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RT8 - Question 3 - Center Rotation
DIR By: Tim Wray
Date: December 13, 2016, 7:16 pm
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A major talking point over the Summer was how the Bucks were
going to manage their clogged center rotation. After 23 games,
John Henson has the most starts, Greg Monroe has been the most
productive and Miles Plumlee has been relegated to garbage
minutes. What do you make of the situation going forward?
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Re: RT8 - Question 3 - Center Rotation
DIR By: @BucksPhanTom
Date: December 14, 2016, 10:22 am
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I think that the way the center rotation has shaken out is just
about right. It was a mistake to sign Plumlee, at least at the
price point that they did. I assume that the front office was
pretty sure Moose would be gone by now, otherwise the amount of
money invested in the Plumlee makes no sense at all. But thank
goodness Monroe is still around, right? He has been great off
the bench on both ends of the floor. He may not be a rim
protector, but his increased activity level and busy hands have
helped to make that somewhat irrelevant, especially when Giannis
is on the floor to fill that role. Henson has also been good, at
least since he was put into the starting lineup, but generally
not as good as Moose.
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Re: RT8 - Question 3 - Center Rotation
DIR By: TiWindisch
Date: December 14, 2016, 10:55 am
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I'm not sure there's a better way to handle it than what Jason
Kidd has done so far. Until one of the three gets moved, there's
no way to give them all minutes every night and have them all be
effective. That means one man has to be out, and since Henson
and Monroe have been better they've deservedly gotten all of the
minutes.
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Re: RT8 - Question 3 - Center Rotation
DIR By: adammcgee
Date: December 14, 2016, 7:19 pm
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The one thing I do know for sure is that I wish we didn't have
to keep talking about centers!
I'm happy with what I've seen from Henson as a starter, Moose
has been exceptional this season, but ultimately the biggest
point I'd make on the center rotation is that it's not
sustainable to neither give Plumlee a chance to play his way
back into some kind of form, or play his way into some kind of
surprising trade value. Something has to give on that, and I'm
not entirely sure what the answer is right now. It's easy to say
that playing the three centers isn't sustainable, but they did
it at the start of the season and it didn't really hurt the
results in a way that's different to what we've seen lately.
For example, if Thon's going to get second quarter minutes in
Toronto, it makes no sense that Plumlee continues to rack up
DNPs.
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Re: RT8 - Question 3 - Center Rotation
DIR By: JordanTreske
Date: December 14, 2016, 9:05 pm
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I certainly think we all expected it wouldn't be easy to sort
out, but I honestly never thought it would unfold like it has
lately. As everyone has mentioned, we're seeing a more
consistent Henson for the first time ever really and it's hard
not to be surprised with how Monroe has played, primarily on the
defensive end.
All of that obviously puts Plumlee exactly where he sits right
now. Like his dream shake attempt on Anthony Davis, Plumlee's
season has only confirmed the fears almost everyone had of what
a nightmare his contract could end up being over time. Well, I
guess we didn't need to hit, say the 2019-2020 season for that
to happen. You'd have to think something has to give, whether
it's an injury (knock on wood) or someone's production falling
off, but the 2 center rotation Kidd has enacted has stuck long
enough for me to think nothing will change anytime soon.
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Re: RT8 - Question 3 - Center Rotation
DIR By: LukasHarkins
Date: December 15, 2016, 1:14 am
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From an on-court stand-point, I think that this rotation looks
good. Henson has been solid in the starting role and is
providing relatively efficient numbers on both sides of the
floor. Once a per-36 minute monster, Henson seems to be
developing into a serviceable starter this year. As for Monroe,
he is a beast in the second unit and is playing with definite
increased fervor on the defensive end of the floor. Plumlee has
definitely been disappointing, but what else can you say?
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Re: RT8 - Question 3 - Center Rotation
DIR By: Tim Wray
Date: December 15, 2016, 6:39 am
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It's a slightly-positive functioning, $42 million mess.
I must say, at least consistency in the rotation has been a
pleasant change over the past 10 games. Henson has been very
solid in the starting role, averaging 1.7 blocks, shooting over
70% from the stripe and boasting a 8.3 net rating. Likewise,
Monroe has been excellent off the bench matching up against
second string centers, racking up a ridiculous amount of steals
and somehow posting a better net rating than Giannis at 13.4
(WHAT). Then there's Plumlee, who although has been poor in the
minutes he has played, just hasn't had enough court time
recently to make any sort of redemptive and positive
contribution.
One needs to go, but the better Henson and Monroe play, the more
you want to move Plumlee, except you can't, because he earns
$12.5 million and doesn't play...bah!
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