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Originally Posted by himat  The bench players always have their rhythm messed up, and they are not effective as well. Lowering the starters minutes 5 mpg will solve that problem.
As for the starters rhythm. I am not saying that you have them out their for 5 minutes and then you sub them out. They will play consistent minutes still.
In your scenario the starters play 35-40 mpg, and in mine they play 25-30 mpg. I made this point before that out of that 35-40 minutes the starters are not playing to their full ability for 5-10 minutes because of fatigue. Those 5-10 minutes is the difference of our 2 scenarios, so in both cases the starters play 25-30 minutes of "energized basketball". (35-10=25, 40-10=30) The difference is that in my scenario the rest of the minutes are strongly utilized by the bench, while in your scenario some are utilized by the bench yet some are not used to their full ability by the starters. |
It's not just the minutes, it is the consistency. Because a player playing 20 minutes for 3 straight games and then not getting into the action in the 4th is still averaging 15 mpg, but his rhythm is going to be off. Same could be said about time distribution within the game. How many times we've seen Delfino play very well and contribute in the 1st half only to have his behind glued to the bench in the 2nd?