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[JayBirdHawk]

Anyone knows how many minutes has the starting lineup (Trae, DJ, Hunter, JJ) plus OO played together in this early season and what do the nimbers look like?

[JayBirdHawk]

Why are our two centers playing less minutes than last year (yes I know - it's early).

CC - 1.2 mpg less

OO - 1.0 mpg less

[AHF]

50 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Why are our two centers playing less minutes than last year (yes I know - it's early).

CC - 1.2 mpg less

OO - 1.0 mpg less

First, bear in mind that in minutes per game you will always take a hit year over year when people are available for all games like OO and CC have been.  Last year, Clint missed 17 games during which OO presumably got a lot more minutes which artificially increased their combined MPG.  Looking at his splits, OO started 18 games last year and averaged 32 mpg in those starts and played 20.5 mpg in all other games so that really makes a significant difference.

Second, they are playing 47.5 minutes combined so it isn't like there are ton of center minutes available.  Really more a question to me of how many minutes OO is playing at PF versus last year.  

 

[JayBirdHawk]

OO might be starting a few games with CC now day to day with a bone bruise.

I don't like the Bey/OO pairing. It's just too small. To maximize OO as a starting Center, he needs a bigger PF next to him. That's why him at JJ worked well together.

Or play him at PF with Bruno starting.