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Message: [QUOTE="jordoo, post: 1968287, member: 569"] I think White and Lydon being at the top of that list is no fluke. Those two will lead the team in minutes played. I think PG is pretty set with a platoon so Frank and John at right around 20 min each is going to be pretty normal this year. Some games may call for one more than the other and at the end of games they may both be out there but this looks like two good players splitting the position to me. The interesting thing is how many minutes Battle plays himself into at the 2G spot. The better he plays the more minutes he will demand and that means more of White's minutes being at the forward spot. This probably slides Lydon to the 5 more which in turn limits Coleman and Chukwu's minutes. Then there is the Tyler/TT fight for the remaining minutes at the forward spot. Can TT solidify his minutes by tightening up his defense and rebounding aggressively? If he does will it even be enough against a senior who is better on defense, the best rebounder on the team and has been performing very efficiently on offense thus far. It almost seems like no matter how much TT improves that he is likely to drop to around 10min per. I think by the seasons end Battle, White and Lydon will be eating 94 out of 200 minutes. You can scratch another 40 off with Howard and Gillon. Roberson is going to get at least 26 so you have 40 minutes left and I'd say at most 30 of them are at the 5. In the end I think it looks like this: White: 32 Lydon: 32 Battle: 30 Roberson: 28 Howard: 21 Gillon: 21 Chukwu: 18 Coleman: 9 Thompson: 9 The big thing is that those guys at the end of the rotation are going to give you a productive minutes every night. Coleman rebounding per minute is ridiculous so far. He has 20 in 42 minutes this year. Likewise Thompson has 25 points in 49 minutes. Chukwu is just learning and is already getting about 2 blocks in his 16 minutes. That doesn't take into consideration the shots he alters or simply aren't taken because he is in there. [/QUOTE]

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