How many players should be in the rotation?

[Wizard Mentor]

How many players should be in the regular season rotation?

How many players should be in the playoff rotation?

Is it different?

Who should they be?

The bolded question above is the poll question.

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My Playoff Rotation:
guards: Roy, Rudy, Miller
forwards: Batum, Webster, LMA
Centers: Oden, Pryzbilla

So, I think in the playoffs, we should run a tight 8-man rotation, barring foul trouble of course.

 

[LittleAlex]

How many players should be in the regular season rotation? 10 (to keep guys fresh for the play offs)

How many players should be in the playoff rotation?

Is it different? It would have to be, considering the number of players is smaller.

Who should they be?

Roy/Rudy/Miller
LMA/Batum/Howard/Roy
Oden/LMA/Pryz

Game starters: Roy, Miller, LMA, Batum, Oden.
Other line-ups:
Miller, Rudy, Roy, LMA, Howard
Rudy, Roy, Batum, LMA, Oden
Roy, Batum, LMA, Priz, Oden (to go huge).

For resting Roy for 8 minutes a game (Miller, Rudy, Batum, LMA, Oden)

 

[Eastoff]

regular season, I'd be happy with 12.
Andre
Blake
Bayless
Roy
Rudy
Batum
Webster
Outlaw
Lamarcus
Howard
Oden
Pryzbilla

During important games and playoffs
PG
Andre
Blake
SG
Roy
Rudy
SF
(depending on opponent remove one or two SF)
PF
Lamarcus
Howard
C
Oden
Pryzbilla

 

[hypnosmurf]

with the way the new refs are calling fouls we may need a 12 man rotation

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Leaving Blake out of the playoff rotation is crazy talk.

Blake
Miller
Roy
Rudy
Batum
Webster
Outlaw
Aldridge
Oden
Pryzbilla

 

[Minstrel]

11 for the regular season:

PG: Miller / Blake/ Bayless
SG: Roy / Fernandez
SF: Batum / Webster
PF: Aldridge / Outlaw
C: Oden / Przybilla

Use depth to keep Roy, Aldridge and Miller from playing monster minutes, so they'll be fresh all season and, especially, in the playoffs.

8 for the playoffs:

Guard Rotation: Roy / Miller / Fernandez
Wing Rotation: Batum / Outlaw
Big Man Rotation: Aldridge / Oden / Przybilla

Slash the rotation down to the very best players and take advantage of those more-rested legs.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

so Roy and Fernandez will barely be playing any minutes at PG if any at all during the regular season, then when it matters in the playoffs we are just gonna throw them in there? IMO Blake needs to be in the playoff rotation.

 

[Minstrel]

so Roy and Fernandez will barely be playing any minutes at PG if any at all during the regular season, then when it matters in the playoffs we are just gonna throw them in there? IMO Blake needs to be in the playoff rotation.

The main problem with Roy or Fernandez at point guard, IMO, is defense. But Blake's defense is hardly stellar and I can even see letting Batum take some minutes defending point guard (while Roy defends the SF).

I could see Miller playing close to 40 minutes per game in the post-season, with the greater number of days off during the playoffs and fewer minutes during the regular season. So there wouldn't need to be a large number of point guard minutes to cover.

 

[Wheels]

9 in the regular season.. and at least 8 in the playoffs.. but possibly 9.

PGs- Miller, Blake
SGs- Roy, Rudy
SF- Batum, Webster
PF- LaMarcus
C- Oden, Joel

(Joel and Oden being out there for half the time LMA is out, and Twin Towers for the other 6 minutes)

 

[VanillaGorilla]

9 in the regular season.. and at least 8 in the playoffs.. but possibly 9.

PGs- Miller, Blake
SGs- Roy, Rudy
SF- Batum, Webster
PF- LaMarcus
C- Oden, Joel

(Joel and Oden being out there for half the time LMA is out, and Twin Towers for the other 6 minutes)

Wait.. what?

 

[RoyIsClutch07]

I say 9:

PG: Andre Miller, Steve Blake

SG Brandon Roy, Rudy Fenandez

SF Nicolas Batum, Martell Webster

PF LaMarcus Aldridge

C Greg Oden, Joel Pryzbilla

As the season goes on, find a way to trim it to eight. LaMarcus is the sole pf in this situation. Give Oden or Joel his backup minutes.

 

[RoyIsClutch07]

9 in the regular season.. and at least 8 in the playoffs.. but possibly 9.

PGs- Miller, Blake
SGs- Roy, Rudy
SF- Batum, Webster
PF- LaMarcus
C- Oden, Joel

(Joel and Oden being out there for half the time LMA is out, and Twin Towers for the other 6 minutes)

Wow, I just noticed wheels is thinking the same thing.

 

[RoyToy]

I agree with as up to as much as 11 players during the regular season. Use your depth and keep guys fresh.

Playoffs, 9. Rotate Batum/Webster/Outlaw and go with the hot hand. The regular season will decide this mostly though.

 

[Entity]

I say 9:

PG: Andre Miller, Steve Blake

SG Brandon Roy, Rudy Fenandez

SF Nicolas Batum, Martell Webster

PF LaMarcus Aldridge

C Greg Oden, Joel Pryzbilla

As the season goes on, find a way to trim it to eight. LaMarcus is the sole pf in this situation. Give Oden or Joel his backup minutes.

This is pretty much my lineup.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

I was just wondering what people are thinking in terms of minutes when they espouse a 4-guard rotation. If we ran such a rotation, then the average for each would be 24 minutes.

Let's assume that Roy plays 40 mpg in the playoffs, which I don't think is unreasonable. That leaves 56 minutes for the other 3, for an average of less than 19 minutes.

Let's further assume that Blake get 12 mpg. That leaves 44 minutes or an average of 22 minutes each for Rudy and Miller. IMHO, that's not enough minutes for those two players.

That's why I'm a 3-guard lineup guy.

Instead of
Roy/Miller/Rudy/Blake for 40/22/22/12 minutes,
I like
Roy/Miller/Rudy for 40/30/26 minutes.

Use Blake if we have someone in foul trouble. I think Blake could play with any of the three.

 

[B-Roy]

Leaving Blake out of the rotation is crazy. For one, you know Nate's not going to do it. Secondly, Blake is actually a very useful player, even though most people don't want to admit it.

 

[Denny Crane]

I was just wondering what people are thinking in terms of minutes when they espouse a 4-guard rotation. If we ran such a rotation, then the average for each would be 24 minutes.

Let's assume that Roy plays 40 mpg in the playoffs, which I don't think is unreasonable. That leaves 56 minutes for the other 3, for an average of less than 19 minutes.

Let's further assume that Blake get 12 mpg. That leaves 44 minutes or an average of 22 minutes each for Rudy and Miller. IMHO, that's not enough minutes for those two players.

That's why I'm a 3-guard lineup guy.

Instead of
Roy/Miller/Rudy/Blake for 40/22/22/12 minutes,
I like
Roy/Miller/Rudy for 40/30/26 minutes.

Use Blake if we have someone in foul trouble. I think Blake could play with any of the three.

How about 3 guards and 2 centers at the same time?

 

[Entity]

They ought to rotate a guy or two during the regular season for some rest. Maybe the minutes issue wouldn't be so bad if most players got to play a significant amount of time in 4 out of every 5 games.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

I was just wondering what people are thinking in terms of minutes when they espouse a 4-guard rotation. If we ran such a rotation, then the average for each would be 24 minutes.

Let's assume that Roy plays 40 mpg in the playoffs, which I don't think is unreasonable. That leaves 56 minutes for the other 3, for an average of less than 19 minutes.

Let's further assume that Blake get 12 mpg. That leaves 44 minutes or an average of 22 minutes each for Rudy and Miller. IMHO, that's not enough minutes for those two players.

That's why I'm a 3-guard lineup guy.

Instead of
Roy/Miller/Rudy/Blake for 40/22/22/12 minutes,
I like
Roy/Miller/Rudy for 40/30/26 minutes.

Use Blake if we have someone in foul trouble. I think Blake could play with any of the three.

Roy spent 47% of the teams total minutes at SG last year, and 25% at SF. I would assume that will not change much. This is how we give Rudy minutes.

 

[PapaG]

How many players should be in the regular season rotation? 10 (to keep guys fresh for the play offs)

How many players should be in the playoff rotation?

Is it different? It would have to be, considering the number of players is smaller.

Who should they be?

Roy/Rudy/Miller
LMA/Batum/Howard/Roy
Oden/LMA/Pryz

Game starters: Roy, Miller, LMA, Batum, Oden.
Other line-ups:
Miller, Rudy, Roy, LMA, Howard
Rudy, Roy, Batum, LMA, Oden
Roy, Batum, LMA, Priz, Oden (to go huge).

For resting Roy for 8 minutes a game (Miller, Rudy, Batum, LMA, Oden)

No Blake? Sorry, but that's just not going to happen. Why should it happen?

 

[PapaG]

I say 9:

PG: Andre Miller, Steve Blake

SG Brandon Roy, Rudy Fenandez

SF Nicolas Batum, Martell Webster

PF LaMarcus Aldridge

C Greg Oden, Joel Pryzbilla

As the season goes on, find a way to trim it to eight. LaMarcus is the sole pf in this situation. Give Oden or Joel his backup minutes.

So Outlaw goes from getting votes for 6th man to not playing?

This board is crazy at times.

 

[PapaG]

Here will be the "rotation" without posters' personal biases coming into play. I'm not sure of the starters, but here is who will get minutes to start the season.

PG - Miller/Blake

SG - Roy/Fernandez

SF - Batum/Webster

PF - LMA/Outlaw

C - Oden/Przy

Eliminating Blake and Outlaw from the rotation is absolutely hilarious!

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Here will be the "rotation" without posters' personal biases coming into play. I'm not sure of the starters, but here is who will get minutes to start the season.

PG - Miller/Blake

SG - Roy/Fernandez

SF - Batum/Webster

PF - LMA/Outlaw

C - Oden/Przy

Eliminating Blake and Outlaw from the rotation is absolutely hilarious!

I completely agree with this.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Roy spent 47% of the teams total minutes at SG last year, and 25% at SF. I would assume that will not change much. This is how we give Rudy minutes.

I haven't heard that Roy plans on gaining any weight back. I heard he's down to 205 - not going to guard too many SFs at 205.

 

[STOMP]

I haven't heard that Roy plans on gaining any weight back. I heard he's down to 205 - not going to guard too many SFs at 205.

again, this oft repeated view of yours doesn't make much sense. He guarded plenty of SFs as a rookie... at the combine he weighed in at 207. After 3 years of working with Blazer trainers, do you think he's stronger, weaker, or the same? All Star SFs play at basically the same weight as he is now, and we're talking about him logging SF minutes usually vs backups.

Feel free to make a list of backup SFs that he shouldn't be able to handle.

STOMP

 

[hasoos]

Leaving Blake out of the playoff rotation is crazy talk.

Blake
Miller
Roy
Rudy
Batum
Webster
Outlaw
Aldridge
Oden
Pryzbilla

Not after that 30 foot heave Blake took with way too much time left on the clock in that last game against Houston. Steve Blake=Loser.

 

[Further]

Players that need and deserve rotation
Miller
Roy
Rudy
Batum
Aldridge
Oden
Pryzbilla

Players that don't deserve rotation but could help situationally
Blake
Outlaw
Webster

Players that may still pan out and should not be totally forgotten. give them shots from time to time.
Bayless
Cunningham

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Currently, the average is 8.90 - a 9-man rotation.

 

[jlprk]

I can't vote because it only goes up to 10.

Another problem is, where will McMillan find the offense on his 3rd team? Looks like Cunningham and Udoka will be the outside shooters, and Bayless and Howard will be the inside scorers. Something like this.

C Pendergraph
F Howard
F Bayless
G Cunningham
G Udoka