What coaches and players say about roles, minutes, gameplans and development.
Thunder high-minute rotation players will sit some preseason games while others play all five.
โWe're not going to play everybody in every game, at least the high-minute rotation guys. We will play some guys five games, but the high-minute guys won't play in every game.โ
Rookies are slated to play all five preseason games with higher minutes. Veterans don't need that exposure.
โThey've never done that before. So they need to play five games in however many days it is and they need to deal with the recovery of that and the higher minutes of that.โ
Some players need preseason experience and game time while others need only a bare minimum.
โSome people need experience and game time, some people just need a bare minimum to get themselves ready for the season.โ
