Perhaps so. But that is not even close to anything I said.
This is what I am responding to.
I do not believe Feliz will be a starter, nor do I think he will be among our top minutes-getters. In both cases barring injury or severely disappointing years from Trent and/or Ayo. That is my argument.
DaMonte and AJ are both being severely underrated by that narrative, in my view, especially because what their presence on the floor would mean for our defensive versatility. Those two can guard wings, whereas Trent and Feliz will have an uphill battle trying to do so, or even stopping bigger guards.
Having said all of that, it is true that Underwood plays a lot of guys and likes to mix and match and experiment with lineups, so I have no doubt that at some point Trent, Ayo and Feliz will be on the floor at the same time.
Still, a lot of the constant lineup tinkering last year emerged from Underwood's inability to know what he was getting from anybody on a game-to-game basis, something he was very public about. So counter-intuitively, I think improvement up and down the roster would likely lead to a shorter bench and more consistent lineups logging more sustained minutes, rather than the other way around.
