Rotation and Depth Chart by minutes

[Lucky_Shot]

[governator]

Lonzo -- Cook
KCP -- Danny Green
BI -- LeBron James
LeBron -- Anthony Davis
McGee -- McGee

Rondo -- Rondo
Hart -- KCP
Lance -- Dudley
Kuzma -- Kuzma
Chandler -- Boogie


Caruso -- Caruso
Beasley -- Troy Daniel
Bonga --
Wagner -- THT
Zubac --

J.Williams -- Norvell

How do you guys like it so far?

solid 1st unit (might need better PG to keep up in the west), LeBron with 2 pick n roll 7 footers and 3 spot up 3pt shooters

2nd unit: Rondo + 4 shooters (or Caruso, 5 shooters)

[Joe Pesci]

Positions are labeled according to who they guard on defense.

Player Totals
PG - Burke (28) - Cook (20)
SG - Pope (27) - Caruso (21)
C - Davis (32) - Cousins (16)
PF - James (32) - Kuzma (25)
SF - Green (28) - Hollis-Jefferson (11)

Positional Totals
PG - Burke (28) - Cook (20)
SG - Pope (27) - Caruso (21)
C - Davis (32) - Cousins (16)
PF - James (23) - Kuzma (25)
SF - Green (28) - Hollis- Jefferson (11) - James (9)
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A creative scorer, a wing defender, and a shooter.

[PHILosophize]

[Kobesystem]

Last time LEGM avg less than 35mpg was never.

[lakerican]

Cousins 24/McGee 18/Davis 6
Davis 26/Kuzma 22
Lebron 32/Dudley 12/Green 4
Green 24/Cook 10/KCP 14
Caruso 24/Rondo 16/Cook 8

[HumanVictoryCigar]

I have to believe guys like Cook and Boogie along with KCP signed contracts to play, not sit on the bench. The guards are going to be all over the place, besides Rondo, the others will be shifting back and forth as "proper" PG's or SG's. I think KCP is a little better than the message board thinks he is due to a bad system/setup during Luke's tenure and he could flit back and forth at some SF as well. Danny Green will be flitting back and forth at SG/SF. Rondo/AD/Boogie will play together as that was part of the recruiting pitch to Boogie. Cook may eventually take the starters spot or... he may be a career backup, we'll see. Boogie is looking for another big contract after this, he's not coming off the bench. Kuz is going to get a lot of minutes somehow. Boogie and JaVale will probably miss 15-20 games each so that will open up rotations at C. Boogie and JaVale will also probably play a max of 25 minutes on any given night so there will be a lot of rotation at C.

Rondo/Cook/Caruso/(plays limited minutes - Troy Daniels)
KCP/mix in the above, some Danny Green/(never plays - Zach Norvell Jr.)
Lebron/Danny Green/(never plays - THT)
AD/Kuz/(rarely plays - Dudley)
Boogie/JaVale/(rarely plays - Jonathan Williams)

[Villain6Activated]

Basically a thread for us to put our coaching hats on and make wild predictions. I made a thread like this last season also, it helps me control myself from spamming the free agency thread.

Depth Chart

Alex Caruso/ Rajon Rondo/ Quinn Cook
Danny Green/ KCP / Troy Daniels/ THT
Lebron James/ Jared Dudley
Anthony Davis/ Kyle Kuzma
Demarcus Cousins/ Javale McGee
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“Life is too short. You have to keep it moving.” - Kobe

[Villain6Activated]

There's so many interesting routes that the coaching staff can assemble this roster, but a few questions stick out:

1. Do we start Boogie or Javale, Or do we start Davis at center next to Kuzma? The answer to this question I think will show what the coaching staff really emphasized. Boogie for overall offense, Kuzma for the best shooting lineup and McGee for defense/shot blocking.

2. Does Rondo get the start at PG simply because of his experience, do we give Caruso a shot or is Lebron at point actually a full time option? I'd rather have Rondo come off the bench, and use Lebron as a defacto point guard.

3. Are we actually going to use players like Quinn/Daniels/Dudley? Load management is important for Lebron, but how deep is our rotation really going to be? Is the coaching staff actually going to keep our rotation 10-11 deep throughout the regular season so if needed they can step up during the playoffs or are they just insurance?
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“Life is too short. You have to keep it moving.” - Kobe

[Staccatos]

I would run about 6 or 7 rotations something like this:

Updated with Avery Bradley.

Lineups

[HumanVictoryCigar]

I hope/suspect? the Toronto model will be used by a lot of teams. The Lakers with a 35 year old Lebron and Anthony Davis with his history would benefit by using the "load management" theory, maybe taking 5-10 games off during the season. Then you hit the playoffs and you've got 11 or even 12 guys that have gotten minutes during the season and can be depended on to play.

There's no way in hell Boogie and JaVale both play 82 games so as far as who "starts" really may be moot though Boogie will (I assume) get the nod most of the time unless the other team is playing a 6'4" long distance sprinter at the C slot. The guard slots will, like other people have said, probably be supplemental to Lebron as PG, so you could just play 2 shooters there or have KCP in for defense and a shooter next to him. I guess we'll see how creative Vogel is with his new offense.

[Annihilator]

[Lakerz113]

When is preseason lol

[YouCantSeeMe]

If Cook and Kuzma can play average defense and Kuzma can shoot 3 at respectable rare, then Cook, Green, LeBron, Kuz and AD will be the closing our version of death lineup. 3 plus defenders, speed, shot creation, all there. Or replace Cook with Iggy for a better defense.
Kuzma is really the wild card for Lalers. If he can become a two way player with improvement in rebounding, Lakers will go far.

[FreakofNature]

PG - Caruso 27 / Rondo 12/ Cook 9
SG - Green 27 / KCP 12 / Daniels 9
SF - Lebron 14 / Kuzma 28/ Dudley 6
PF - Davis 28/ Bron 20
C - Cousins 28/ Mcgee 14/ Davis 6

[LakerLanny]

[Capt.Skyhook]

PG - Rondo 20 / Caruso 20 / Cook 8
SG - Green 25 / KCP 18 / Daniels 5
SF - LeBron 33 / Kuzma 10 / Dudley 5
PF - Davis 27 / Kuzma 21
C - Cousins 27 / mcgee 13 / Davis 8


I can't see Rondo not starting early on because he has played with AD. and Kidd and the coaches will fawn over his "intangibles."

Caruso and Cook fight for those 2nd team backup minutes. Both will end up playing a lot during season b/c Rondo won't stay healthy.

I see a lot of KCP time because someone has to guard
Lilliard, Curry etc. Caruso was respectable defensively, so that can earn him more court time.

If Kuz can regain his shot and defend adequately - which he did a lot last year despite the criticism on this board - I can see his minutes in the mid 30s.

[JeezyXVII]

McGee
Davis
James
Green
Rondo

Cousins
Kuzma
Dudley / THT
KCP / Daniels
Caruso / Cook

Doing some research, Pope and Rondo should never share the backcourt at the same time. Worst 2-man combo we had last year.

Id rather have Caruso in the starting 5 as Rondo has a huge assist:turnover ratio, but he’ll probably get the nod cause of experience.

Kuzma, James and Green are gonna be solid when on the court together.
Cant wait to see how Vogel mixes and match's lineups.

[danzag]

We are kinda stacked lol
Some good players will have little to no minutes

[Pureshot77]

I think having such a deep roster will help the team get better collectively through practice sessions.

[Shoot Like Kobe]

[Joe Pesci]

Offensive Player Totals
PG - James (32) - Rondo (16)
SG - Bradley (27) - Cook (16) - Pope (16)
C - Davis (32) - Cousins (16)
PF - Nwaba (16) - Kuzma (25)
SF - Green (28) - Sefolosha (16)

Defensive Positional Totals
PG - Bradley (16) - Rondo (16) - Cook (16)
SG - Green (21) - Pope (16) - Bradley (11)
C - Davis (32) - Cousins (16)
PF - James (20) - Kuzma (25) - Nwaba (3)
SF - Nwaba (13) - Sefolosha (16) - James (12) - Green (7)
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A creative scorer, a wing defender, and a shooter.

[Shoot Like Kobe]

[audioaxes]

repeat after me:
Caruso is better than Rondo
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(bleep) Kawhi

[Zubolo]

C - Boogie (28) / AD (10)/ McGee (10)
F - AD (24) / Lebron (6)/ Kuzma (18)
F Lebron (28)/ Kuzma (12)/ Green (8)
G - Green (24)/ KCP (24)
G - Bradley (28)/ Rondo/Caruso (20)

Injury Reserves - Cook, Daniels, THT, Dudley