get re-introduced or potentially give him a hint of trade value. His salary is the trade ballast we need to make a deal at the deadline. Either way I like the idea of a Exum, DM, Joe, Green, Davis bench unit better than what we are rolling out currently.

To correct the issues we will need to hurt someone's feelings. There doesn't seem to be a good or easy answer.

 

[infection]

To correct the issues we will need to hurt someone's feelings. There doesn't seem to be a good or easy answer.

Hurt all of their feelings. Look at my signature.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Hurt all of their feelings. Look at my signature.

You are hurting feelings of people not really in the rotation... I'm saying cut Mudiay's minutes or move Green... its different. When Exum dies again you may need Mudiay.

If we figured out backup center, Bogut, Noah... then you could use Davis' deal as additional salary fodder in a trade. It may piss someone off and Davis and Conley are bros. While I don't think there will be many buyout candidates I do think there will be some interesting trade candidates... Carroll isn't playing in San Antonio and has a mid-size long term deal... Young may not be long for Chicago and has a larger deal... Gay in San Antonio, but that might be like a super version of Jeff Green so maybe budget version is fine.

IDK but those bench units are just playing unwatchable basketball.

 

[infection]

You are hurting feelings of people not really in the rotation... I'm saying cut Mudiay's minutes or move Green... its different. When Exum dies again you may need Mudiay.

If we figured out backup center, Bogut, Noah... then you could use Davis' deal as additional salary fodder in a trade. It may piss someone off and Davis and Conley are bros. While I don't think there will be many buyout candidates I do think there will be some interesting trade candidates... Carroll isn't playing in San Antonio and has a mid-size long term deal... Young may not be long for Chicago and has a larger deal... Gay in San Antonio, but that might be like a super version of Jeff Green so maybe budget version is fine.

IDK but those bench units are just playing unwatchable basketball.

If we got Gay, then all we'd need is Giuliani to complete the trifecta. He could play small ball 1 in practice.

 

[Jingled]

I think we're going to need to start subbing another starter out early along with Donovan so that we can have two starters playing with the second unit instead of just one, like we did last year with Ingles and Favors. I'd like to see a lineup of Exum/Mitchell/Ingles/Bogey/Bradley, then replace Bradley with Davis once he gets back.