Rotation
Starter / bench ladder from box-score minutes and starts for 2008-09. Lineup and player on/off ratings are on the On/Off tab. Players who changed teams during the season are not listed: the source board only has their combined line, not a per-team split.
Minutes by shell
Listed positions mapped to guard / wing / big. This is not lineup tracking.
- Guards41% · 8,189 MIN · 5 players
- Wings39% · 7,713 MIN · 6 players
- Bigs20% · 3,859 MIN · 3 players
Likely starters
Started at least half their games (min 5 GP). Sorted by total minutes. MIN% is minutes ÷ (team games × 48).
| # | Player | Pos | GS | Start% | GP | MPG | MIN% | USG% | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Vince Carter | SG | 80 | 100% | 80 | 36.8 | 75% | 27% | 2.95 DPM |
| 2 |  Brook Lopez | C | 75 | 91% | 82 | 30.5 | 64% | 20% | -2.35 DPM |
| 3 | Devin Harris | PG | 69 | 100% | 69 | 36.1 | 63% | 28% | 2.15 DPM |
| 4 | Bobby Simmons | SF | 44 | 62% | 71 | 24.4 | 44% | 14% | 0.14 DPM |
| 5 |
Bench regulars
Next eight by minutes among non-starters.
| # | Player | Pos | GS | Start% | GP | MPG | MIN% | USG% | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keyon Dooling | PG | 18 | 23% | 77 | 26.9 | 53% | 17% | -0.51 DPM |
| 2 | Jarvis Hayes | SF | 1 | 1% | 74 | 24.8 | 47% | 17% | -1.31 DPM |
| 3 | Ryan Anderson | PF | 30 | 45% | 66 | 19.9 | 33% |
Minutes core
Top minutes overall (same board as Players)
- Vince Carter36.8 MPG · 2,944 MIN
- Brook Lopez30.5 MPG · 2,501 MIN
- Devin Harris36.1 MPG · 2,491 MIN
- Keyon Dooling26.9 MPG · 2,071 MIN
- Jarvis Hayes24.8 MPG · 1,835 MIN
- Bobby Simmons24.4 MPG · 1,732 MIN
- Yi Jianlian23.3 MPG · 1,421 MIN
- Ryan Anderson19.9 MPG · 1,313 MIN
- Trenton Hassell