Nalod wrote:Bogs is a 20ppg player. His leash is long when the bench is thin.
Precious creating is not his game was evident last night. It was necessary as was DDV volume.

Yeah - Precious needs to take up whatever space is being given to him and get to/near the basket where he seems to be able to get to the line. He’s explosive off pick/dive and makes good decisions (mostly) passing off the catch but Thibs keeps putting him in corner. Sims on most nights is equivalent of “a warm body”.

DLeethal wrote:You can start to see where Thibs is leaning. Burks is playing himself out of the rotation, Deuce is getting more of the important mins than him. Deuce probably cracks playoff the rotation as Brunson's short minute backup. Bogs with all of his warts seems to be more trusted by Thibs and he seems to be getting a longer leash. Probably because we need the front court scoring without Randle, but I think Thibs views him as a more valuable piece to get figured out. Still hard to see how Hart / Bogs / Precious / Mitch all work themselves into the rotation but I think the answer is that they all won't.

They could but Burks and Mcbride would need to be sacrificed. DDV would need to line up more at PG. Hart more at SG.

Brunson 33mins, DDV 15mins
DDV 13mins, Hart 28mins, Bojan 7mins
OG 35mins, Bojan 13mins
Randle 33mins, Precious 15mins
IHart 28mins, Mitch 20mins

Juggling Bojan, Precious, Mcbride, Burks, DDV, Hart line up will most likely come down to matchups. Thibs wanna go smaller with more outside shooting than Mcbride &/or Burks may get the nod with Bojan sliding more toward SF/PF. Thibs wants go to big than Precious will get the nod with Bojan sliding more toward SF/SG.

Bojan will get his 20mins per game. Precious, Mcbride, Burks will be more of a fluctuation. Need defense to stop a run when the 2nd unit is in. Or the offense is getting stagnant.