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It’ll be interesting to see how the Grizzlies – maybe the NBA’s deepest team – trim (or don’t) their rotation for the playoffs.Golden State is a tough first-round matchup, though (as Denver is for the Warriors).
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Despite key injuries, the starting lineup is strong with Nikola Jokic. The Nuggets, who’ve been searching throughout the season for bench players who can help, might have found enough usable units.But Phoenix – the NBA’s best team all season – doesn’t necessarily need to unlock a higher level to reach its goal. The Suns haven’t surged to quite as high a level as other champion contenders when using only their top players.The Warriors are a bona fide title contender when healthy.Within a relatively pedestrian season for a defending champion, Milwaukee still demonstrated an elite upside. The Bucks have been excellent with their top players.The Celtics aren’t as good defensively without Robert Williams, but they can still crank it up offensively.These adjustments to each team’s ratings cause less upheaval than prior years.Here are each team’s offensive, defensive and net ratings from NBA WOWY adjusted from the regular season to counting only lineups that include five players projected to be in the postseason rotation: But they can be useful data points among the many that should be considered when evaluating teams.
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These numbers shouldn’t stand alone and have shortcomings (including varying sample size, opponent quality and apportionment of minutes among postseason-rotation players, as best as those can be predicted). In an attempt to measure the competency and chemistry of the players we’ll actually see on the floor this spring/summer, I measured team performance when the entire five-man lineup was comprised of players projected to be in the postseason rotation. So, how much should it matter when predicting the playoffs how the Nets played with Harden, the Bulls with Ball and the Jazz with Gay?
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Gay might not crack Utah’s postseason rotation. Rudy Gay played 1,038 minutes for the Jazz.īut Harden ( traded) and Ball ( injured) won’t play for Brooklyn or Chicago in the playoffs. Lonzo Ball played 1,212 minutes for the Bulls. James Harden played 1,627 minutes for the Nets this season.