Give me your realistic 2018 10-man playoff rotation

[__ramonezy__]

The "flexibility" of our roster, which was a strength in the regular season, has proven to be a great weakness in the playoffs. Though I love the fight, there is no denying that we are putting forward a roster of incomplete, one-dimensional players that are better in short spurts but cannot realistically contend. 12-man rotations are ridiculous this time of year and seeing Brad mix and match in an attempt to find something is admirable, but also sad. Of all the playoff teams, we have the most changes in our starting lineup across all 16 playoff teams... which simply shows the reactive nature of our bunch.

I'm definitely not one that thought we were contenders this season and am extremely proud of the team's progress, but next season we SHOULD be legitimate contenders.

I see several threads pitching full 15-man squads, that's all well and good, but it's not playoff basketball and most of it is because we don't want to see emotional favourites move on.

So, with that said, let us legitimately plot a 10-man, title-contending rotation based on what we have. Two players per position - the starter and backup. The blank spaces represent my perceived gaps in the current roster. Feel free to disagree with my distinction of players as starters or even part of a rotation on a contender.

PG: IT, ______________
SG: ______________, Bradley
SF: ______________, Crowder
PF: ______________, KO
C: Horford, __________________

My attempt for our 2018 playoff roster rotation is:
PG: IT, Fultz
SG: Bradley, Ben McLemore
SF: Brown, Crowder
PF: Griffin, KO
C: Horford, Zizic

[Csfan1984]

I think the ten will be

IT, Smart, Rozier, Fultz
Crowder, Brown, Green
Millsap, Taj Gibson, Horford

Green resigned. Taj and Millsap our the two FA pickups.
KO is out. AB is traded draft night for a 7 to 11 range pick.

[Roy H.]

Horford / Zizic
Crowder / KO
Hayward / Brown
Smart / Fultz
IT / Rozier

[__ramonezy__]

I think the ten will be

IT, Smart, Rozier, Fultz
Crowder, Brown, Green
Millsap, Taj Gibson, Horford

Green resigned. Taj and Millsap our the two FA pickups.
KO is out. AB is traded draft night for a 7 to 11 range pick.

Interested to know who are your starters? Especially at SG

[jpotter33]

Ideally:

IT, Fultz
Brown, Smart
Crowder, Green
Griffin, ?
Horford, Zizic

More realistically:

IT, Rozier
Brown, Fultz
Hayward, Smart
Crowder, ?
Horford, Zizic

OR

IT, Rozier
Brown, Fultz
Crowder, Smart
Millsap, ?
Horford, Zizic

[CelticsElite]

What's with all the suggestions for Millsap? The hawks  Millsap and horford couldn't get it done for years. Prime Smith was better than IT.   We aren't about to become a worse version of the hawks

[PhoSita]

Thomas, Fultz, Crowder, Horford, Favors

Smart, Rozier, Brown, Olynyk, Gibson

I dunno.

[PhoSita]

What's with all the suggestions for Millsap? The hawks  Millsap and horford couldn't get it done for years. Prime Smith was better than IT.   We aren't about to become a worse version of the hawks

The Hawks never had a backcourt like Thomas and Fultz.

[KGs Knee]

My attempt for our 2018 playoff roster rotation is:
PG: IT, Fultz
SG: Bradley, Ben McLemore
SF: Brown, Crowder
PF: Griffin, KO
C: Horford, Zizic

I don't think we can possibly keep Olynyk if we sign Griffin, or any "max" FA.  I'm also zero percent interested in Ben McLemore.  I might suggest something like the following:

IT / Rozier
Fultz / Smart
Brown / Crowder
Griffin /
Horford / Zizic

I'm not sold on Gordon Hayward, I don't he brings the type of defense we need from a SF.  I'm good sticking with Brown, who I think will be an elite defender at SF when he bulks up a little.  I'd rather improve the front court, although Griffin is a bit risky with his injury history.  But he's probably the best fit among this year's FA class.

Ideally we'd trade for Paul George, but I don't know if we can get him for a price that doesn't cost us either Brown or Fultz.  I'm not trading either of them, period.

[CelticsElite]

What's with all the suggestions for Millsap? The hawks  Millsap and horford couldn't get it done for years. Prime Smith was better than IT.   We aren't about to become a worse version of the hawks

The Hawks never had a backcourt like Thomas and Fultz.

their all star wings kind of made up for  that don't you think?

[PhoSita]

What's with all the suggestions for Millsap? The hawks  Millsap and horford couldn't get it done for years. Prime Smith was better than IT.   We aren't about to become a worse version of the hawks

The Hawks never had a backcourt like Thomas and Fultz.

their all star wings kind of made up for  that don't you think?

What, Korver and Teague?

Or do you mean Joe Johnson and Marvin Williams?

[Roy H.]

I don't think we can possibly keep Olynyk if we sign Griffin, or any "max" FA.

We can if we trade AB's salary for future picks and don't bring Yabu over.

[max215]

What's with all the suggestions for Millsap? The hawks  Millsap and horford couldn't get it done for years. Prime Smith was better than IT.   We aren't about to become a worse version of the hawks

The Hawks never had a backcourt like Thomas and Fultz.

I don't think there's a backcourt as offensively dynamic as IT-Fultz. Curry-Thompson is certainly better offensively, and Lillard-McCollum could give them a run for their money, but I don't think any backcourt can destroy you in as many ways as Markelle and Isaiah.

[Tr1boy]

Horford/zizic
Ayton/Yabu
Brown
Hayward
Fultz

[Csfan1984]

I think the ten will be

IT, Smart, Rozier, Fultz
Crowder, Brown, Green
Millsap, Taj Gibson, Horford

Green resigned. Taj and Millsap our the two FA pickups.
KO is out. AB is traded draft night for a 7 to 11 range pick.

Interested to know who are your starters? Especially at SG

Starters regular season= IT, Smart, Crowder, Milsap, Horford.

In playoffs it could change Crowder or Smart may go to bench in favor of Brown.