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RE: roster minutes distribution
(01-04-2021 03:53 PM)macgar32 Wrote: (01-04-2021 03:32 PM)SeñorTiger Wrote: (01-04-2021 03:07 PM)macgar32 Wrote: (01-04-2021 02:37 PM)SeñorTiger Wrote: Those are deceiving. I found it interesting that Houston was playing 10 guys over 10 minutes. On the surface that is factually true. However, if you go look at the game logs of most of the guys floating at like 11-13 mpg then you see the minutes were front waited against lesser opponents and there minutes have dropped significantly since league play started.
For example:
- Jamal Shed - 18, 2 (against #14 team), 25, 22, 12 (conference opens but 26 point win), 5 (close conf. game), 7 (conf. loss), 10 (conf. 14 point win)
Clearly against quality opponents and competitive conf. games he is not playing 10+
- J'wan Roberts - 17, 21, 3, 14, 12, 15 (conf. opens but 26 point win), 9, 6, 2
Realistically Sampson has effectively trimmed his roster and rotation down to 8 guys and really 7 depending on the game. Reggie Chaney's number vary quite a bit it looks like depending on the game, perhaps he gets more minutes against teams built a certain way.
Contrast that with our 10 guys whose minutes have seen nothing but natural fluctuation but no significant cut in minutes for any players like Sampson is doing with Houston. In addition, we have an 11th guy in Lance whose minutes average under 10 but still gets in that 10+ minutes every 2 or 3 games
Don’t our numbers fluctuate based on competition as well.
And the 10 guys over 10 minutes should be 9 because Williams only played 3 games. So his 25 minutes were distributed among other players before then. And Baugh missed a game Malcolm missed 2 and alo missed one.
Here are the numbers, so you can decide for yourself. IMO, looking at the minutes, no Penny does not really adjust minutes to play certain guys less during tougher games. He more or less has a rotation or a number of minutes he wants to get guys and plays them that. Look Alo, 5 out of the last 6 games he is at exactly 20 minutes. To me the fluctuations are just natural in appearance, timeouts, hot hand, foul trouble. It is not, we are playing Tulsa tonight so I better trim the roster down to my best 8, no it is just a distribution of minutes so everyone plays (exception of Lance Thomas who is basically our 11th guy)...
Baugh - 22, 19, 22, 25, 21, 19, 20, 18, 5
Cisse - 20, 19, 18, 19, 21, 24, 21, 15, 13, 25
Malcolm - 9, 14, 10, 9, 15, 15, 14, 11
Boogie - 31, 27, 22, 18, 22, 24, 27, 14, 24, 18
Jayden - 3, 4, 13, 20, 16, 20, 8, 10, 18, 14
Alo - 24, 24, 17, 20, 20, 27, 20, 20, 20
Lester - 22, 19, 29, 24, 31, 30, 18, 30, 22, 27
Lance - 17, 7, 9, 14, 2, 12, 4, 9, 2, 10
DJ - 28, 33, 30, 20, 24, 32, 34, 38, 29, 23
Nolley - 24, 34, 30, 22, 28, 9 (injured), 35, 27, 28, 23
Deandre - 17, 38, 24
Lance - 17, 7, 9, 14, 2, 12, 4, 9, 2, 10
Jayden - 3, 4, 13, 20, 16, 20, 8, 10,18, 14
Bold 10+ point victories
Red Missing players (Not including Deandre)
Malcolm just has limitations based on his health...I would guess that is why his minutes seem to always be limited.
I do think Penny tries to get everyone in the game in the first half. Then he tightens the rotation in the 2nd half. He essentially admits he feels bad when he doesn't play guys...Said several times about Maurice last year. He does need to let that go.
But we have had one game with a full roster...Hard to look at numbers without taking that into account.
Lance is the one player that seems to be in the dog house with Penny. His numbers appear to be dependent on quality of opponent or at least not "I need to make sure and get him his 12 minutes tonight".
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