WCJ – Paolo – Franz – Bane – Suggs has a +/- of +43 in 94 minutes played. Only one other 5 man lineup tops it in the entire league but they have played way less minutes (33 minutes).

Our starters are the 4th most played lineup in the league. Denver has the same amount of games played but plays their starters together 6 minutes more per game, this is probably due to Suggs minutes restrictions.

Every other highly used lineup is neutral or negative. How can this not be considered a rotational issue?

lineup data sorted by minutes – https://www.nba.com/stats/lineups/traditional?PerMode=Totals&dir=D&slug=traditional&sort=MIN

all magic lineup data – https://www.nba.com/stats/lineups/traditional?CF=TEAM_ABBREVIATION*E*ORL&PerMode=Totals&dir=D&slug=traditional&sort=MIN

6 comments

  2. It’s not a rotational issue. It’s a “the only guy you can count on most nights is Tristan” issue. 

    Right now we win when AB plays well and we lose when he plays poorly and that’s a very precarious situation we find ourselves in. 

  3. It’s obvious watching the games that Jalen’s defense and just overall energy is driver of every good stretch and or run we have. They need to remove him off that fcn minutes restriction already.

  4. Either a rotational issue or we just don’t have enough effective players.

    Tyus and JI have been rough. Goga and AB have been inconsistent. TDS is the only player I have been excited to see come into the game.

    For what it’s worth I do think the rotations have been subpar and would like to see that improve before trying to make trades.

  5. We had a good good bench that could show up and do wonders but the bad part about them was that they were very inconsistent, one day Cole Anthony would suck for 5 straight games but would turn a star performance the next, Moe Wagner would too, even AB.

    Once in a while someone would step up and turn thing around. Now we have no bench whatsoever, our role players are so ineffective that its going to take a toll on our starters.

  6. Give em more time.

    Imo the issue is on the defensive end. I think the offense will figure out.

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