Wow I just found out about what's going on in this thread!
Great stuff!
@Chris Parker you mentioned Blatt has cards that he keeps close to the vest. I've been following Euro ball for quite a long time and I am most confident he does and will pull several rabbits out of several hats.
But do you have any educated guesses regarding what these rabbits would be?
I would think playing Love in the post a lot more might be one of them. And I actually think he (sort of) secretly works some bench players to have more substantial roles. Like for example even though Marion doesn't play, I tend to think that he indeed has a plan on how to use him and at what times during the playoffs.
I've seen him do such things in Maccabi when suddenly players emerge out of nowhere late in the season and play important roles (and the guy coaching Maccabi right now, who was Blatt's assistant last season, is playing a similar card this year by suddenly giving Nate Linhart, who barely played any minutes most of the season, a lot more freedom and utilizes him more).
So my question is really what cards do you think Blatt will play in the playoffs, that we didn't see in the regular season?