LeBron is on a 16 to 18 minute limit for now and how he gets there is flexible.
“It was going to be first half minutes, right? ... So a nine minute stint is seven, you know, what would be a normal one or six and a half or something. ... And to get to that number, 16, 18 minutes, it doesn't really matter how you do it right now.”
Nick Nurse's rotation strategy: staggered starters with overlap to maintain continuity and depth.
“How Nick Nurse staggered his starters, 1H 10/8 @ BKN: Started and finished the half with all five on the floor; aside from one brief spurt with four (all minus LeBron James) he always had two or three of them on the court”
PHILabaron Philon · Tyrese Maxey · Tacko Fall · LeBron James · Jabari Walker · Dean WadeRole & Rotation𝕏 BeatPhilon first checked in early in the second quarter alongside Maxey.
“Labaron Philon Jr.'s first minutes came early in the second quarter – checking in alongside Tyrese Maxey, which is interesting. Frontcourt: Wade-James-Walker.”
Nick Nurse's projected starting lineup for tonight.
“Sixers head coach Nick Nurse expects to play his entire projected starting five — Tyrese Maxey, VJ Edgecombe, Jaylen Brown, LeBron James, Joel Embiid — in tonight's preseason game @ Brooklyn.”
With Adem Bona out Wade and LeBron James join Jabari Walker and Dominick Barlow as small-ball five candidates.
“Dean would be another candidate, I guess, if you call him a small five. He's pretty good sized. I think LeBron is another candidate. I think he's played some small ball five as well... So I think that probably, you know, probably go with that crew unless something else emerges.”
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