LIneup trends around the league

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Fwiw, the average playoff net margin of Nuggets' playoff opponents is about +4.5. Thunder close to -3.5. Pacers about +5.

These are composite numbers influenced by series they were in and the others they were not in..

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Rockets lineup management:

https://x.com/bballstrategy/status/1973081960227442729

https://x.com/bballstrategy/status/1973089107380166765

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Quads in general:

https://x.com/bballstrategy/status/1973842108718194707

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Avdija - Camara - Clingan was tied for 2nd best performing trio among 80 most used but was only 21st in minutes.

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Finney-Smith was in all 3 clear best pairs with the core starters and 6 of 7 best in 20 most used lineups but was not retained. Don't know what they offered but it wasn't enough. And probably an important loss.

DFS in 3 least negative playoff pairs among 10 most used. Hachimura in 4 of 5 worst. Hachimura remains.

Reaves in all the next tier good pairs. Will he be retained? I would guess no.

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Castle Barnes Champagnie Wembanyama was the near best performing returning big minute quad.

Subbing in Vassell Sochan for Barnes Champagnie was better. Sochan was Vassell's best pair but still slightly negative. Really need to run with that and find more half decent pairs, peobably for a bench role. Or trade him, if possible, given cost, performance decline and poor fit.

Those should be the 2 bases for heavy concentration. Try out various 5th guys, focus on the best.

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Booker Durant Plumlee was by far best trio among 20 most used but was only 17th in use.

The NBA is littered with inadequately tesed / used cases.

Build around Booker? They failed to keep 3 of his very best pairs. Dunn and Ighadoro are next best but slightly negative. 5th and 9th most used last season. How much / how good this season?

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Sub-lineup usage across league:

https://x.com/bballstrategy/status/1980304050282479940


Focus on Blazers and Hawks:

https://x.com/bballstrategy/status/1980119068926787782