“Underdog All-Stars: Constructing Championship Teams with NBA’s Overlooked Talent”
Trevor, why does Evanâs team suck?
Evan’s team is awful. Just inexplicable roster management. Two main reasons: 1.) He doesn’t have a single All-Star level offensive player. It’s just nearly impossible to score that way. Murphy and Reaves would make fine second options, but the rest are all best as third and fourth options and he will be hard pressed to score when the defense locks in. Plus, I can already see possessions where the defense is clogging the lane off of two complete non-shooters in Jarrett Allen and Amen Thompson. 2.) His team will have awful chemistry. You think Myles Turner will be happy as the eighth man? Dean Wade has played 11 minutes in at least 45 games this season. His team is 40-5 in those games. Payton Pritchard is having such a prolific offensive season that he might finish first or second in Sixth Man of the Year voting. Tari Eason is seventh in minutes per game on the Houston Rockets, Tyus Jones is fourth in minutes per game on the Phoenix Suns â you think those guys will be OK with their extremely limited playing time? It’s hard to have more than 10 or at most, 11, men in a rotation. No doubt that Evan’s 11-15 guys are excellent, but is that really what you want from those spots in a lineup? Players that might only play 10 minutes per game once a week?
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