Game Thread 2019-20 Preason #5 @ Denver Nuggets October 17th, 2019 6:00 PM

[SIeepwalker]

What I want for the rotation

Dame/Simons
CJ/Baze
Hood/ Mario
Collins/Tolliver or Skal
Whiteside/Gasol

I think we can pull an intersting small ball second unit if the situation calls for it. something like

Simons
Baze
Hood
Tolliver
Mario

That's an intersting line-up

 

[SIeepwalker]

Or actually depending on how good Simons and Mario are, sit both Skal and Tolliver and go with a 9 man rotation.
3 man rotation at the guard positions, staggering Dame and CJ. Hood and Baze alternating at SF, Mario backing up Collins full time, Pau backing up Whiteside. You can probably play a bit of Zach at C with Mario at PF too.

Dame/Simons
CJ/Simons
Hood/Baze
Collins/Mario
Whiteside/Pau

That might be the most appealing to me.
But if one Skal or Tolliver is actually contributing, going 10 deep means fresher legs for the playoffs which is nice

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Denver is ridiculously deep.

I remember someone said about the Drexler-Porter Blazers that you could split them in half and both teams would make the playoffs. I think that may be true of Denver (guarantee it is if you put both teams in the East). Every time I thought "well now they'll be sending in total end-of-the-bench scrubs" someone like Hernangomez, who is a rotation player on most teams, pops up.

 

[handiman]

I remember someone said about the Drexler-Porter Blazers that you could split them in half and both teams would make the playoffs.

That would be an interesting exercise. I don't remember those squads being deep beyond the 7th or 8th man, but the Pippen era was definitely deep enough for consideration.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Man I love Simons but I think he’s going to really struggle as a point guard this season. Why we don’t have him as a pure shooting guard off the bench is beyond me

Because we don't have a PG other than Dame?

 

[THE HCP]

That would be an interesting exercise. I don't remember those squads being deep beyond the 7th or 8th man, but the Pippen era was definitely deep enough for consideration.

The "Pippen" era teams were SO deep it was crazy!

 

[handiman]

The "Pippen" era teams were SO deep it was crazy!

Saying Trader Bob was no chemistry major is a bit like the legendary misdirection of saying Seinfeld was the show about nothing, when in fact it was about everything. Whitsitt loved to pour anything and everything into his concoctions!

 

[AldoTrapani]

Because we don't have a PG other than Dame?

Well we should have got one then but I get it now Simons has to learn somehow so I’ll respect it