Nowell 761
Maric 756
Lottie 708
Bankston 658
Johnson 519

Those are our five returning leaders in minutes played. Which of them is most likely to get bumped out of the top five?

That's a tough call. It won't be Nowell, IF he improves his turnover situation.

Probably not Maric. But he needs to rebound better. And Monyyong appears to be a defensive force who may have to be on the floor. Maric was not a shot blocker.

Lottie is versatile, but he does not do anything superlatively well. We have to get a shooter from somewhere, and he probably is going to get Lottie's minutes if his shooting does not improve.

Bankston has to get more aggressive. He does what he does very well, but he has to be more of a force on the boards.

Johnson could be a diamond in the rough, but he will be competing in a tough group for minutes. If he hits the board like he did at times last season, he may be tough to keep off the floor. And he shot well.