The thing this sub don’t really think about is what Jaylen’s role means, especially this year. His plus/minus can get better, but it will never be too good. He shares the court with Tatum less than others and well, he is not Tatum. (As you well said, rebounding and defense also plays a role in the difference between lineups.)
I really like what Joe is doing with the rotations this year. JB-KP duo takes on non-Tatum minutes and actually that holds better than last year’s non-Tatum minutes. Their connection really means a lot to the team and they demonstrate lots of potential there. One thing lacks in that duo is ball-handling which is supposed to be provided by Jrue or DWhite. For the last few games, DWhite wasn’t around and Jrue was not really himself, that is when Jaylen’s performance and numbers dropped. But Jrue-JB-KP lineups did really well before that and I think mostly that will be the case. I am expecting a division between Jrue+JB+KP+bench and Tatum+White+Al+bench when resting the starters. The others might change but Tatum and JB will take turns and that will hurt plus/minus for JB for sure but that is a good plan.
You are spot on about rebounding, that is one point we need to figure out about the rotations. (That was also the only thing hurting us this game.)
I’m not sure what the numbers are but at this point the rotation is definitely keeping White with Jaylen. KP stays out there for probably half of that stint before Al comes in. The Jrue will come in with Tatum to replace Jaylen and White.
That has worked really well recently as White has been our best playmaker.
Yeah, you are right, the rotation is keeping DWhite with Jaylen. I am ok with that too but I still believe Jrue is a better matchup with KP and Jaylen, especially because of his defense and rebounding. (There was a post like a week ego about three man lineups around the league and that three was near the top of that list but I am lazy to find that now.) So i am just hoping for that small change in Joe’s. rotations but no complain either way.
The thing this sub don’t really think about is what Jaylen’s role means, especially this year. His plus/minus can get better, but it will never be too good. He shares the court with Tatum less than others and well, he is not Tatum. (As you well said, rebounding and defense also plays a role in the difference between lineups.)
I really like what Joe is doing with the rotations this year. JB-KP duo takes on non-Tatum minutes and actually that holds better than last year’s non-Tatum minutes. Their connection really means a lot to the team and they demonstrate lots of potential there. One thing lacks in that duo is ball-handling which is supposed to be provided by Jrue or DWhite. For the last few games, DWhite wasn’t around and Jrue was not really himself, that is when Jaylen’s performance and numbers dropped. But Jrue-JB-KP lineups did really well before that and I think mostly that will be the case. I am expecting a division between Jrue+JB+KP+bench and Tatum+White+Al+bench when resting the starters. The others might change but Tatum and JB will take turns and that will hurt plus/minus for JB for sure but that is a good plan.
You are spot on about rebounding, that is one point we need to figure out about the rotations. (That was also the only thing hurting us this game.)
I’m not sure what the numbers are but at this point the rotation is definitely keeping White with Jaylen. KP stays out there for probably half of that stint before Al comes in. The Jrue will come in with Tatum to replace Jaylen and White.
That has worked really well recently as White has been our best playmaker.
Yeah, you are right, the rotation is keeping DWhite with Jaylen. I am ok with that too but I still believe Jrue is a better matchup with KP and Jaylen, especially because of his defense and rebounding. (There was a post like a week ego about three man lineups around the league and that three was near the top of that list but I am lazy to find that now.) So i am just hoping for that small change in Joe’s. rotations but no complain either way.