Been giving this a lot of thought, and this is all based on what I know about the players now. That could all change during the preseason. But for now, this is how I would distribute the minutes. Bear in mind this is just an average and doesn't take into account the possibility of injuries, or some players playing multiple positions.
Center: Willie Cauley-Stein - 30 mpg (Starts)
Kosta Koufos - 18 mpg
Power Forward: Zach Randolph - 22 mpg (Starts)
Skal Labrissiere - 26 mpg
Small Forward: Bogdan Bogdanovic - 26 mpg (Starts)
Vince Carter - 12 mpg
Justin Jackson - 10 mpg
Shooting Guard: Garrett Temple - 24 mpg (Starts)
Buddy Hield - 24 mpg
Point Guard: George Hill - 26 mpg (Starts)
De'Aaron Fox - 22 mpg
Bench: Frank Mason
Malachi Richardson
Reno: G. Papagiannis
Harry Giles
This would be to start the season of course, and adjustments would come later. After watching Bogdanovic play in the last few games, I'm convinced that he needs to start somewhere, so I'm sticking him at the SF spot. The way I look at it, at least right now, Bog's is better at running the pick and roll. He's a better ballhandler, and passer, and probably just as good a shooter as Hield. He tends to make his teammates better and is excellent at controlling the tempo of the game. Sorry, he's just a better player right now than Buddy is. I don't care who started at the end of last season.
I think the Kings would like to get games off to a good start and I think that starting lineup would help do that. I think as Jackson improves, he might start eating into Carter's minutes, and It's possible for Jackson to steal some minutes at PF when the matchups allow, just because of his length. I think you have to keep Mason around because of Hill's history of injuries, and Malachi is sort of a Swiss army knife player who would be handy to have on the bench. I'm sure he'll get minutes here and there. He has to stay healthy.
Zach only averaged 23 minutes a game last season, so it's possible that he'll average even less than the 22 minutes I've allotted to him. My point is, these minutes aren't etched in stone, and as the young players improve their minutes will increase. There will probably be times when Koufos is at center and they move Willie to PF because of matchup's. For instance, if the Warriors were to move Durant to PF, you can't expect either Randolph or Skal to be effective on defense, but Willie could at least make him work hard for his points. Hey, just killing time here for the next eight days.
Center: Willie Cauley-Stein - 30 mpg (Starts)
Kosta Koufos - 18 mpg
Power Forward: Zach Randolph - 22 mpg (Starts)
Skal Labrissiere - 26 mpg
Small Forward: Bogdan Bogdanovic - 26 mpg (Starts)
Vince Carter - 12 mpg
Justin Jackson - 10 mpg
Shooting Guard: Garrett Temple - 24 mpg (Starts)
Buddy Hield - 24 mpg
Point Guard: George Hill - 26 mpg (Starts)
De'Aaron Fox - 22 mpg
Bench: Frank Mason
Malachi Richardson
Reno: G. Papagiannis
Harry Giles
This would be to start the season of course, and adjustments would come later. After watching Bogdanovic play in the last few games, I'm convinced that he needs to start somewhere, so I'm sticking him at the SF spot. The way I look at it, at least right now, Bog's is better at running the pick and roll. He's a better ballhandler, and passer, and probably just as good a shooter as Hield. He tends to make his teammates better and is excellent at controlling the tempo of the game. Sorry, he's just a better player right now than Buddy is. I don't care who started at the end of last season.
I think the Kings would like to get games off to a good start and I think that starting lineup would help do that. I think as Jackson improves, he might start eating into Carter's minutes, and It's possible for Jackson to steal some minutes at PF when the matchups allow, just because of his length. I think you have to keep Mason around because of Hill's history of injuries, and Malachi is sort of a Swiss army knife player who would be handy to have on the bench. I'm sure he'll get minutes here and there. He has to stay healthy.
Zach only averaged 23 minutes a game last season, so it's possible that he'll average even less than the 22 minutes I've allotted to him. My point is, these minutes aren't etched in stone, and as the young players improve their minutes will increase. There will probably be times when Koufos is at center and they move Willie to PF because of matchup's. For instance, if the Warriors were to move Durant to PF, you can't expect either Randolph or Skal to be effective on defense, but Willie could at least make him work hard for his points. Hey, just killing time here for the next eight days.