Which five-man combo would you rather see at the end of a game?

[KqWIN]

Royce has to finish game. For me he’s above Bogey, Ingles, Conley, Favors, and Clarkson in this context.

I’d love to have another option for Royce that does some of the same things, but we don’t have that guy. His rebounding+defense is too valuable and he’s one of the few who won’t complain if he doesn’t get touches.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Royce has to finish game. For me he’s above Bogey, Ingles, Conley, Favors, and Clarkson in this context.

I’d love to have another option for Royce that does some of the same things, but we don’t have that guy. His rebounding+defense is too valuable and he’s one of the few who won’t complain if he doesn’t get touches.

Closing lineup should be Don/Royce/Joe/Bojan/Rudy and anything else is just silly. If we find some other data points and a miracle lineup that is better in the course of the season, that's great, but that's not data we have right now and I simply do not see it happening. It is the only lineup we have that is solvent in every phase of the game and it's why it was arguably the BEST lineup in the entire league last regular season.

 

[NUMBERICA]

The only lineup Favors should be playing 4 is one where 1-3 have at least two competent off-the-dribble scorers, at least two good distributors. and sufficient athleticism to guard the perimeter (even if it comes at the expense of size). That lineup shouldn't close, and the bigs shouldn't expect much coming their way except what they eat off the glass.

Conley
Mitchell
Joe or Bojan
Favors
Gobert

But I would try to use that in the second trimester of quarters, not starting or closing.

 

[LoPo]

Bro.... bro.... don’t go Lopo on us here.

Hey man. I deleted my comment so you could have your thread. Don't take shots at me.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Closing lineup should be Don/Royce/Joe/Bojan/Rudy and anything else is just silly. If we find some other data points and a miracle lineup that is better in the course of the season, that's great, but that's not data we have right now and I simply do not see it happening. It is the only lineup we have that is solvent in every phase of the game and it's why it was arguably the BEST lineup in the entire league last regular season.

The Conley DM dynamic at the end of some games was awkward. DM kinda deferred a few times (especially in game 7) and I was always left asking why. Wasn’t sure if that was the gameplan or just some weird respect... but it needs to stop.

 

[NUMBERICA]

The Conley DM dynamic at the end of some games was awkward. DM kinda deferred a few times (especially in game 7) and I was always left asking why. Wasn’t sure if that was the gameplan or just some weird respect... but it needs to stop.

Agreed, but even if they work that out and everything within the realm of possibility goes well, it still creates a cascading defensive matchup issue. The starting and closing lineups are where such an issue is going to be most exploited and have the most severe consequences.

 

[NUMBERICA]

The only lineup Favors should be playing 4 is one where 1-3 have at least two competent off-the-dribble scorers, at least two good distributors. and sufficient athleticism to guard the perimeter (even if it comes at the expense of size). That lineup shouldn't close, and the bigs shouldn't expect much coming their way except what they eat off the glass.

Conley
Mitchell
Joe or Bojan
Favors
Gobert

But I would try to use that in the second trimester of quarters, not starting or closing.

The big-big lineup is also going to need to be used occasionally to matchup to the other team. I would anticipate one of the above lineups against the Lakers (which, hey, at least Mike matches up against Schroder).

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Agreed, but even if they work that out and everything within the realm of possibility goes well, it still creates a cascading defensive matchup issue. The starting and closing lineups are where such an issue is going to be most exploited and have the most severe consequences.

Preaching to the choir... I do need Royce to play better defense than he did in the bubble though. Makes the argument a lot more sound.

It’s just funny how it always comes back to Mike. He’s not a bad player obviously but why we continue down this path is confusing. Hopefully he comes in and shoots the lights out. Outside of a lightening in a bottle scenario we are almost surely are a first or second round exit.

 

[Goodluckchuck]

#2

One of the biggest issues I saw this past year was rebounding. And it wasn't Goberts fault. When he would contest a shot, none of our other players would help with the rebounding. I can remember a few games where a missed rebound or two caused unnecessary losses last year. And that is what Favors brings. It allows Gobert to attack knowing he has Favs back there to help rebound.

 

[whatthe]

Gobert
Favors
Niang
Niang
Mitchell

 

[Hekate]

The Conley DM dynamic at the end of some games was awkward. DM kinda deferred a few times (especially in game 7) and I was always left asking why. Wasn’t sure if that was the gameplan or just some weird respect... but it needs to stop.

He was tired because he started defending. It was obvious, I didn't see much deferring from Mitchell, rightfully so btw, unless MPJ was guarding someone else(Smart thing to do).

 

[silesian]

Depends on matchups and who is playing well today