Important Decisions the Cavaliers Have to Make With Their Rotation – Sports4CLE, 2/21/24

Important Decisions the Cavaliers Have to Make With Their Rotation – Sports4CLE, 2/21/24

How important are the decisions that JB bicker staff makes relative to the rotation these last 29 games going forward and and what do you expect to see and I’m I’m talking specifically Sam Merill um you know how do you it seems like he’s kind of settled that Merrill’s going to get minutes

Regardless um and he’s going to do a 10-man rotation how important is it to to stick with that yeah you know it’s vital for not just the player or for you know but kind of uh if you’re talking about JB bicker staff he wants to get comfortable with knowing guys

What guys to play and when to play them when it’s ideal um and the players you know it impacts them psychologically emotionally uh when they’re getting consistent minutes or maybe if they’re not you know somebody like Sam merell is invaluable because he’s a specialist and if you have a specialist you’re got to

Find a way to get him on the court specifically he stretches the opposing defense because he’s the best three-point shooter on the team most consistent at it anyway so uh you know I I think usually if you’re a coach you usually go about eight deep in the playoffs if everybody’s healthy um you

Really don’t go too much beyond that JB bicker staff’s greatest challenge is a good problem to have how do you go deeper than that how do you find minutes uh for for really up to 10 players because don’t forget you’re also everybody’s healthy you’ve got Dean Wade Isaac okoro Caris lever and

Merill and George Yang All Off the Bench there’s 10 guys right there maybe Tristan Thompson when he comes back makes it 11 and if if Craig Porter Jr who just got a new contract is contributing there you get 12 so yeah JB bicker staff’s going to have a lot of

Juggling to do and probably a few guys are going to be the odd men out on a consistent basis but they’ll be counted on at times and you know what’s important is those players so far this season have shown that Sam Marill Craig Porter Jr uh even Dean Wade when when

Called upon those guys have proven that they’ve been ready to contribute

Dave Bacon and Sam Amico discuss the Cavaliers rotation as they prepare for their final stretch of games in the regular season.

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