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[QUOTE="Ceerqqq, post: 3503211, member: 6702"]
When Boeheim has a young team--as he had last year and often in recent years--he'll [I]always [/I]have them on the court as much as he can cuz he needs his best five, and best seven, to have the experience playing together [I][U]they need[/U][/I] in the few months they have available to become competitive against the best five of other teams. Consider that to be written in stone for JB.

Some fans complain he doesn't go deep enough into his bench to give those players more PT but JB knows that [I]every minute he gives an 8th or 9th player is a minute he's not giving to his key seven[/I] who need as much time playing with each other as possible if they've going to be worth a damn by the end of the season. All the players need PT, but JB's greatest concern is that his starters the PT [I]they[/I] desperately need when he's got so many new players to work into the starting line up.

That being said, it's clearly less of a priority when he returns an experienced team so he can better afford to spread the minutes around, which is what I expect this year. I fully expect Buddy's and Joe's minutes to drop to get Kadary on the court and to enable more intensity on defense over the course of the game. Maybe 8-10 deep, depending on how good the new guys are when they're on the court...
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