Thunder Roll Out Chaotic Three-Guard Lineup Against Mavericks
Underdog NBA reported the starting lineup change.
The are rolling into Wednesday night with a starting lineup that looks like it was drawn out of a hat by a very confident analytics department.
According to Underdog NBA, head coach Mark Daigneault is handing the keys to , , Davion Mitchell, , and against the .
When you are sitting at a flawless 3-0 after suffocating the Denver Nuggets, LA Clippers, and Phoenix Suns, you earn the right to get weird. Holding Denver to 84 points on opening night is the kind of defensive flex that lets a coach experiment with a three-guard fever dream in week two.
Throwing Mitchell and out there next to SGA is certainly a choice. It gives a point-of-attack bulldog and a rookie shooter to space the floor, while and are left to do the dirty work in the paint. It is the basketball equivalent of putting all your fastest players on the field in Madden and just daring the opponent to keep up.
For anyone staring down the prop markets for this matchup, this rotation shuffle changes the math. Increased run for and Mitchell means the usage pie is getting sliced differently, and you have to wonder who is getting left hungry on the second unit.
We will see how this chaotic five-man unit holds up against the Mavericks. If it works, Daigneault continues his reign as a mad genius. If it gets cooked, they are still undefeated with enough draft capital to buy a small island nation.