Rose
Hinrich
Deng
Thomas
Gooden

Except i may switch roses with gordons. Rose i think should be on the court longer than any other player on this team. he needs his rest, but just enough that he doesnt explode. 36 minutes of playtime gives him 12 minutes of rest, or an entire quarter. or… 6 minutes a half. Gordon should remain at the 2 longer than any other player, so 32 is fine for him, and hinrich backs up either position with 28. id be fine with those rotation minutes.

Ideally this is what i am proposing the rotation would look like for guards;

At the start of the half you have rose and gordon. with about 3 minutes to go in the 1st you sub out rose for hinrich. Hinrich and gordon backcourt continues into the next quarter, and the start of the next quarter. At about the 9 min mark of that quarter, rose subs in for gordon. Hinrich and Rose backcourt continues until the 1:30 second mark of the half. At which point for the last minute and a half you return back to the gordon and rose backcourt.

The goal of this lineup is to a) keep rose on the court for most of the game while still getting him plenty of rest. b) make gordon play the “important” minutes of the game, by giving the bulls his offense at the times the team needs it the most (begining of quarters to set pace, end of quarters to erase/extend leads). Defensively gordon will have an advantage especially when he comes in at the end of the half, cuz he will be more revitalized than his opponent, so he will have the edge and the ability to push harder on both ends of the floor (also clutch situations) so he is less likely to play poorly on defense. Finally c) kirk hinrich gets to play in a position where he can be aggresive defensively, and it wont cost the team alot. Picking up fouls is always worse in the begining and ending of games, keeping him from becoming mopey. Plus he can wear down the other teams best guard, or simply limit that player before he can get too hot.

This rotation plan stresses defense i suppose more than offense, or rather puts players in positions where they can succeed defensively. Gordon and rose, will have easier times defending opposing guards late in games rather than in the begining or middle of games. at the start of games the other team is bound to get worn out defending a fresh combo of rose and gordon. The middle “junk” of the game will be handled by hinrich who ive always thought did a good job of keeping the flow of games going. I think the only thing that stopped him from really being a good floor general was when he became “mopey” due to shooting woes and foul trouble. If he is always in with either rose or gordon, he wont have to worry about his offense as much (and can instead concentrate on getting those two in position where they can score) and he will be in a position to play aggresively and not worry about fouls.

This is all ideal, and of course depending on who we are playing and who is hot on our team and the other team things have to change, but this would be a good outline for the minutes of those three players and our guard rotation. This is also assuming hughes is gone, and thabo is sharing backup sf duties with noch (if noch is still here).

Sorry its a bit long dude (you’ll find i have a tendency to do that) hope my ideas intrigue individuals…i hope vdn is reading also.

so he had to have been waived yesterday

I just wanted to beat you to the punch on that post :)

I want Hinrich gone almost solely because I don’t think Paxson has the wherewithal to clear cap space for 2010 with him on the team. Other than that, I’ve said I would like that midget, but good, 3-guard lineup.

those rushed shots are point differential killers. If we have any hope of keeping games close we have to run something resembling an offense that moves the ball and moves players. Hughes really doesn’t do either.

and would be happy to have his role be a mentor to Rose in practices and games.

keeps the Bulls from choking by keeping Hughes off the court. ;)