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For your consideration. The proportion of minutes played by the most common 5-man unit on each team in the NBA so far (normally the starters, but not always). I'm not sure what it means, but found it interesting.

Note that a few of the teams below the Blazers have had to change starting line-ups due to injury in the middle of this season, like Orlando with the injury to Carter or Charlotte with Bell coming back from injury.

Glass half-full: the guys have not played enough together to gel. When they do, the team will be dominating.

Glass half-empty: Nate is making rotations too quickly; Oden cannot avoid foul trouble, so the Blazers are doomed.

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And, in case you were wondering

Here is the graph for the proportion of minutes played by the top 5 (top defined in terms of minutes play) 5-man units on each team.

by PoliSam on Nov 5, 2009 11:30 AM PST up reply actions  

Blazers are not that far off of the Spurs

Who view the season as a marathon, not a sprint. I am not saying the Blazers can afford to approach the season in that manner, but there is something to be said for conserving players.

I get the paper, so I don't care!

by Name's Ash on Nov 5, 2009 11:29 AM PST reply actions  

it is interesting

For the most part, the top teams play a core nucleus of players. The bottom teams are searching for something/anything that works.

I get the paper, so I don't care!

by Name's Ash on Nov 5, 2009 11:33 AM PST up reply actions  

Have you done this for previous seasons?

I wonder what the trend over the course of the season looks like.

I get the paper, so I don't care!

by Name's Ash on Nov 5, 2009 11:40 AM PST up reply actions  

Conserving players is cool when you are a perrenial contender that is teetering on the top of the hill

When you are young and as unproven as the blazers, I think the regular season is far more important. The spurs just need to get into the playoffs healthy, the blazers need to get in and try and have some momentum and continuity…

by Rudiculous on Nov 5, 2009 3:17 PM PST up reply actions  

Perfect! Thanks PoliSam. Been curious about this myself.

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by prezofdeath on Nov 6, 2009 9:13 AM PST reply actions  

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