2019-20 lineup analysis

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It doesn't appear that Luke Walton has figured out how to use D Fox in general. Many of his top lineups are meh to bad. The top lineup is alright but pretty lightly used and better with Joseph instead. Fox with Joseph is by far his best pair but way under-tested. Hield Barnes Holmes is the core. I'd want to see it with both. 378 lineups used but not a single second for this logical lineup. 4 of the 5 but never the 5.
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Rose Galloway Mykhailiuk Wood worked very well in moderate testing. These 3 in pairs were 3 of the only 4 pairs in 20 most used to be positive. With Morris for a 5 man lineup worked but is no longer available. With Griffin tested less than 10 minutes, if at all. I'd test that hundreds of minutes next season.

I'd test it with others instead of Griffin too. Kennard. Doumbouya, even super small with Brown. (Brown with Wood was the only other positive pair in the most used 20.)
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With the departure of Hayward, the Celtics lost 4 of their 5 most used lineups. They are left with just 1 lineup used over 1 minute per game- starters with Smart, used 2 minutes per game. It looks good but that isnt much of a test. The rest is insufficiently tested to really know anything dink lineups. And probably well over half (Maybe over 2/3rds) of those 700 plus dinks are gone too. New team to a degree.

Hayward and Kanter were Smart's best raw pairs. Walker is his worst big minute pair. The data suggests he does best, among remaining pairs, with Tatum and Theis. With Theis time probably goes up. Or at least should.
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Raptors left with 1 lineup used over 0.5 minutes per game.

Most used Boucher lineups generally strong looking but none tested even to 0.5 minutes per game. Positive pairs with basically everyone but VanVleet and S Johnson.
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Lakers only have 1 lineup among 20 most used still intact and usable. Used less than 0.5 minutes per game.
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9 of the 11 most used Clippers lineups are gone, leaving lineups used 2 minutes and 1.5 minutes per game.
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Nuggets prize continuity above many or all, but Grant's defection eliminates 7 of 8 most used lineups. They still have their 10 minutes per game main lineup and a handful of lineups used a bit over 0.5 minutes per game.
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Bucks lost at least 19 of 20 most used lineups. Might have 1 small minutes, bad one if Korver comes back.
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Losing or throwing away bigger minute lineups is commonplace. The scale of the loss is perhaps bigger than many realize. Sometimes it has significant consequences.

The term "run it back" is often way over-stated, at least at the full 5 man lineup level.
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Some lineup analysis of 2020 playoff Bucks and 2018 playoff Raptors. https://twitter.com/bballstrategy/statu ... 21697?s=20

And 2020 playoff Heat, Lakers.
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