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Small Is Big - Dumpy - NetsDaily Blog</p>

courtesy of Netsdaily.</p>

Dumpy looks at the popular small-ball rotations and tells about the most effective rotations.</p>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>It was the most oft-asked question of the preseason: With a full stable of healthy, capable big men, how would Coach Frank distribute the minutes among them? Who would get to play?</p>

Would you believe none of them?</p>

OK, that&rsquo;s a little overly dramatic. Obviously, all the big men have seen court time in the early going. However, three games into the 2007-08 season, Coach Frank has shown a surprising penchant for going small&mdash;that is, playing a lineup consisting of four of Kidd, Armstrong, Carter, Wright, RJ, and Boki, anchored by a center. As Dr. Seuss might have put it:</p>

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Check out the rest of it, it's a great article. Thanks, Dumpy!</p>

 

[Dumpy]

Thanks. I have "Hop on Pop" on the brain right now.</p>

 

[xcalibur]

nice blog dumpy. i would like the kidd,carter,rj,boki,swat lineup to get more PT. you have them for only 3 minutes, wasnt taht the game against toronto where they couldnt miss? if so then i think the -8 doesnt really tell what that lineup can do. i would love to see taht lineup vs the hawks tomorrow to counter their athletic players. i cant wait for marcus to come back because i think he would play nicely as the off guard who can create and provide some offense. kidd,marcus,vince,rj,sean/boki would be very interesting if our opponents go all small. it isnt a great defensive squad, but it would be a way to make the other team match up to us and gives us great offensive players to give us a lift on O if we need it. it seems small ball is becoming more popular around the league and im glad we have guys who allow us to go small and be effective. antoine has really helped us in that depo.</p>

 

[Dumpy]

The Nets have used about 25 five-man combinations that incorporate four of [kidd/armstrong/carter/wright/rj/boki]. They have had frequent substitutions when experimenting with the small limeups. There was another combination with Sean Williams that played for nearly four minutes and played much better. Often when you are looking at such a small sample size, there can be wild swings in the plus-minus numbers.</p>

When Carter-Jefferson-WRIGHT are on the court together, with either Kidd or Armstrong at the point, the Netshave scored 52points and given up 43 in just under 24 minutes, so they've been playing prettygood defense. Kidd-Carter-RJ-Wright-Nachbar gave up 5 points in 30 seconds, although they also scored 5. Kidd-Carter-RJ-Wright and Boone gave up8 points in over two and a half minutes.</p>

The big combination, Kidd-Carter-RJ-Wright-Collins has scored 37 points and given up just 28 in 17 minutes and 23 seconds. Defensively, that comes out to 77 points over the course of a full game. I think when you have Collins-Wright-RJ on the court together, the defense should be pretty good. In fact, when RJ and Wright have been on the court together, the Nets have given up 77 points in about 45 minutes.</p>

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[Universe]

Wow, nice read man. The really big thing is that when we face a team with two big post threats, it's going to be a lot harder to play small ball especailly with Boki strugling with his shot.</p>

 

[#1_War_Poet_ForLife]

Nice job dumpeh!</p>

 

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Hopefully, versus the Hawks, we'll be seeing Wright in the game, with either him or Jefferson matching up vs. Williams, with the other going against Smith. And I wouldn't be surprised to see Kidd matching up with Johnson, because I'm not sure Carter's good enough defensively to stop him.</p>

The only big advantage we have over the Hawks is at PG with Kidd, and maybe with post scoring in Krstic. Otherwise, we're either even or beaten at the other positions. I could defenitely see matchups this next game being a big problem. Hopefully, the Nets can pull out with a team effort...</p>

Looks like all those wings are starting to come out and actually be a positive for the Hawks--it seems really tough to match up with them.</p>