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Originally Posted by TaShawn  If you look at the past 10 NBA championship teams, how big of a rotation did they have in the playoffs? That would be interesting to know. |
OK, will try to answer my own question, but don't have data for 10, just the last 4:
'06-07 Spurs-
10 players with 20% PT or more
1 with 3%
1 with 2%
(10 deep)
'05-06 Heat-
8 players with 20% PT or more
1 with 8%
2 with 6%
1 with 1%
(8 deep with 3 more mild contributors)
'04-05 Spurs-
8 players with 20% PT or more
2 with 10%
1 with 5%
1 with 1%
(8 deep with 2-3 other mild contributors)
'03-04 Pistons-
8 players with 20% PT or more
Mike James with 17%
Elden with 11%
Ham with 8%
Milicic with 1%
(9 deep with 1 other contributor + defensive specialist).
So, if you take all of this in, it looks like we are going to need 8/9 players who are going to be heavily involved + 2 or 3 players that we are going to have to trust with about 5 minutes per game. Since we don't have the superstar model, we need more depth. SA was 10 deep last year. Our last Championship put us 9 deep + Elden, who got a lot of minutes in certain games.
Billups/Rip/Tay/Sheed/Dyess + Stuckey/Maxiell/ Hayes = our top 8
We need 2 more contributors. Herrman and Bresec are out. If Herrmann contributes it will be because he replaced Hayes, not as a 3rd string. Bresec will only be used 2% of the time or less.
That leaves Lindsey, Afflalo, and Amir as the only choices. Lindsey will be a spot defender. Afflalo I would be will be the same. At the current pace, Amir won't be ready or have the coach's trust.
So, we are heading toward and 8 man rotation +2 minor contributors at best. If we were to win it like that, I would argue that we were the shallowest team in the last 5 years to do so.