Agreed. My biggest fear is that we stunt their growth thru lesser roles next season.
I have started to wonder about how things work next year as well. The thing I come back to is that all 3 of Brown / Tatum / Rozier all need big minutes next year regardless of who else is on the team. Obviously Rozier won't start once Kyrie returns, but Rozier shouldn't go back to small minutes either. He has earned a big role in the rotation. What happens to Smart will have an impact for sure.
For Brown and Tatum, they will probably still start and may only see a small drop in minutes from last year. I like Kyrie but we have to admit that with Rozier in the lineup Brown and Tatum have had more opportunities versus if Kyrie was here.
I guess we should be glad that the C's have had such a great chance to evaluate Brown and Tatum and Rozier...we know more what we have with the young guys now and hopefully that makes good decisions regarding the roster and trades easier.
The only way this really works is if Brad gets them ALL to buy in. That means less minutes, lower stats. I’m talking nobody on the team averages more than 30mpg.
The importance of health and rest is paramount. I’d rather see Kyrie, Al, Gordon play 28-30 minutes a night and be fresh. Then guys like Terry, Jaylen, and Jayson can also get around 24-28mpg which will not stunt their growth.
Then when the playoffs arrive, you can go with short rotation of Irving/Rozier/Brown/Smart/Hayward/Morris/Tatum/Horford with some extra bigs here and there depending on matchups.
If not everyone can buy in (especially the guys in their contract years), then maybe Danny has to consolidate assets.